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Dirk Bogarde Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography

Dirk Bogarde Quick Info
Height 5 ft 8.5 in
Weight 75 kg
Date of Birth March 28, 1921
Zodiac Sign Aries
Eye Color Light Brown

Dirk Bogarde was a multi-talented actor and screenwriter who also served in the British army under the rank of Major. In 1984, he became the first British person to be the President of the jury at Cannes Film Festival.

Born Name

Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde

Nick Name

Sir Dirk Bogarde, The Idol of the Odeon, Pip/Pippinm The British Rock Hudson

Dirk Bogarde during an appearance on the TV program Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dirk Bogarde during an appearance on the TV program Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC Television / eBay / Public Domain)

Age

He was born on March 28, 1921.

Died

Dirk died on May 8, 1999, at the age of 78 in Chelsea, London, England at his home in London from a heart attack.

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

12 Hemstal Road, West Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

Nationality

English

Education

Dirk attended University College School (UCS) and Allan Glen’s High School of Science in Glasgow.

He also finished a 2-year course at Chelsea College of Art after getting a scholarship from there. Henry Moore was his teacher there.

On July 4, 1985, he received an honorary doctorate of literature by St Andrews University in Scotland. In 1993, Dirk received an honorary doctorate of letters by the University of Sussex in England.

Occupation

Actor, Novelist, Screenwriter

Family

  • Father – Ulric van den Bogaerde (1892–1972) (Art editor of The Times)
  • Mother – Margaret Niven (1898–1980) (Actress)
  • Siblings – Elizabeth (Younger Sister; b. 1924), Gareth Ulric Van Den Bogaerde (Younger Brother; b. July 1933) (Advertising Film Producer)

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 8.5 in or 174 cm

Weight

75 kg or 165 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Dirk had dated –

  1. Anthony ‘Tote’ Forwood (1949-1988) – In 1949, he started living with actor Anthony Forwood until his death in 1988. They lived for nearly 39 years together. Tote was 72 at the time of his death. Before Dirk, Antony was married to actress Glynis Johns. They had no children together. They lived in France, Italy, and London, England.

Race / Ethnicity

White

He had Flemish (Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium) ancestry on his dad’s side while he was of Scottish descent on his mom’s side.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Light Brown

Sexual Orientation

Gay

Dirk Bogarde and Jane Birkin at the Cannes film festival in 1990
Dirk Bogarde and Jane Birkin at the Cannes film festival in 1990 (Georges Biard / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Dirk Bogarde’s Favorite Things

  • Food – Cold Lobster
  • Hobby – Exploring junk-shops
  • Book Authors – Graham Greene, Mary Webb, Evelyn Waugh

Source – DirkBogarde.co.uk

Dirk Bogarde Facts

  1. He was baptized on October 30, 1921, at St. Mary’s Church, Kilburn.
  2. He was the oldest among his siblings.
  3. He was in the British Army also. He was first a part of the Royal Corps of Signals and then the Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
  4. Daddy Nostalgie, released in 1990, was his final film.
  5. He enjoyed reading.
  6. Dirk was in love with animals and had various pets such as a basset hound dog, a Siamese cat known by the name Mistinguett, a chinchilla cat known by the name George Bland, hens, bantams, and even ducks.
  7. He was a writer of 7 best-selling volumes of memoirs.
  8. Within just 5 years of serving in the military, he was promoted to the rank of ‘Major’.
  9. For the movie Despair (1978), he received a salary of $225,000.

Featured Image by NBC Television / eBay / Public Domain

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