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Bogarde

British  
/ ˈbəʊɡɑːd /

noun

  1. Sir Dirk , real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde . 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)

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Then came Neal’s medical crisis, while pregnant with their fifth child, Lucy, and her rehabilitation, reenacted in a memorable 1981 TV movie, in which she was played by Glenda Jackson, and Roald by Dirk Bogarde.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2023

That relationship brought her worldwide acclaim and led to her first role outside Italy, opposite Terence Stamp and Dirk Bogarde in spy comedy Modesty Blaise.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2022

She went on to star with some of Italy's most famous actors, including Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Vittorio Gassman, as well as foreigners such as Michael Caine, Alain Delon and Dirk Bogarde.

From Reuters Feb. 2, 2022

The winner of five César Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars, Tavernier worked with actors including Isabelle Huppert, Julie Delpy and Dirk Bogarde, whose last screen role came in Tavernier’s bittersweet “Daddy Nostalgia.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 2, 2021

Dirk Bogarde plays the officer assigned to defend the young man, who obviously is suffering from shell shock.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2020

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