FrameThrower · Actors · Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
9 films · 532 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1950–1978
Born 28 March 1921 · Hampstead, London, England, UK · died 8 May 1999
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels, and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph.
Bogarde came to prominence in films including The Blue Lamp in the early 1950s, before starring in the successful Doctor film series (1954–1963). He twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for The Servant (1963) and Darling (1965).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 532 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1950–1978
- Knight Bachelor1992
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 532 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dirk takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 9 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Dirk takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 532 frames from Dirk Bogarde's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.