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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Example Sentences

In the show, Bogarde tells the presenter Roy Plomley he was determined to be an actor "as soon as I was born".

From BBC • Oct. 12, 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

And then someone who would completely throw the party into chaos, someone incredibly opinionated and waspish, like Dirk Bogarde.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2019