Dirk Bogarde Site Map

Home - Home page of the Official Dirk Bogarde Website

  • The Actor - Main page of the Actor section, including information about Dirk Bogarde's Career in British Cinema, European Cinema, Theatre and Televison.
  • Theatre - Essay and photograhs on Dirk's career in theatre
  • British Cinema - Essay and photograhs on Dirk's career in British Cinema
  • European Cinema - Essay and photograhs on Dirk's career in European Cinema
  • Filmography - A complete list of Bogarde's film appearances, including brief synopses
  • Television - A brief synopsis on Bogarde's Televison career, as well as a descriptive list of all of his television appearances.
  • The Writer - Main page of the Writer section, which includes information about Dirk Bogarde's Career as an Author. Featured are all of his books, as well as his poetry.
  • Essay - A study of Dirk's writings
  • The Works - All the books by Dirk Bogarde collected together, each with its own page containing brief descriptions and information, as well as previews of the front page
  • A Postillion Struck by Lightning
  • Snakes and Ladders
  • Backcloth
  • A Particular Friendship
  • Great Meadow
  • A Short Walk from Harrods
  • Cleared for Take-Off
  • For The Time Being
  • A Gentle Occupation
  • Voices in the Garden
  • West of Sunset
  • Jericho
  • A Period of Adjustment
  • Closing Ranks
  • From Le Pigeonnier
  • Coming of Age
  • The Poems - Three published poems by Dirk
  • The Artist - Main page of the Artist section, including information about Dirk Bogarde's sketches, Illustrations from his books as well as his other work.
  • Essay - An appraisal of Bogarde's work as an artist / illustrator
  • The Sketchbook - A collection of images from Dirk's sketchbook, including many unseen images
  • The Illustrations - All of the illustrations Dirk did for his books
  • A Postillion Struck by Lightning
  • Snakes and Ladders
  • Backcloth
  • A Particular Friendship
  • A Short Walk from Harrods
  • Cleared for Take-Off
  • A Gentle Occupation
  • Jericho
  • Great Meadow
  • A Period of Adjustment
  • Other Work - A selection of other paintings and drawings by Dirk Bogarde
  • Icon - Main page of the Icon section, featuring an appraisal of Dirk Bogarde's position as an icon, both in style and as a quiet campaigner.
  • Cover Star - A slideshow of magazine covers that featured Dirk Bogarde
  • Style - An overview of Dirk Bogarde's influence on the style of such people as Madonna, Morrisey, Adam Ant, Roxy Music and the New Romantics
  • Campaigner - Details of all the charities and
  • The Discreet Reformer - An examination of Bogarde's influence on the reform of the Sexual Offenses Act, including a letter from its champion, Lord Arran
  • Timeline - A full timeline of Dirk Bogarde's life and career.
  • Archive - Main page of the Archive section, featuring home movies taken by Dirk, as well as archive photos from behind the scenes on some of his films and from his personal life.
  • Home Movies
  • Photographs
  • Bibliography - Main page of the Bibliography section, featuring the official Biography by John Coldstream, as well as several other publications on the subject of Bogarde's life and films.
  • Official Biography - by John Coldstream
  • Other Publications
  • Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Illustrated Career by Robert Tanich
  • The Films of Dirk Bogarde by Margaret Hinxman and Susan d’Arcy
  • Dirk Bogarde: Rank Outsider by Sheridan Morley
  • Miscellany - Main page of the Miscellany section, with information on Dirk's honours, obituaries, a portrait of him by David Tindle, his various recordings, his two appearances on Desert Island Discs, a recipe and news.
  • Honours - A list of the honours bestowed upon Sir Dirk Bogarde, including his knighthood
  • Obituaries - A selection of obituaries as published on the occasion of Sir Dirk Bogarde's passing
  • The Independent
  • The Times
  • The Guardian
  • Private Eye
  • Portrait - A portrait commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in 1986 by Royal Academician David Tindle. Featured here are the prelimanary sketch, a preparatory study and the final work
  • LPs - Both of the studio recordings by Dirk Bogarde
  • Alice in Wonderland - Narrated by Dirk Bogarde. Audio samples available to listen to
  • Lyrics for Lovers - Dirk Bogarde’s one and only ‘solo album’, consisting of recording of popular songs and first released in 1960. Audio samples available
  • Desert Island Discs - Dirk appeared on the Radio 4 show twice - listed here are his choices from both occasions
  • 1964
  • 1989
  • Chicken Clermont - A recipe devised, described and illustrated by Dirk
  • News - ongoing news about Dirk and his estate
  • Links - Links to pages relating to Dirk Bogarde and his career, including the Boston University Archive and the BFI.
  • Dirk Bogarde Links
  • Boston University Archive - Information and links to the archive who hold various manuscripts of Dirk's
  • BFI - The BFI holds Dirk Bogarde’s annotated scripts
  • Related Links - Many links to friends and colleagues of Dirk, including Judy Garland, Richard Attenborough and Joseph Losey
  • About Us - Information on the Official Dirk Bogarde Website, and the Estate.