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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".
A film adaptation of Death in Venice starring Dirk Bogarde was made by Luchino Visconti in 1971. Benjamin Britten transformed Death in Venice into an opera, his last, in 1973. The novella was dramatised by Peter Wolf for BBC Radio 3 in 1997. [16] John Neumeier adapted it for a ballet for his Hamburg Ballet company in December 2003. [17]
Bogarde had never played one. [6]: 162 Victor Aller coached him for weeks before filming and was present on set to help with miming. Bogarde worked out a code for the keys that made sense only to him and flummoxed Aller. He frequently bled on the piano keys during filming, particularly when he had to mime the virtuosic La Campanella. [6]: 285
Daddy Nostalgie, released as These Foolish Things in the UK and Daddy Nostalgia in the USA, is a 1990 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival [2] and is Dirk Bogarde's last film.
Victim is a 1961 British neo-noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. [2] The first British film to explicitly name homosexuality and deal with it sympathetically, [3] it premiered in the UK on 31 August 1961 and in the US the following February.
I Could Go On Singing is a 1963 British-American musical drama film directed by Ronald Neame.It stars Judy Garland in her final film performance alongside Dirk Bogarde, and Jack Klugman.
Our Mother's House is a 1967 British drama thriller film directed by Jack Clayton.It nominally stars Dirk Bogarde (who only appears in the film's second half) and principally features a cast of seven juvenile actors, including Pamela Franklin, Phoebe Nicholls and Mark Lester, with popular British actress Yootha Joyce in a supporting role.
Appointment in London (known as Raiders in the Sky in the U.S.) is a 1953 British war film set during the Second World War and starring Dirk Bogarde. [2] The film was directed by Philip Leacock and based on a story by John Wooldridge, who as an RAF bomber pilot flew 108 operational sorties over Europe. [3]