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Dirk Bogarde
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Dirk Bogarde is a British actor. His notable film appearances include The Servant (1963), Darling (1965), The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971), and The Night Porter (1973). Bogarde retired from the screen in 1978 to become a writer and produced several novels and books of memoirs. He returned to film acting in 1990. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Dirk Bogarde was one of Britain's most distinguished and successful actors. With films such as Death in Venice, Accident, The Night Porter and A Bridge too far, he established an international reputation. But he ... wrote several bestselling memoirs and novels of which Postillion was the first. He died in 1999.
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Dirk Bogarde digressed from his usual lightweight image to portray a smarmy murderer in Cast a Dark Shadow. He kills his first wife (Mona Washbourne), hoping to claim her inheritance. Surprise! The inheritance is a myth. Thus Bogarde sets his sights on barkeeper Margaret Lockwood, whom he knows to be heavily insured. But Lockwood is possessed of a naturally suspicious nature, making Bogarde's second murder plot a bit more delicate than his first.
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Using his own sister as a sexual pawn, power-hungry manservant Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) lures his pampered playboy employer (James Fox) into decadent distraction. Meanwhile, Barrett takes control of his master's affairs with sinister subtlety. The first of director Joseph Losey's brilliant collaborations with playwright Harold Pinter, The Servant was nominated for eight British Academy Awards and won three, including Best Actor for Bogarde.
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There is an incredible moment of Bogarde's screen magic during the famous scene at the barbershop. The barber darkens his hair, daubs strange white makeup onto his cheeks and rouge on his lips, in an effort to restore his youth. Von Aschenbach allows himself a tiny, approving, hopeful smile at his reflection in the mirror when his makeover is complete. It's truly horrible, the smile of a man about to fly into a thousand bloody pieces, trying to hold himself together with lipstick.
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