Dirk Bogarde played countless roles on and off screen—but he kept just as many secrets, including one with the power to ...

Image Credit: Dirk Bogarde in ‘Hot Enough For June’ via Kate Gabrielle, Flickr The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British actor who became a household name in the 1950s and ’60s thanks especially ...

One moment in the film life of Dirk Bogarde is particularly clear proof of his superiority over other leading men of the time: Bogarde and Ryan O’Neal, during one of the last scenes of “A Bridge Too ...

FILM star Dirk Bogarde was investigated by spies at MI5 as they thought he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the Russians, newly-declassified files show. Documents released to the ...

From heartthrob to icon of edginess, the actor had an extraordinary career. On the centenary of his birth, Sophie Monks Kaufman wonders if we will see so daring a leading man again. Many actors have ...

Dirk Bogarde's most fruitful professional relationship was with the director Joseph Losey, who had left America for exile in England at the time of the McCarthy witch-hunts and Hollywood blacklists.

Lord Attenborough was an "idiot", Vanessa Redgrave a "ninny" and Sir John Gielgud struggled to understand Shakespeare, according to Sir Dirk Bogarde. The extraordinarily caustic comments by the late ...

The Odeon, Leicester Square, 1960. The red-carpet premiere of a film that will change the story of British film and British society. The lights are killed, the crowd falls silent. The roar of ...

The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British actor who became a household name in the 1950s and ’60s thanks especially to his role in the comedic Doctor film series. Amidst his fame and acclaim, it ...