Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “ A Gay Old Time .” In this week’s column, with late closeted film star Dirk Bogarde in the news, let’s revisit one of his great roles, 1963’s The Servant ...
A recently unveiled report details an investigation into Bogarde after Soviet intelligence identified him as "practicing British homosexual." ...
MI5 files have revealed that film star Dirk Bogarde had been warned that the KGB had identified him as a “practising ...
Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB, according to newly-declassified intelligence files. Documents released to the ...
Image Credit: Dirk Bogarde in ‘Hot Enough For June’ via ... the target of a sting orchestrated by Soviet organization the KGB. The newly declassified files reveal that the actor’s name ...
Papers released by MI5 show that although Blunt confessed to them he had spied for the Russians during World War Two, the ...
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 files.
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But Hollywood star Dirk Bogarde could never have guessed ... told that his name was on a list handed to the KGB. The officer reported: 'Bogarde said that the report was absurd and he did not ...