Dirk Bogarde
Birthday: 1921-03-28 | Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UKSir 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Gustav von Aschenbach
as Hermann Hermann
as Claude Langham
as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
as Self
as Alan Curtis
as Max
as Philip Boyle
as Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)
as Frederick Bruckmann
as Himself - Host / Narrator
as Pursewarden
as Bibikov
as Sebastian
as Charlie Hook
as Stephen
as Charles Condomine
as Gabriel
as Capt. Hargreaves
as Robert Gold
as Nicholas Whistler
as David Donne
as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
as Hugo Barrett
as Lieut. Scott-Padget
as Melville Farr
as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
as Arturo Carrera
as Franz Liszt
as Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
