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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Known For
A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
The Damned
(1969)
Frederick Bruckmann
The Night Porter
(1974)
Maximilian Theo Aldorfer
The Servant
(1963)
Hugo Barrett
Accident
(1967)
Stephen
Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)
Stephen
Death in Venice
(1971)
Gustav von Aschenbach
Darling
(1965)
Robert Gold
Modesty Blaise
(1966)
Gabriel
A Tale of Two Cities
(1958)
Sydney Carton
H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)
Lieut. Scott-Padget
Despair
(1978)
Hermann Hermann
Victim
(1961)
Melville Farr
Schindler
(1983)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Providence
(1977)
Claude Langham
The Blue Lamp
(1950)
Tom Riley
Full Filmography
Acting
Come on George!
(1939)
Extra
Dancing with Crime
(1947)
Policeman (uncredited)
Rope
(1947)
Charles Granillo
Power Without Glory
(1947)
Cliff
The Case of Helvig Delbo
(1947)
Quartet
(1948)
George Bland
Esther Waters
(1948)
William Latch
Once a Jolly Swagman
(1949)
Bill Fox
Dear Mr. Prohack
(1949)
Charles Prohack
Boys in Brown
(1949)
Alfie Rawlins
The Woman in Question
(1950)
R.W. (Bob) Baker
So Long at the Fair
(1950)
George Hathaway
The Blue Lamp
(1950)
Tom Riley
Blackmailed
(1951)
Stephen Mundy
Penny Princess
(1952)
Tony Craig
The Gentle Gunman
(1952)
Matt Sullivan
Hunted
(1952)
Chris Lloyd
Appointment in London
(1953)
Tim Mason
Desperate Moment
(1953)
Simon Van Halder
For Better, for Worse
(1954)
Tony Howard
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
(1954)
Flt Sgt Mackay
Doctor in the House
(1954)
Simon Sparrow
The Sleeping Tiger
(1954)
Frank Clemmons
They Who Dare
(1954)
Lieutenant Graham
Cast a Dark Shadow
(1955)
Edward "Teddy" Bare
Doctor at Sea
(1955)
Dr. Simon Sparrow
Simba
(1955)
Alan Howard
The Spanish Gardener
(1956)
Jose
Doctor at Large
(1957)
Dr Simon Sparrow
Ill Met by Moonlight
(1957)
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
Campbell's Kingdom
(1957)
Bruce Campbell
A Tale of Two Cities
(1958)
Sydney Carton
The Wind Cannot Read
(1958)
Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn
Libel
(1959)
Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
The Doctor's Dilemma
(1959)
Louis Dubedat
Song Without End
(1960)
Franz Liszt
The Angel Wore Red
(1960)
Arturo Carrera
Victim
(1961)
Melville Farr
The Singer Not the Song
(1961)
Anacleto Comachi
H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)
Lieut. Scott-Padget
The Password Is Courage
(1962)
Sergant-Major Charles Coward
The Servant
(1963)
Hugo Barrett
Doctor in Distress
(1963)
Dr Simon Sparrow
The Mind Benders
(1963)
Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
I Could Go on Singing
(1963)
David Donne
We Joined the Navy
(1963)
Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)
Hot Enough for June
(1964)
Nicholas Whistler
King and Country
(1964)
Capt. Hargreaves
The High Bright Sun
(1964)
Major McGuire
Little Moon of Alban
(1964)
Kenneth Boyd
Darling
(1965)
Robert Gold
Modesty Blaise
(1966)
Gabriel
Blithe Spirit
(1966)
Charles Condomine
El Rey en Londres
(1966)
Our Mother's House
(1967)
Charlie Hook
Accident
(1967)
Stephen
The Fixer
(1968)
Bibikov
Sebastian
(1968)
Sebastian
Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)
Stephen
The Damned
(1969)
Frederick Bruckmann
Justine
(1969)
Pursewarden
The Epic That Never Was
(1969)
Himself - Host / Narrator
Upon This Rock
(1970)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)
Visconti's Venice
(1970)
Self
Death in Venice
(1971)
Gustav von Aschenbach
The Serpent
(1973)
Philip Boyle
The Night Porter
(1974)
Maximilian Theo Aldorfer
Permission to Kill
(1975)
Alan Curtis
A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
(1977)
Self
Providence
(1977)
Claude Langham
Despair
(1978)
Hermann Hermann
The Patricia Neal Story
(1981)
Roald Dahl
Schindler
(1983)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
(1985)
Self
May We Borrow Your Husband?
(1986)
William Harris
The Vision
(1987)
James Marriner
Daddy Nostalgia
(1990)
Daddy aka Tony Russell
Picture of Europe
(1990)
Self
Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
(1992)
Self
Empire of the Censors
(1995)
Self
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Private Dirk Bogarde
(2001)
Himself (Archive Footage)
A Letter To True
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
(2019)
(archive footage)
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Writing