Biography: life and films
Dirk Bogarde was an English actor. He was born in London, England on 28th March 1921 and died in London, England on 8th May 1999, aged 78.His best films as an actor include Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp (1950), Ralph Thomas's A Tale of Two Cities (1958), Victim (1961), Alain Resnais's Providence (1977) and Bertrand Tavernier's Daddy Nostalgie (1990).
Dirk Bogarde appeared in 63 films and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ralph Thomas (9 films), Joseph Losey (5), Basil Dearden (4), Lewis Gilbert (3), Anthony Asquith (3), Philip Leacock (2) and Luchino Visconti (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (41 films), comedy (12), War (10), Thriller (9), romance (8), history (4), comedy-romance (3), comedy-drama (3), Western (2), Fantasy (2) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for Dirk Bogarde over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer
Come on George! (1939) [a]
Dancing with Crime (1947) [a]
Esther Waters (1948) [a]
Quartet (1948) [a]
Boys in Brown (1949) [a]
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) [a]
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) [a]
So Long at the Fair (1950) [a]
The Woman in Question (1950) [a]
Blackmailed (1951) [a]
Appointment in London (1952) [a]
Hunted (1952) [a]
Penny Princess (1952) [a]
The Gentle Gunman (1952) [a]
Desperate Moment (1953) [a]
Doctor in the House (1954) [a]
For Better, for Worse (1954) [a]
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) [a]
They Who Dare (1954) [a]
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) [a]
Simba (1955) [a]
The Spanish Gardener (1956) [a]
Campbell's Kingdom (1957) [a]
Doctor at Large (1957) [a]
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) [a]
A Tale of Two Cities (1958) [a]
The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) [a]
The Wind Cannot Read (1958) [a]
Libel (1959) [a]
Song Without End (1960) [a]
The Angel Wore Red (1960) [a]
The Singer Not the Song (1961) [a]
Victim (1961) [a]
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) [a]
The Mind Benders (1962) [a]
The Password Is Courage (1962) [a]
Doctor in Distress (1963) [a]
I Could Go on Singing (1963) [a,w]
Hot Enough for June (1964) [a]
King and Country (1964) [a]
The High Bright Sun (1964) [a]
Darling (1965) [a]
Modesty Blaise (1966) [a]
Accident (1967) [a]
Our Mother's House (1967) [a]
Sebastian (1968) [a]
The Fixer (1968) [a]
Justine (1969) [a]
La Caduta degli dei (1969) [a]
Morte a Venezia (1971) [a]
Il Portiere di notte (1974) [a]
To See Such Fun (1977) [a]
Despair (1978) [a]
Luchino Visconti (1999) [a]
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