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Dirk Bogarde. 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".
In 1942, Forwood married actress Glynis Johns, but they divorced in 1948.Their only child was actor Gareth Forwood (1945–2007). [10]Forwood later lived with his long-term lover, [11] actor Dirk Bogarde, in Amersham, England, and then in France before the couple returned to England shortly before Forwood died in London in 1988.
Song Without End. Song Without End, subtitled The Story of Franz Liszt, is a 1960 biographical film romance about Franz Liszt made by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Charles Vidor, who died during the shooting of the film and was replaced by George Cukor. The film stars Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, and Geneviève Page.
The Servant (1963 film) The Servant. (1963 film) The Servant is a 1963 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey. It was written by Harold Pinter, who adapted Robin Maugham 's 1948 novella. The Servant stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox. The first of Pinter's four film collaborations with Losey, The Servant is a ...
— Glynis Johns Los Angeles Times, 17 April 1991 Johns was born into a theatrical family. Her mother was Alyce Steele-Wareham, an Australian-born concert pianist who had studied in London and Vienna. Originally of English descent, Alyce's family found fame as performing actors, singers and musicians, touring Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with their musical programmes; her ...
Plot. "May We Borrow Your Husband?" is the title story of a collection of what Graham Greene termed "comedies of the sexual life." The story is indeed something of a comedy of manners because the lifestyles of a particular class of English society come under the scrutiny of the author. The narrator, as both a novelist and an authority on ...
Budget. $800,000 [1] 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 ...
Darling. (1965 film) Darling is a 1965 British romantic drama film directed by John Schlesinger from a screenplay written by Frederic Raphael. [5] It stars Julie Christie as Diana Scott, a young successful model and actress in Swinging London, toying with the affections of two older men, played by Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey.