Dirk Bogarde

Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde, known as Dirk Bogarde , was an English actor and writer. Initially a matine idol in films such as Doctor in the House for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in arthouse films. In a second career, he wrote seven bestselling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph.

Bogarde was the elder of two sons born to Ulric van den Bogaerde and Margaret Niven . He had a younger sister, Elizabeth.

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