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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".
In 1977 actor Dirk Bogarde titled the first volume of his autobiography A Postillion Struck By Lightning. [16] According to Bogarde, he heard of the sentence while on a childhood holiday in France. It came from an old French phrase-book belonging to the nanny of another family. [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
The early films featured Dirk Bogarde in the lead as Doctor Sparrow and Donald Sinden as Benskin. [4] Later films starred Leslie Phillips . [ 5 ] The first film came in 1954 and the last in 1970.
The story was made into a 1957 film with the same title starring Dirk Bogarde by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Development and publication [ edit ]
Once a Jolly Swagman (U.S. title: Maniacs on Wheels) is a 1949 British film starring Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Bill Owen, Thora Hird and Sid James. [1] [2] It was written by William Rose and Jack Lee, based on the 1944 novel of the same title by Montagu Slater.
Bogarde was ideal casting for Campbell's Kingdom and he became attached to the project. The film was almost made after Doctor at Sea (1955) when there was a financial crisis in the British film industry and Rank requested Box, Thomas and Bogarde make a third "Doctor" film, Doctor at Large (1957), instead. While this was done, Box, Ambler and ...
A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens ' novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859).