Dirk Bogarde

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Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph.

Birth Name

Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde

Born

Monday, 28 March 1921

Died

Saturday, 08 May 1999

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

A Letter To True	Himself (archive footage)	2008
British Film Forever	Himself (archive footage)	2007
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Himself (archive footage)	2000
Empire of the Censors	Himself	1995
May We Borrow Your Husband?	William Harris	1986
Screen Two	James Marriner	1985
The Golden Gong	Himself - Interviewee	1985
The Patricia Neal Story	Roald Dahl	1981
Despair	Herman	1978
A Bridge Too Far	Lieutenant General Browning	1977

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

A Letter To True	Himself (archive footage)	2008
British Film Forever	Himself (archive footage)	2007
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Himself (archive footage)	2000
Empire of the Censors	Himself	1995
May We Borrow Your Husband?	William Harris	1986
Screen Two	James Marriner	1985
The Golden Gong	Himself - Interviewee	1985
The Patricia Neal Story	Roald Dahl	1981
Despair	Herman	1978
A Bridge Too Far	Lieutenant General Browning	1977
Providence	Claude Langham	1977
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977	Himself	1977
The Executioner	Alan Curtis	1975
Arena	Himself (archive footage), Himself / Various Roles (archive footage), Himself	1975
The Night Porter	Max	1974
The Serpent	Philip Boyle	1973
Taking Off		1971
Death in Venice	Gustav von Aschenbach	1971
Upon This Rock	Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)	1970
The Damned	Friedrich Bruckmann	1969
Justine	Pursewarden	1969
Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu	Running Man	1969
Oh! What a Lovely War	Stephen	1969
Sebastian	Sebastian	1968
Our Mother's House	Charlie Hook	1967
Accident	Stephen	1967
Modesty Blaise	Gabriel	1966
The Epic That Never Was	Himself - Host / Narrator	1965
Darling	Robert Gold	1965
McGuire, Go Home!	Maj. McGuire	1965
King & Country	Captain Hargreaves	1964
Agent 8 3/4	Nicholas Whistler	1964
The Servant	Barrett	1963
Doctor In Distress	Dr. Simon Sparrow	1963
The Mind Benders	Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman	1963
I Could Go On Singing	David Donne	1963
The Password Is Courage	Sgt. Maj. Charles Coward	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest	1962
Damn The Defiant!	Lieut. Scott-Padget	1962
Victim	Melville Farr	1961
The singer not the song	Anacleto Comachi	1961
Insight: Anthony Asquith	Himself	1960
Here's Hollywood	Himself	1960
Song Without End	Franz Liszt	1960
The Angel Wore Red	Arturo Carrera	1960
Libel	Number Fifteen	1959
The Doctor's Dilemma	Louis Dubedat	1959
The Wind Cannot Read	Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn	1958
A Tale of Two Cities	Sydney Carton	1958
Campbell's Kingdom	Bruce Campbell	1957
Doctor At Large	Dr. Simon Sparrow	1957
Night Ambush	Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor	1957
The Spanish Gardener	Jose	1956
Cast A Dark Shadow	Edward "Teddy" Bare	1955
This Is Your Life	Himself	1955
Simba	Alan Howard	1955
Doctor At Sea	Dr. Simon Sparrow	1955
The Sleeping Tiger	Frank Clemmons	1954
Cocktails in the Kitchen	Tony	1954
The Sea Shall Not Have Them	Flight Sgt. MacKay	1954
Doctor In The House	Simon Sparrow	1954
They Who Dare	Lieut. Graham	1954
Desperate Moment	Simon Van Halder	1953
Raiders in the Sky	Tim Mason	1953
Penny Princess	Tony Craig	1952
The Stranger in Between	Chris Lloyd	1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame		1951
Blackmailed	Stephen Mundy	1951
Five Angles on Murder	R.W. (Bob) Baker	1950
So Long at the Fair	George Hathaway	1950
The Blue Lamp	Tom Riley	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Panelist	1950
Boys In Brown	Alfie Rawlins	1949
Dear Mr. Prohack	Charles Prohack	1949
Maniacs on Wheels	Bill Fox	1949
Quartet	George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")	1948
Sin of Esther Waters	William Latch	1948
Dancing With Crime	Policeman (uncredited)	1947
Come on George!	Extra	1940

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1982	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
1961	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Comedy or Musical	Nominated