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Dirk Bogarde

1921 - 1999

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Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art house films, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".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. Bogarde saw active military duty during World War Two, and over the course of five years reached the rank of major and was awarded seven medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Bogarde has received more than 3,104,481 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Dirk Bogarde is the 987th most popular actor (down from 448th in 2019), the 1,083rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 594th in 2019) and the 140th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dirk Bogardes by language

Over the past year Dirk Bogarde has had the most page views in the with 427,094 views, followed by French (37,208), and German (33,496). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (95.93%), Simple English (94.05%), and Emilian-Romagnol (80.86%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dirk Bogarde ranks 987 out of 13,578. Before him are Ving Rhames, Barbara Bel Geddes, Basil Rathbone, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Lang, and Paul Muni. After him are Honor Blackman, Jean Dujardin, Emilio Estevez, Billy Crystal, Rod Taylor, and Helen McCrory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Dirk Bogarde ranks 89. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu, Ágnes Keleti, Leonardo Sciascia, Gene Roddenberry, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, and Seretse Khama. After him are Iris Apfel, Donna Reed, Shin Kyuk-ho, Stanley Ho, Herta Bothe, and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld. Among people deceased in 1999, Dirk Bogarde ranks 55. Before him are André Martinet, Benjamin Bloom, Barış Manço, João Figueiredo, Alfredo Kraus, and Charlotte Perriand. After him are Rafael Alberti, Lajos Tichy, Daniel Nathans, Brion James, Gyula Zsengellér, and Igor Netto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dirk Bogarde ranks 1,083 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Patten (1944), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Paul Grice (1913), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), and William Stuart-Houston (1911). After him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Honor Blackman (1925), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Ryan Giggs (1973), John Tenniel (1820), and Don Airey (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Dirk Bogarde ranks 140. Before him are Sebastian Shaw (1905), Kenny Baker (1934), John Nettles (1943), Stephen Boyd (1931), Frank Oz (1944), and Sacha Baron Cohen (1971). After him are Honor Blackman (1925), Helen McCrory (1968), Patrick Macnee (1922), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Sydney Chaplin (1885), and Hugh Griffith (1912).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Night Porter
Maximilian Theo Aldorfer
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
Apr 3o 19746.778 / 10
A Bridge Too Far
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Jun 15o 19777.229 / 10
Death in Venice
Gustav von Aschenbach
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
Mar 2o 19717.3 / 10