Dirk BogardeAKA:
Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
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Sir
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Dirk Bogarde
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Dirk van den Bogaerde
Nationality:
English Birthdate:
03/28/1921 Birthplace:
Hampstead, England Death Date:
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biography
A celebrated actor of Belgian and Scottish descent, Dirk Bogarde was one of Britain's most popular leading men of the 1950s and early 60s, making his name in mostly routine light comedies (as Simon Sparrow in the popular Rank "Doctor" series) and melodramas before attracting serious attention for his role as a blackmailed homosexual lawyer in Basil Dearden's "Victim" (1961). The response to his corrupt valet who comes to dominate his "master" in Joseph Losey's "The Servant" (1963) seemed to convince Bogarde that he was not just handsome but intelligent and talented, and he took greater care in
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Worked as a carpenter at the Q Theater in the suburbs of London at age 14; graduated to scene painting and designing and eventually to stage managing
Began acting career with Amersham Repertory Company; made stage debut in "When We Are Married" replacing an actor who fell ill
1939
Film debut (as an extra) in "Come On George"
1941
Enlisted in British Army; took part in the Normandy Landings
After war, sent to Burma and Java; wrote for army newspaper and Radio Batavia programs
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