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Dirk Bogarde was born Derek Niven Van den Bogaerde in London, England 28th March 1921. He followed his mother’s footsteps and began acting professionally in 1940. This career was interrupted by war service, but he returned to it and then became as a very popular star in UK. His big success started from the Doctor series, where he played the young and charming doctor Simon Sparrow.

Later on his career Bogarde started to take more serious roles. One of those was in Joseph Losey’s The Servant (1963). Bogarde also started to write, mainly stories from his own life. Among the audio books he made, there is also one music album, Lyrics for Lovers (released in 1960).

Dirk Bogarde was knighted in 1992. He also received several movie awards during his career. One of those was BAFTA for his performance in The Servant. Bogarde died in London, England, 8th May 1999.
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