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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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Richarlison was key to the plan, positioning himself partly to block the pass into Villa's right centre midfielder Lamare Bogarde, while angling his body to discourage Emiliano Martinez from playing down Villa's right.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

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

Dirk Bogarde and James Fox co-star, and playwright Harold Pinter penned the screenplay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 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

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