Apr 17, 2021 · For the first half of his career, across comedies and war films, Bogarde was a cinematic figure of heterosexual desire. And yet with Victim he embraced the risks to his career posed by playing a gay man. He must also have known the …

Mar 23, 2021 · The obvious danger was that Bogarde was gay and living with his partner Anthony 'Tote' Forwood, as he would until Forwood died in 1988. "This was a way of getting out a message" says...

Dirk Bogarde is generally considered to have been gay, although he denied it during his lifetime (gay sex was against the law for much of his acting career). He never married, unlike several gay Hollywood actors who undertook marriages of convenience.

Jan 18, 2025 · Declassified docs reveal closeted actor Dirk Bogarde was the target of a Russian gay entrapment plot

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". [2]

With secrecy and the fear of discovery still engulfing gay actors in 2011, is it any wonder that the career – and life – of the entirely closeted Dirk Bogarde was a conundrum and a...

Jan 14, 2025 · Actor Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” sting by the KGB, newly-declassified files reveal today.

Mar 23, 2021 · The obvious danger was that Bogarde was gay and living with his partner Anthony ‘Tote’ Forwood, as he would until Forwood died in 1988. “This was a way of getting out a message” says Coldstream. “He couldn’t go on a chat …

Feb 13, 2021 · Dirk Bogarde, a Surrey actor who starred alongside Richard Attenborough and Judy Garland, is often credited for breaking down boundaries for LGBT portrayal in film.

Mar 15, 2011 · Despite being closeted for most of his life, with “Victim” he spearheaded a major cultural change in society’s attitude to male homosexuality at great risk to a highly lucrative career. Patrick, Manchester.