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Dirk Bogarde
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.
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As actor
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
A Letter to True
The Private Dirk Bogarde
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Boys Don't Cry
Empire of the Censors
Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
Daddy Nostalgia
Pictures of Europe
The Vision
Catch a Fallen Star
May We Borrow Your Husband?
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Schindler
The Patricia Neal Story
Despair
A Bridge Too Far
Providence
Permission to Kill
The Night Porter
The Serpent
Death in Venice
Upon This Rock
Visconti's Venice
Oh! What a Lovely War
The Damned
Justine
The Epic That Never Was