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Dirk Bogarde
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Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter. 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.
Bogarde came to prominence in films including The Blue Lamp in the early 1950s, before starring in the successful Doctor film series (1954–1963). He twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for The Servant (1963) and Darling (1965). His other notable film…
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Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter. 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. Bogarde came to prominence in films including The Blue Lamp in the early 1950s, before starring in the successful Doctor film series (1954–1963). He twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for The Servant (1963) and Darling (1965). His other notable film roles included Victim (1961), Accident (1967), The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971), The Night Porter (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Despair (1978). He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1990 and a Knight Bachelor in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dirk Bogarde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
as (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
as Self
A Letter to True
as Self (archive footage)
The Private Dirk Bogarde
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
Boys Don't Cry
as Gustav von Aschenbach (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Poster
Empire of the Censors
as Self
Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
as Self
Daddy Nostalgia
as Daddy aka Tony Russell
Pictures of Europe
as Self
Catch a Fallen Star
as Self
The Vision
as James Marriner
May We Borrow Your Husband?
as William Harris
No Poster
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
Schindler
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Patricia Neal Story
as Roald Dahl
Despair
as Hermann Hermann
A Bridge Too Far
as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Providence
as Claude Langham
Permission to Kill
as Alan Curtis
The Night Porter
as Max
The Serpent
as Philip Boyle
Death in Venice
as Gustav von Aschenbach
Visconti's Venice
as Self
Upon This Rock
as Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)
The Damned
as Frederick Bruckmann
The Epic That Never Was
as Self - Narrator
Justine
as Pursewarden
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Stephen
The Fixer
as Bibikov
Sebastian
as Sebastian
Our Mother's House
as Charlie Hook
Accident
as Stephen
Lionpower from MGM
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blithe Spirit
as Charles Condomine
El Rey en Londres
Modesty Blaise
as Gabriel
Darling
as Robert Gold
King and Country
as Capt. Hargreaves
The High Bright Sun
as Major McGuire
Little Moon of Alban
as Kenneth Boyd
Hot Enough for June
as Nicholas Whistler
The Servant
as Hugo Barrett
Doctor in Distress
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
We Joined the Navy
as Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)
I Could Go on Singing
as David Donne
The Mind Benders
as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
The Password Is Courage
as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
H.M.S. Defiant
as Lieut. Scott-Padget
Victim
as Melville Farr
The Singer Not the Song
as Anacleto Comachi
Song Without End
as Franz Liszt
The Angel Wore Red
as Arturo Carrera
Libel
as Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Louis Dubedat
The Wind Cannot Read
as Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton
Campbell's Kingdom
as Bruce Campbell
Doctor at Large
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
Ill Met by Moonlight
as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
The Spanish Gardener
as Jose
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Edward "Teddy" Bare
Doctor at Sea
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
Simba
as Alan Howard
The Sleeping Tiger
as Frank Clemmons
For Better, for Worse
as Tony Howard
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as Flt Sgt Mackay
Doctor in the House
as Simon Sparrow
They Who Dare
as Lieutenant Graham
Desperate Moment
as Simon Van Halder
Appointment in London
as Tim Mason
The Postman
The Gentle Gunman
as Matt Sullivan
Penny Princess
as Tony Craig
Hunted
as Chris Lloyd
Blackmailed
as Stephen Mundy
The Woman in Question
as R.W. (Bob) Baker
So Long at the Fair
as George Hathaway
The Blue Lamp
as Tom Riley
Boys in Brown
as Alfie Rawlins
Dear Mr. Prohack
as Charles Prohack
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Bill Fox
Quartet
as George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Esther Waters
as William Latch
No Poster
The Case of Helvig Delbo
Dancing with Crime
as Policeman (uncredited)
Power Without Glory
as Cliff
Rope
as Charles Granillo
Come on George!
as Extra