"Dirk was dark," says Vidal ... glimpses of domestic glamour in the Home Counties or Provence – the private life Bogarde had built for himself, and behind which he could retreat.

The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British actor ... From then on, he lived a considerably more private life in the south of France, though he found a second career as a successful author ...

In his last passport, Derek Van den Bogaerde, otherwise Dirk Bogarde ... who becomes his manager and life-long companion. 1947 Sketch magazine names Bogarde as one of four 'young men of mark ...

But Hollywood star Dirk Bogarde could never have guessed that ... serious man who is probably dominated in his private life by Forwood. 'Although evidence about his homosexuality seems too strong ...

With secrecy and the fear of discovery still engulfing gay actors in 2011, is it any wonder that the career – and life – of ... a BBC documentary The Private Dirk Bogarde (2001) and John ...

By the time he became an actor he had experienced enough of the heaviness of life to take fame lightly ... top hat and furrowed brow: "Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton". Bogarde was, as his ...

In addition, the digs contain a private gym, complete with a sauna and a steam room, while the grounds are decked out with a two-car garage, a tennis court, and a separate two-bedroom cottage with ...