Signed photo of British actor, Dirk Bogarde. The actor wears a jacket, jumper and tie, and sports a signet ring

Dirk Bogarde

(1921–99)

British actor, writer (died aged 78) | The Blue Lamp (1950), Victim (1961), Accident (1967)

British leading actor of Dutch descent

Mini Biography

At the beginning of his career, Dirk Bogarde turned down an offer from Fox, who wanted to turn him into its new Spanish star and marry him off to one of its starlets, and instead signed a contract with Rank. In the 1960s, he moved to France and became a star of films by Visconti, Fassbinder, Cavani and other European directors. Bogarde was also a novelist and serial autobiographer.

Latest Dirk Bogarde Pictures

Photograph from Victim (1961) (1) featuring Dirk Bogarde
  • 6th February, 2022
Dirk Bogarde
Victim (1961) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde
Photograph from So Long at the Fair (1950) (1) featuring Dirk Bogarde, Jean Simmons
  • 28th November, 2021
Dirk Bogarde, Jean Simmons
So Long at the Fair (1950) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde, Jean Simmons
Photograph from The Servant (1963) (1) featuring Dirk Bogarde
  • 28th November, 2021
Dirk Bogarde
The Servant (1963) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde
Photograph from I Could Go on Singing (1963) (1) featuring Dirk Bogarde, Judy Garland
  • 28th November, 2021
Dirk Bogarde, Judy Garland
I Could Go on Singing (1963) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde, Judy Garland

Select Dirk Bogarde Filmography

Esther Waters (1948) opening credits (4)
Esther Waters (1948)
William Latch
Esther Waters (1948) opening credits (4)
Quartet (1948)
George Bland
Esther Waters (1948) opening credits (4)
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
Bill Fox
Dear Mr Prohack (1949) opening credits (4)
Dear Mr Prohack (1949)
Charles Prohack
Boys in Brown (1949) opening credits (4)
Boys in Brown (1949)
Alfie Rawlins
So Long at the Fair (1950) opening credits (4)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
George Hathaway
The Blue Lamp (1950) opening credits
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Tom Riley
The Woman in Question (1950) opening credits (5)
The Woman in Question (1950)
R W ‘Bob’ Baker
The Gentle Gunman (1952) opening credits
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
Matt Sullivan
The Gentle Gunman (1952) opening credits
Penny Princess (1952)
Tony Craig
Hunted (1952) opening credits (3)
Hunted (1952)
Chris Lloyd
Appointment in London (1953) opening credits (5)
Appointment in London (1953)
Tim Mason
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) opening credits (2)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
Flight Sgt MacKay
For Better, for Worse (1954) opening credits (4)
For Better, for Worse (1954)
Tony
The Sleeping Tiger (1954) opening credits (5)
The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
Frank Clemmons
Doctor in the House (1954) opening credits (4)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Simon Sparrow
They Who Dare (1954) opening credits
They Who Dare (1954)
Lt David Graham
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) opening credits (3)
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
Edward Bare
Doctor at Sea (1955) opening credits (4)
Doctor at Sea (1955)
Dr Simon Sparrow
The Spanish Gardener (1956) opening credits (7)
The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Jose
Campbell’s Kingdom (1957) opening credits (5)
Campbell’s Kingdom (1957)
Bruce Campbell
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) opening credits (7)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO OBE also known to the Cretans and the German Secret Police as PHILEDEM
Doctor at Large (1957) opening credits (4)
Doctor at Large (1957)
Dr Simon Sparrow
The Wind Cannot Read (1958) opening credits (6)
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
Flight Lt Michael Quinn
A Tale of Two Cities (1958) opening credits (5)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Sydney Carton
Victim (1961) opening credits
Victim (1961)
Melville Farr
The Singer Not the Song (1961) opening credits (4)
The Singer Not the Song (1961)
Anacleto Comachi
HMS Defiant (1962) opening credits (1) [as Damn the Defiant!]
HMS Defiant (1962)
Lieut. Scott-Padget
The Password Is Courage (1962) opening credits
The Password Is Courage (1962)
Sergant-Major Charles Coward
The Servant (1963) opening credits (4)
The Servant (1963)
Barrett
The Servant (1963) opening credits (4)
I Could Go on Singing (1963)
David Donne
The Mind Benders (1963) opening credits (4)
The Mind Benders (1963)
Dr Henry Laidlaw Longman
Doctor in Distress (1963) opening credits
Doctor in Distress (1963)
Dr Simon Sparrow
Hot Enough for June (1964) opening credits (4)
Hot Enough for June (1964)
Nicholas Whistler
King & Country (1964) opening credits
King & Country (1964)
Capt Hargreaves
The High Bright Sun (1965) opening credits (6)
The High Bright Sun (1965)
Maj McGuire
The High Bright Sun (1965) opening credits (6)
Darling (1965)
Robert Gold
The High Bright Sun (1965) opening credits (6)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
Gabriel
Accident (1967) opening credits (6)
Accident (1967)
Stephen
Accident (1967) opening credits (6)
Our Mother’s House (1967)
Charlie Hook
Accident (1967) opening credits (6)
The Fixer (1968)
Bibikov
The Night Porter (1974) opening credits
The Night Porter (1974)
Max
A Bridge Too Far (1977) opening credits (2)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Lt Gen Frederick Browning
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