biography
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Bogarde, Sir Dirk
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originally Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
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pronunciation:
[bohgah(r)d]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1921–99)
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| biography:
| Actor and novelist, born in London, UK. He began acting in repertory theatre and made his film debut as an extra in Come On George (1940). After war service, he was signed to a long-term contract with Rank Films, spending many years playing small-time crooks, military heroes, and breezy comic leads (notably in the ‘Doctor in the House’ series) until he was voted Britain's top box-office star (1955, 1957). His major films include A Tale of Two Cities (1958), Victim (1961), The Servant (1963), Death in Venice (1971), and Providence (1977). He published several volumes of autobiography, and his novels include A Gentle Occupation (1980) and A Period of Adjustment (1994). He was knighted in 1992. In 1996 he suffered a stroke, but continued to work by means of dictation. |
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