Dirk Bogarde
Birthday: 28 March 1921, Hampstead, London, England, UK
Birth Name: Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde
Height: 174 cm
Sir Dirk Bogarde, distinguished film actor and writer, was born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde on March 28, 1921, to Ulric van den Bogaerde, the art editor of "The Times" ( ...Show More
First there was the war and then the peace to cope with, and then suddenly I was a film star. It hap Show more
First there was the war and then the peace to cope with, and then suddenly I was a film star. It happened all too soon. Hide
Childhood for me was basically a backyard, a spade and a bucket of mud with someone to look after yo Show more
Childhood for me was basically a backyard, a spade and a bucket of mud with someone to look after you. Hide
[speaking in 1983] Everyone wants to get into movies, but there aren't any movies left.
[speaking in 1983] Everyone wants to get into movies, but there aren't any movies left.
[on the Cannes Film Festival] My idea of hell. You see all the people you thought were dead and all Show more
[on the Cannes Film Festival] My idea of hell. You see all the people you thought were dead and all the people who deserve to be dead. After a while, you start to think you might be dead, too. Hide
I was as scrawny as a plucked hen. The Rank Organisation did supply me with dumbbells. All I did was Show more
I was as scrawny as a plucked hen. The Rank Organisation did supply me with dumbbells. All I did was put on two sweaters and then put my shirt on. Hide
Geniuses are notoriously loony, because it's a very fine line between madness and genius.
Geniuses are notoriously loony, because it's a very fine line between madness and genius.
If you write about Hollywood, you can only write farce. It's so way over the top, you can't believe Show more
If you write about Hollywood, you can only write farce. It's so way over the top, you can't believe it. It's Sunset Blvd. (1950), it really is. And it's cut-throat at the same time. Hide
[on Rex Harrison] He's the actor I've learned most from. Whenever I used to think about how I would Show more
[on Rex Harrison] He's the actor I've learned most from. Whenever I used to think about how I would play a part I would first think how Rex would approach it. Hide
[speaking in 1979] "The kind of acting I used to do no longer exists because your prime consideratio Show more
[speaking in 1979] "The kind of acting I used to do no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee. Hide
[on Simone Signoret] I suppose it is fair to say that I fell hopelessly in love with Simone Signoret Show more
[on Simone Signoret] I suppose it is fair to say that I fell hopelessly in love with Simone Signoret the very first time I clapped eyes on her in a modest Ealing film called Against the Wind (1948). I placed her then on the very peak of her profession and as far as I am concerned she has never budged from it and I still love her dearly. Hide
[on Alain Resnais] Resnais is one of the genius directors, too, however difficult it is to work in h Show more
[on Alain Resnais] Resnais is one of the genius directors, too, however difficult it is to work in his way on a script as complex as Providence (1977). He's the only poet director I'm aware of. Hide
[to Russell Harty during a 1986 interview] But I'm still in the shell, and you haven't cracked it ye Show more
[to Russell Harty during a 1986 interview] But I'm still in the shell, and you haven't cracked it yet, honey. Hide
[on fans] The local police were always having to come and remove girls from their nesting places und Show more
[on fans] The local police were always having to come and remove girls from their nesting places under the bushes. Like an orphan girl who twice escaped from a home at Birmingham. We only discovered her because she used the potting shed as a lavatory which seemed to indicate an alien presence. I think we got her fixed up as a kennel maid, which gave her dogs to love in place of me. Hide
[on actress/dancer Jessie Matthews] She was a much greater dancer than Ginger Rogers and I thought a Show more
[on actress/dancer Jessie Matthews] She was a much greater dancer than Ginger Rogers and I thought a better actress. Hide
I've got a good left profile and a very bad right profile. I was the Loretta Young of my day. I was Show more
I've got a good left profile and a very bad right profile. I was the Loretta Young of my day. I was only ever photographed on the left-hand profile. Hide
I'll only work with new people. If you stick with your contemporaries, you're dead.
I'll only work with new people. If you stick with your contemporaries, you're dead.
I love the camera and it loves me. Well, not very much sometimes. But we're good friends.
I love the camera and it loves me. Well, not very much sometimes. But we're good friends.
TV? Never! I don't want my audience going for a piss or making tea while I'm hard at work.
TV? Never! I don't want my audience going for a piss or making tea while I'm hard at work.
[1955] It seems to be almost impossible to find in this country the type of role which has made acto Show more
[1955] It seems to be almost impossible to find in this country the type of role which has made actors of the Brando [Marlon Brando] and James Dean style. Mine has I think some affinity which hitherto I have only been able to employ in the theatre. Hide
There's something wrong with actors, we've always been a suspect breed. Socially, I find myself more Show more
There's something wrong with actors, we've always been a suspect breed. Socially, I find myself more admissible now in England because I've written books. Hide
I simply love the camera and it loves me. But the amount of concentration you have to use to feed th Show more
I simply love the camera and it loves me. But the amount of concentration you have to use to feed the camera is so enormous that you're absolutely ragged at the end of a day after doing something simple - like a look. Hide
[on Kay Kendall] She was without question the greatest female clown we ever had -- apart from someon Show more
[on Kay Kendall] She was without question the greatest female clown we ever had -- apart from someone like Beatrice Lillie, whom your audience won't have heard of. Or Cicely Courtneidge. Hide
Dirk Bogarde's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (27)
Dirk Bogarde'S roles
Robert Gold
Lieutenant General Browning