MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting …
2 days ago · Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB, ... Bogarde, who died in 1999, never came out publicly as gay, although he ...
British actor warned by MI5 about gay sting attempt from Russian …
2 days ago · Actor Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” sting by the KGB, newly-declassified files reveal today. The intelligence documents released to the ...
Why Dirk Bogarde was a truly dangerous film star - BBC
The obvious danger was that Bogarde was gay and living with his partner Anthony 'Tote' Forwood, as he would until Forwood died in 1988. "This was a way of getting out a message" says...
Dirk Bogarde: how MI5 suspected matinee idol was a Russian spy
Newly declassified files reveal MI5’s suspicion of the actor, fuelled by a tip-off and his sexuality
Dirk Bogarde and the KGB’s gay entrapment plot: MI5 files reveal …
2 days ago · Dirk Bogarde, one of Britain’s most celebrated actors, was once warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” sting by the KGB, according to newly-declassified intelligence ...
‘You knew, of course, he was a homosexual’: Dirk Bogarde in
Apr 17, 2021 · For the first half of his career, across comedies and war films, Bogarde was a cinematic figure of heterosexual desire. And yet with Victim he embraced the risks to his career posed by playing a gay man. He must also have known the …
Tragedy of the 'world's most beautiful boy': How movie …
Jul 20, 2021 · Bogarde was openly homosexual as was Visconti, who said his male lovers included Italian director Franco Zeffirelli and Umberto II, the last King of Italy. He was 63 when he made Death In Venice...
Dirk Bogarde - LGBT Archive
Dirk Bogarde is generally considered to have been gay, although he denied it during his lifetime (gay sex was against the law for much of his acting career). He never married, unlike several gay Hollywood actors who undertook marriages of convenience.
Why Dirk Bogarde was a truly dangerous film star
Mar 23, 2021 · The obvious danger was that Bogarde was gay and living with his partner Anthony ‘Tote’ Forwood, as he would until Forwood died in 1988. “This was a way of getting out a message” says Coldstream. “He couldn’t go on a chat …
Surrey's Hollywood star who changed attitudes to homosexuality …
Feb 13, 2021 · Dirk Bogarde, a Surrey actor who starred alongside Richard Attenborough and Judy Garland, is often credited for breaking down boundaries for LGBT portrayal in film.
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