AKA Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde

Born: 28-Mar-1921
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 8-May-1999
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: A Bridge Too Far

Military service: British Army (1940-46, WWII)

Father: Ulric van den Bogaerde (artist, Times art editor)
Mother: Margaret Niven (actress)
Girlfriend: Capucine (French actress)
Special Friend: Tony Forwood (cohabited many years)

    High School: University College School, London
    High School: Allan Glens College, Glasgow
    High School: Chelsea School of Art
    University: Royal College of Art

    Knighthood 1992
    Stroke 1996
    Paralyzed
    Dutch Ancestry
    Scottish Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Daddy Nostalgia (5-Sep-1990)
    A Bridge Too Far (15-Jun-1977)
    Providence (25-Jan-1977)
    The Night Porter (1-Oct-1974)
    Night Flight from Moscow (7-Apr-1973)
    Death in Venice (1-Mar-1971)
    The Damned (14-Oct-1969)
    Oh! What a Lovely War (10-Mar-1969)
    The Fixer (8-Dec-1968)
    Sebastian (24-Jan-1968)
    Our Mother's House (9-Oct-1967)
    Accident (Feb-1967)
    Modesty Blaise (May-1966)
    Darling (Jul-1965)
    King & Country (1964)
    Doctor in Distress (2-Dec-1963)
    I Could Go on Singing (15-May-1963)
    The Servant (1963)
    The Password Is Courage (21-Dec-1962)
    HMS Defiant (6-Aug-1962)
    The Singer Not the Song (17-Nov-1961)
    Victim (1961)
    Libel (23-Oct-1959)
    A Tale of Two Cities (28-Feb-1958)
    Doctor at Large (26-Mar-1957)
    Ill Met by Moonlight (4-Mar-1957)
    Cast a Dark Shadow (28-Jan-1957)
    Doctor at Sea (26-Sep-1955)
    Doctor in the House (4-Oct-1954)
    For Better, For Worse (1954)
    So Long at the Fair (3-Jun-1950)
    The Blue Lamp (17-Jan-1950)
    Once a Jolly Swagman (2-Jan-1949)

Author of books:
A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977, memoir)
Snakes and Ladders (1978, memoir)
A Gentle Occupation (1980, novel)
Voices in the Garden (1981)
An Orderly Man (1983)
West of Sunset (1984)
Backcloth (1987, memoir)
A Particular Friendship (1989, memoir)
Jericho (1992, novel)
A Short Walk From Harrods (1993)
A Period of Adjustment (1994)
Coming of Age (1995)
Cleared for Take-Off (1995)
Closing Ranks (1997, novel)
For the Time Being: Collected Journalism (1999)

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