Rope (1947)
The role of a neurotic young murderer in Patrick Hamilton’s thriller was a foretaste of what would come for Dirk, billed for the first time under his new name. The cast rehearsed for two weeks, then performed the play ‘live’ for the cameras twice within three days. The producer, Stephen Harrison, wrote afterwards of Dirk: ‘I think he has possibilities.’

Power Without Glory (1947)
A re-staging for the small screen of Michael Clayton Hutton’s play, with Dirk reprising the role of Cliff.

The Cast of Helvig Delbo (1947)
A pioneering ‘drama-documentary’ about the betrayal of Allied airmen in Denmark by a woman member of the Resistance.

Little Moon of Alban (Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1964)
In this cruel-twist-of-fate drama, Dirk plays Lt Kenneth Boyd who kills a girl’s gunman boyfriend in post-WW1 Ireland. The grieving Brigit joins a unit of nursing nuns and winds up caring for the wounded Boyd.

The Epic That Never Was (1965)
At his home in Surrey Dirk narrated this documentary about Alexander Korda’s ill-fated attempt to film I, Claudius with Josef von Sternberg directing Charles Laughton.