Dirk Niven van de Bogaerde was born on March 29th, 1921 in London. Bogarde's acting career began at a West End theater in 1939 and became a leading man heart throb in 1950s film. Bogarde broke out of that mold by playing a blackmailed gay attorney in the 1961 film Victim. Bogarde and Tony Forwood met in 1938 and were together for 50 years. Bogarde became Forwood's care giver during a long terminal illness.
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