Dirk Bogarde interview | British Actor | Afternoon plus | 1980

[@rattersinc]

A man of rare quality, seldom seen in today’s world.

[@lepetitchat123]

I think Jeremy irons has some of his qualities as an actor

[@HayleyAMathiason]

Extremely rare.

[@scotnick59]

I like his honesty, class plus he was a fantastic actor, no question.

[@buddyvilla7393]

Dirk Bogarde was an incredible actor and a extraordinary man. Soldier Actor Writer Dear friend Uncle , Brother, Son. He is terribly missed. A complete and total original.

[@MrDavey2010]

Sir Dirk was excellent but a difficult man too. Always on guard with interviewers.

[@philyaboots1]

All of his books are brilliant, honest and superbly written.

[@larahensinghlyc3641]

Goodness. I just realised Dirk would have been 100 this year.

[@patriciafinn5717]

Humble honest and elegent..

[@shaun5944]

Good interview, great actor. Cast a dark shadow with Margaret Lockwood. Brilliant! 👍🇬🇧

[@davidallen508]

Seamus , I agree ; it’s a brilliant,underrated film both tense and amusing.They both play below their class which makes it great fun.Margaret Lockwood is particularly good and cracks me up, especially when she comes out of the beauty parlour and says “I would have gone blonde but thought it might make me look common”.

[@alangiles2763]

@@davidallen508 She was so lovely - at the moment* Talking Pictures are repeating the three series of "Justice" made between 1971-74 for Yorkshire Television where she plays barrister Harriet Peterson, and she remained a very handsome woman (* Thursday evenings 2100-2200 from Sept 2022)

[@margaretwicks544]

My first heart throb.Thoght he was lovely ,still do.R.I.P.

[@emberleythedragon2318]

"I'm hooked on words now." 💜

[@HayleyAMathiason]

He was a terrific actor. He was indeed very guarded but context is important. To be a homosexual was considered by many people to be a disgrace and despite the laws changing homophobia was very rampant. That would have undoubtedly added to his prickly nature. I do not care. I find him fascinating and he speaks so wonderfully.❤ Thanks for sharing this gem.

[@Timur18056]

Elaine Grand is very good here - “Surely there is some fiction in autobiographies..?” Considering how unreliable Bogarde’s memoirs are, it is a great opening question.

[@larahensinghlyc3641]

Dirk's answer is good too, though. He had learned how to navigate interviews. Exhausting, but rewarding - provided you manage to convey something that is important to you.

[@frederickbowdler8169]

leaving out things is fiction

[@jasonwhitehurst4508]

the first presenter here is John Edwards.and the other presenter is Elaine grand.

[@christoph404]

he wrote several volumes of autobiography but never really acknowledged the existence of his partner of almost 40 years whom he lived with, Tony Forwood, ....he mentions "Forwood" in relation to him being his driver or manager but never as his partner, in some interviews he has done from his home in France he sometimes says " we" when he talks about the gardening and building walls and making improvements to the property. etc .. Forwood left his wife Glynis Johns in 1948 after 6 years of marriage and remained with Bogarde from 1949 until his death in 1988. Glynis Johns was always scathing and scornful of Bogarde's autobiographies, she publicly accused him of writing invented fiction and passing it off as true facts. Bogarde was an interesting man and a very good writer, he was probably quite wise to keep his private life under wraps, being openly gay in the 1950s would not only end your career as a romantic lead actor it would also land you in prison!! He remained dignified about it I'll give him that but I often wonder why he just didn't come out near the end of his life and be done with it.

[@alangiles2763]

Chris - he was 46 when he became "legal" - as you say prior to 1967, he could have been sent to prison, and if you start your life having to be guarded it probably becomes a habit, and the older you get the less likely to stick your head above the paraphet. I thin Ms. Johns just became bitter, as many women must have done given the set of circumstances she found herself in.

[@christoph404]

@@alangiles2763 thank you for your comment on my post! Yes I think it became a habit for him being so guarded about his private life, he saw no reason to come out later in his life, well of course there was no requirement for him to do so, I agree that Glynis Johns seemed bitter, almost angry that her husband left her for Bogarde, at the same time she made some valid points in her bitter comments!!!

[@greatbritishmale]

During his career there were morality clauses which, if he had come out as gay would have meant he’d never work again (as happened with William Haines). Even in later life when it wasn’t legal, it was hardly something that was entirely socially acceptable. I imagine it would’ve been incredibly difficult to change a habit of a lifetime and suddenly accept one’s self finally. Would’ve felt very disheartening I imagine to look back and think the whole charade resulted in a somewhat wasted life (personally anyway, he was very accomplished as an actor / writer).

[@blipblip88]

I love gentle, old, erudite gay men of solid, educated backgrounds, with honest views about themselves, however cloaked with the caveats of the time..

[@maraam5300]

he is NOT gay it was a bad rumor

[@blipblip88]

Well he certainly had his partner Anthony Forwood fooled then! LOL!@@maraam5300

[@markandresen1]

@@maraam5300 That would've been news to him.

[@viewfromear]

Afternoon ITV has plummeted a bit in 40 years. Elaine Grand looks like she was a pretty impressive and wise interviewer. Bogarde does not seem to be the easiest of guests - he knows she’s good, and he doesn’t like it!

[@kymlardnerofficial]

He invited her for a second interview in his home in France so he mustn't have disliked her that much. I think he enjoyed her. Shame about that backdrop. That would unsettle interviewee

[@LittleQween65]

Why choose one, when you can do both?

[@knownpleasures]

He seems to be implying that people in the movie industry are stupid

[@MokkaMatti]

It's quite clear that over the decades, that is a rather astute implication.

[@chrismc410]

The one hater on this video. In Mr. Bogarde's words as Mr. Scott- Padgett: he'll be flogged for that, six dozen lashes

[@piustwelfth]

When one gets older, the hair should go lighter. Dirk didn't get the word.

[@juniorjohnson7020]

He loved Capucine, then called her crapucine when she turned him down

[@mikedennington8856]

Dyed hair..

[@maraam5300]

how told you ?!!!!

[@mikejohnson2638]

He's a pathological liar, constantly contradicts himself.

[@frederickbowdler8169]

does not like to be bested in an interview and often takes an opposite view point because to agree is to lose