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Also known as Derek Niven van den Bogaerde, Sir Dirk Bogarde, Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde

British actor (1921–1999)

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Dirk Bogarde was a person whose professional career spanned from 1939 to 1990. Born on March 28, 1921, he died on May 8, 1999. His work has been categorized under spoken word and standards.

As an author, Bogarde produced fifty-five works. Notable titles include *A period of adjustment*, *Great meadow*, *Prithuroi ston kepo*, *Snakes & Ladders*, and *The complete autobiography*. His bibliography also includes five works indexed by Crossref.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1921
Died
1999
Works
55

Top works

  • A period of adjustment
  • Great meadow
  • Prithuroi ston kepo
  • Snakes & Ladders
  • The complete autobiography

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1921-03-28
Active to
1999-05-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
587
Total plays
6,499

Tags

spoken wordStandards

Dirk Bogarde was born Derek Niven Van den Bogaerde in London, England 28th March 1921. He followed his mother's footsteps and began acting professionally in 1940. This career was interrupted by war service, but he returned to it and then became as a very popular star in UK. His big success started from the Doctor series, where he played the young and charming doctor Simon Sparrow. Later on his career Bogarde started to take more serious roles. One of those was in Joseph Losey's The Servant (196

via Last.fm · Dirk Bogarde

Key facts

Born
Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde , ( 1921-03-28 ) 28 March 1921, West Hampstead , London, England
Died
8 May 1999 (1999-05-08) (aged 78), Chelsea , London, England
Occupations
Actor novelist screenwriter
Years active
1939–1990
Partner
Anthony Forwood (1949–1988) (Forwood's death)
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Rank
Major
Conflicts
World War II European theatre Pacific theatre
Website
dirkbogarde.co.uk (Dirk Bogarde Estate)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric 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, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".

In a second career, Bogarde wrote seven volumes of memoirs, six novels, and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph. He fought in the Second World War and over the course of five years reached the rank of major and was awarded seven medals. His poetry has been published in war anthologies, and a grey ink brush drawing, "Tents in Orchard. 1944", is in the collection of the British Museum.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dirk Bogarde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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