Date of Birth
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28-March-1921
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Place of Birth
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West Hampstead
(London NW6, London)
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Nationality
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England
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Also know as
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Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogarde, Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaer, Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde, Sir Dirk Bogarde, The British Rock Hudson, The Idol of the Odeon, Derek van den Bogaerde, Derek Bogaerde, Pippin, Pip
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Profession
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Novelist, Actor, Screenwriter, Writer
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Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and writer.
Initially a matinée idol in such films as Doctor in the House and other Rank Organisation pictures, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death in Venice. In a second career, Bogarde wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from his articles in The Daily Telegraph.
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