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.

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Photograph from Victim (1961) (1) featuring Dirk Bogarde — Victim (1961) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde

Photograph from So Long at the Fair (1950) (1) featuring 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 — The Servant (1963) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde

Photograph from I Could Go on Singing (1963) (1) featuring Dirk Bogarde, Judy Garland — I Could Go on Singing (1963) photograph (1) | Dirk Bogarde, Judy Garland

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Personal Details

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Died

Dirk Bogarde died of a heart attack in Chelsea, London on 8^th May, 1999, aged 78.
Born

Dirk Bogarde was born (as Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde) in Hampstead, London on 28^th March, 1921.

Watch Dirk Bogarde on British television

- Doctor in Distress (1963)
- Simon Sparrow goes back to work for Sir Lancelot Spratt and finds his old mentor in love.
- Wednesday at 1.35pm on Talking Pictures TV
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- During the 1889 Paris Exposition a girl books into a hotel with her brother, and next day finds that he has disappeared and his existence is denied by all concerned.
- Thursday at 11.45am on Talking Pictures TV
- Appointment in London (1953)
- The exploits of a squadron of Bomber Command during one month in 1943.
- Friday at 6.05pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Doctor at Sea (1955)
- Simon Sparrow becomes medical officer on a cargo steamer.
- 27^th November at 2.40pm on Talking Pictures TV

Dirk Bogarde News

- New BBC 3 radio drama about the making of the 1961 film, Victim
- 6^th July, 2017
- BBC Radio 3 to broadcast a new drama about the making of the 1961 film, Victim, starring Dirk Bogarde. Written by Sarah Wooley.