Dirk Bogarde
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Dirk Bogarde
Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde, known as Dirk Bogarde, was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the Housefor the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 March 1921
profession
So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously.
years twenties temper
I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.
photography sweet cameras
The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.
may towers social
Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute.
photography cameras polemics
The camera can photograph thought.
flies imagine ripped side
I had my flies ripped so often that eventually, in public, I had to have a side zip... can you imagine anything more humiliating than that?
privacy said being-true
It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.