* 28.03.1921, West Hampstead / London, England,
GB † 08.05.1999, Chelsea / London, England, GBSchauspieler * Szenenbildner und (ab 1939) Kleindarsteller am Theater (When We Are Married) - West End-Debüt in Cornelius * 1940-45 Kriegsdienst in Europa und Asien - anschließend Schauspieler an Londoner Theatern (Power without Glory, 1946) und beim Fernsehen (Rope) * 1947 unterschreibt Sieben-Jahres-Vertrag mit J. Arthur Rank - Filmdebüt in Esther Waters * in 50er Jahren vielbeschäftigter Filmdarsteller - erfreut sich großer Popularität als Simon Sparrow (deutsch: Herbert Sperling) in der Doctor-Filmreihe (1954-63) * Anfang der 60er Jahre Wechsel ins Charakterfach (Victim, 1961) - internationale Anerkennung durch Rollen in Filmen von Joseph Losey (The Servant, 1963; Accident, 1966) und Luchino Visconti (La caduta degli dei, 1968/69; Morte a Venezia, 1970) * Anfang der 70er Jahre zieht nach Südfrankreich und tritt nur sporadisch in Filmen auf * 1977 Rückzug von der Leinwand * in den 80ern dreht ein paar Fernsehfilme (The Patricia Neal Story, 1981) * 1989 letzte Kinorolle * Verfasser von Memoiren und mehreren Romanen * Buchrezensent in The Daily Telegraph
"He was our first home-grown film star." Glenda Jackson
# Quartet (Quartett, 1948-GB > The Alien Corn * R: Harold French, B: R.C. Sherriff, K: Ray Elton, M: John Greenwood, D: DB-George Bland, Francoise Rosay) 120m-Episodenfilm
# Once a Jolly Swagman (Wettfahrt mit dem Tode, 1948-GB; R: Jack Lee, B: William Rose, Jack Lee; Cliff Gordon, K: H.E. Fowle, M: Bernard Stevens, D: DB-Bill Fox, Bonar Colleano, Renee Asherson) 100/5m-Liebeskomödie (Roman von Montagu Slater)
# Dear Mr Prohack (1949-GB; R: Thornton Freeland, B: Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull, K: H.E. Fowle, M: Temple Abady, D: Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, DB-Charles Prohack) 91m-Liebeskomödie (Roman von Arnold Bennett)
# Boys in Brown (1949-GB; R+B: Montgomery Tully, K: Gordon Lang, Cyril Bristow, M: Doreen Carwithen, D: Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, DB-Alfie Rawlins, Jimmy Hanley, Barbara Murray) 84m-Drama (4912)
# The Blue Lamp (Die blaue Lampe, 1949-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: T.E.B. Clarke, K: Gordon Dines, ML: Ernest Irving, D: Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, DB-Tom Riley, Peggy Evans) 81/4m-Krimi
# So Long at the Fair (Paris um Mitternacht, 1949/50-GB; R: Terence Fisher, Anthony Darnborough, B: Hugh Mills, Anthony Thorne, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Benjamin Frankel, D: Jean Simmons, DB-George Hathaway) 86m-Krimi
# The Woman in Question (1950-GB; R: Anthony Asquith, B: John Cresswell, K: Desmond Dickinson, M: John Wooldridge, D: Jean Kent, DB-Bob Baker) 88m-Mystery
# Blackmailed (Verbrechen ohne Schuld, 1950-GB; R: Marc Allégret, B: Hugh Mills, Roger Vadim, K: George Stretton, M: John Wooldridge, D: Mai Zetterling, DB-Stephen Mundy) 85m-Krimi (Roman von Elizabeth Myers)
# Hunted (Ein Kind war Zeuge, 1951-GB; R: Charles Crichton, B: Jack Whittingham, K: Eric Cross, M: Hubert Clifford, D: DB-Chris/topher Lloyd, Kay Walsh) 84m-Krimi
# Penny Princess (Die Schmugglerprinzessin, 1951/52-GB; R+B: Val Guest, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Ronald Hanmer, D: Yolande Donlan, DB-Tony Craig) 94m-Komödie
# The Gentle Gunman (Die Bombe im U-Bahn-Schacht, 1952-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Roger MacDougall, K: Gordon Dines, M: John Greenwood, D: DB-Matt Sullivan, John Mills) 88m-Drama
# Appointment in London (1952-GB; R: Philip Leacock, B: John Wooldridge, Robert Westerby, K: Stephen Dade, M: John Wooldridge, D: DB-Wing Commander Tim Mason, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan) 96m-Kriegsdrama
# Desperate Moment (Sekunden der Verzweiflung, 1952/53-GB; R: Compton Bennett, B: Patrick Kirwan, George H. Brown, K: C.M. Pennington-Richards, M: Ronald Binge, D: DB-Simon Van Halder, Mai Zetterling) 88/90m-Actionkrimi (Roman von Martha Albrand)
# They Who Dare (1953-GB; R: Lewis Milestone, B: Robert Westerby, K: Wilkie Cooper, M: Robert Gill, D: DB-Lt Graham, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gerard Oury) 107m-Kriegsaction
# Doctor in the House (Aber, Herr Doktor..., 1953-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon, K: Ernest Steward, M: Bruce Montgomery, D: DB-Simon Sparrow [Herbert Sperling], Muriel Pavlow) 91m-Komödie [Roman von Richard Gordon]
# The Sleeping Tiger (Der schlafende Tiger, 1954-GB; R: Victor Hanbury [=Joseph Losey], B: Derek Frye [=Harold Buchman, Carl Foreman], K: Harry Waxman, M: Malcolm Arnold, D: Alexis Smith, DB-Frank Clemmons, Alexander Knox) 89m-Thrillerdrama (Roman von Maurice Moisiewitsch)
# For Better, for Worse (Glück auf Raten, 1954-GB; R: J. Lee Thompson, B: J. Lee Thompson; Alec Grahame, Peter Myers, K: Guy Green, M: Walter Stott [=Angela Morley], D: DB-Anthony [Tony] Howard, Susan Stephen) 84m-Liebeskomödie
# The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954-GB; R: Lewis Gilbert, B: Lewis Gilbert, Vernon Harris, K: Stephen Dade, M: Malcolm Arnold, D: Michael Redgrave, DB-Flight Sergeant MacKay, Anthony Steel) 91/3m-Kriegsdrama (Roman von John Harris)
# Simba (Simba, 1954-GB; R: Brian Desmond Hurst, B: John Baines, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Francis Chagrin, D: DB-Alan Stewart, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna) 99m-Abenteuerdrama (Roman von Anthony Perry)
# Doctor at Sea (Doktor ahoi!, 1955-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Nicholas Phipps, Jack Davies; Richard Gordon, K: Ernest Steward, M: Bruce Montgomery, D: DB-Dr. Simon Sparrow, Brenda de Banzie, Brigitte Bardot) 93m-Komödie (Roman von Richard Gordon)
# Cast a Dark Shadow (Dämon der Frauen, 1955-GB; R: Lewis Gilbert, B: John Cresswell, K: Jack Asher, M: Antony Hopkins, D: DB-Edward Bare, Margaret Lockwood) 82/5m-Thriller
# The Spanish Gardener (Der spanische Gärtner, 1956-GB; R: Philip Leacock, B: Lesley Storm, John Bryan, K: Christopher Challis, M: John Veale, D: DB-José Santero, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern) 97m-Drama (Roman von A.J. Cronin)
# Ill Met by Moonlight (1956-GB; R+B: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, K: Christopher Challis, M: Mikis Theodorakis, D: DB-Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, Marius Goring) 104m-Kriegsaction (Buch von W. Stanley Moss)
# Doctor at Large (Hilfe, der Doktor kommt!, 1956-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Nicholas Phipps, K: Ernest Steward, M: Bruce Montgomery, D: DB-Dr. Simon Sparrow, Muriel Pavlow) 104m-Komödie (Roman von Richard Gordon)
# Campbell's Kingdom (Gefährliches Erbe, 1957-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Robin Estridge, K: Ernest Steward, M: Clifton Parker, D: DB-Bruce Campbell, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray) 102m-Abenteuer (Roman von Hammond Innes)
# A Tale of Two Cities (Zwei Städte, 1957-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: T.E.B. Clarke, K: Ernest Steward, M: Richard Addinsell, D: DB-Sydney Carton, Dorothy Tutin) 117m-Melodram (Roman von Charles Dickens)
# The Wind Cannot Read (...denn der Wind kann nicht lesen, 1958-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Richard Mason, K: Ernest Steward, M: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, D: DB-Michael Quinn, Yoko Tani) 112/5m-Liebesdrama (Roman von Richard Mason)
# The Doctor's Dilemma (Arzt am Scheideweg, 1958-GB; R: Anthony Asquith, B: Anatole de Grunwald, K: Robert Krasker, M: Joseph Kosma, D: Leslie Caron, DB-Louis Dubedat) 99m-Komödie
# Libel (Die Nacht ist mein Feind, 1959-GB * Anthony Asquith ... Sir Mark Loddon/Frank Welney/No. 15) (Bühnenstück von Edward Wooll) (03-04; 5910-USA)
# Song without End (Nur wenige sind auserwählt, 1959-USA; R: Charles Vidor, B: Oscar Millard, K: James Wong Howe, MÜ: Morris Stoloff, MA: Harry Sukman, D: DB-Franz Liszt, Capucine, Genevieve Page) 130/41m-Biografie (05-09; 6008)
# La sposa bella / The Angel Wore Red (Glut, 1959/60-I; R+B: Nunnally Johnson, K: Giuseppe Rotunno, M: Bronislau Kaper, D: Ava Gardner, DB-Arturo Carrera) 99/104m-Actiondrama [Roman von Bruce Marshall] > credits der englischsprachigen Version
# The Singer Not the Song (Sommer der Verfluchten, 1960-GB; R: Roy Ward Baker, B: Nigel Balchin, K: Otto Heller, M: Philip Green, D: DB-Anacleto, John Mills, Mylene Demongeot) 116/32m-Western (Roman von Audrey Erskine-Lindop)
# Victim (Der Teufelskreis, 1961-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Janet Green, John McCormick, K: Otto Heller, M: Philip Green, D: DB-Melville Farr, Sylvia Syms) 100m-Krimi
# HMS Defiant (Rebellion, 1961-GB; R: Lewis Gilbert, B: Nigel Kneale, Edmund H. North, K: Christopher Challis, M: Clifton Parker, D: Alec Guinness, DB-Lieutenant Scott-Padget, Anthony Quayle) 101m-Abenteuer (Roman von Frank Tilsley)
# The Password Is Courage (1962-GB; R+B: Andrew L. Stone, K: Davis Boulton, D: DB-Charles Coward, Maria Perschy) 116m-Kriegstragikomödie (Buch von John Castle)
# We Joined the Navy (Auf zur Navy, 1962-GB; R: Wendy Toye, B: Arthur Dales [=Howard Dimsdale], K: Otto Heller, M: Ron Grainer, D: Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan / DB-cameo als Simon Sparrow) 105m-Militärkomödie (Roman von John Winton)
# The Mind Benders (Fesseln der Seele, 1962-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: James Kennaway, K: Denys Coop, M: Georges Auric, D: DB-Henry Longman, Mary Ure) 113m-Psychodrama
# I Could Go On Singing (Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten, 1962-GB * Ronald Neame ... David Donne) (04-05; 6303)
# Doctor in Distress (Doktor in Nöten, 1963-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Nicholas Phipps, Ronald Scott Thorn, K: Ernest Steward, M: Norrie Paramor, D: DB-Simon Sparrow, Samantha Eggar, James Robertson Justice) 102m-Komödie
# The Servant (Der Diener, 1963-GB; R: Joseph Losey, B: Harold Pinter, K: Douglas Slocombe, M: John Dankworth, D: DB-Hugo Barrett, Sarah Miles) 114/6m-Psychodrama (Roman von Robin Maugham)
# Hot Enough for June (Manche mögen's geheim, 1963-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Lukas Heller, K: Ernest Steward, M: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, D: DB-Nicholas Whistler, Sylva Koscina) 98m-Spionagekomödie (Roman von Lionel Davidson)
# King and Country (King and Country, 1964-GB; R: Joseph Losey, B: Evan Jones, K: Denys Coop, M: Larry Adler, D: DB-Captain Hargreaves, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern) 86m-Kriegsdrama
# The High Bright Sun (Freiwild unter heißer Sonne, 1964-GB; R: Ralph Thomas, B: Ian Stuart Black, K: Ernest Steward, M: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, D: DB-Major McGuire, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg) 114m-Abenteuer (Roman von Ian Stuart Black)
# Darling (Darling, 1965-GB; R: John Schlesinger, B: Frederic Raphael, K: Ken Higgins, M: John Dankworth, D: Laurence Harvey, DB-Robert Gold, Julie Christie) 124/7m-Drama
# Modesty Blaise (Modesty Blaise - Die tödliche Lady, 1965-GB; R: Joseph Losey, B: Evan Jones, K: Jack Hildyard, M: John Dankworth, D: Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, DB-Gabriel) 119m-Abenteuer
# Accident (Accident - Zwischenfall in Oxford, 1966-GB; R: Joseph Losey, B: Harold Pinter, K: Gerry Fisher, M: John Dankworth, D: DB-Stephen, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard) 105m-Drama (Roman von Nicholas Mosley)
# Sebastian (Der mysteriöse Mr. Sebastian, 1966/67-GB; R: David Greene, B: Gerald Vaughn-Hughes, K: Gerry Fisher, M: Jerry Goldsmith, D: DB-Sebastian, Susannah York) 100m-Spionagekomödie
# Our Mother's House (Jede Nacht um neun, 1967-GB; R: Jack Clayton, B: Jeremy Brooks, Haya Harareet, K: Larry Pizer, M: Georges Delerue, D: DB-Charlie Hook, Pamela Franklin) 105m-Krimidrama (Roman von Julian Gloag)
# The Fixer (Ein Mann wie Hiob, 1968-USA; R: John Frankenheimer, B: Dalton Trumbo, K: Marcel Grignon, M: Maurice Jarre, D: Alan Bates, DB-Bibikov) 132m-Drama (Roman von Bernard Malamud)
# Oh! What a Lovely War (Oh! What a Lovely War, 1968-GB; R: Richard Attenborough, B: Len Deighton, K: Gerry Turpin, ML: Alfred Ralston, D: Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Vanessa Redgrave, DB-Stephen) 144m-Musical
# La caduta degli dei / Die Verdammten (1968-I/D; R: Luchino Visconti, B: Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, K: Armando Nannuzzi, Pasqualino De Santis, M/ML: Maurice Jarre, D: DB-Friedrich Bruckmann, Ingrid Thulin)° 154/60m-Tragödie
# Justine (Alexandria - Treibhaus der Sünde, 1968/69-USA; R: George Cukor, B: Lawrence B. Marcus, K: Leon Shamroy, M: Jerry Goldsmith, D: Anouk Aimee, DB-Pursewarden, Robert Forster, Anna Karina, Philippe Noiret, Michael York) 116m-Drama (Roman von Lawrence Durrell)
# Morte a Venezia (Tod in Venedig, 1970-I * Luchino Visconti ... Gustav von Aschenbach) (Novelle von Thomas Mann) (7103)
# Le serpent / Il serpente / Die Schlange (1972-F/I/D; R: Henri Verneuil, B: Gilles Perrault, Henri Verneuil, K: Claude Renoir, M: Ennio Morricone, D: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, DB-Philip Boyle) 119/25m-Agententhriller (Roman von Pierre Nord)
# Il portiere di notte (1973-I * Liliana Cavani ... Max) (01-04; 7404)
# Vollmacht zum Mord / Permission to Kill (1975-A/GB; R: Cyril Frankel, B: Robin Estridge, K: Frederick A. Young, M: Richard Rodney Bennett, D: DB-Alan Curtis, Ava Gardner, Bekim Fehmiu) 97m-Krimi (Roman von Robin Estridge)
# Providence (Providence, 1976-F/CH; R: Alain Resnais, B: David Mercer, K: Ricardo Aronovich, M: Miklos Rozsa, D: DB-Claud Langham, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, David Warner, Elaine Stritch) 105/10m-Familiengroteske
# A Bridge Too Far (Die Brücke von Arnheim, 1976-GB; R: Richard Attenborough, B: William Goldman, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M/ML: John Addison, D: DB-Lieutenant General Frederick Browning, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann) 175m-Kriegsdrama (Buch von Cornelius Ryan)
# Eine Reise ins Licht - Despair / Despair (1977-D/F; R: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, B: Tom Stoppard, K: Michael Ballhaus, M: Peer Raben, D: DB-Hermann Hermann, Andrea Ferreol) 119m-Drama (Roman von Vladimir Nabokov)
# Daddy Nostalgie (Daddy Nostalgie, 1989-F; R: Bertrand Tavernier, B: Colo Tavernier O'Hagan; Bertrand Tavernier, K: Denis Lenoir, M: Antoine Duhamel, D: DB-Daddy, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure) 105m-Drama
» British Academy (BAFTA) Award (bester britischer Darsteller) für Darling (1966)
» Darstellerpreis für Daddy Nostalgie [Filmfestival Valladolid 1990]
» Dilys Powell Award [London Critics Circle Film Awards 1992]
» Dirk Bogarde: Snakes & Ladders. London: Chatto & Windus, 1978 [Memoiren]
» Dirk Bogarde: An Orderly Man. London: Chatto & Windus, 1983 [Memoiren]
» Dirk Bogarde: Backcloth. London: Viking, 1986 [Memoiren]
» Dirk Bogarde: Great Meadow. London: Viking, 1992 [Memoiren]
» Dirk Bogarde: A Short Walk from Harrods. London: Viking, 1993 [Memoiren]
» Dirk Bogarde: Cleared for Take-Off. London: Viking, 1995 [Memoiren]
» Dirk Bogarde: For the Time Being: Collected Journalism. London: Viking, 1998
Sheridan Morley: Dirk Bogarde: Rank Outsider. London: Bloomsbury, 1996 > 192 S. : Ill. * filmography, index
John Coldstream: Dirk Bogarde: The Authorised Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 > VIII, 611 S. * appendices, index
John Coldstream [Hg.]: Ever, Dirk: The Bogarde letters. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008 > X, 531 S. : Ill. * chronology, index
