Career: In 1940, Bogarde joined the Queen's Royal Regiment as an officer and served in the Air Photographic Intelligence Unit. He was awarded seven medals in his five years of active duty. He returned to acting after the Second World War and in 1947 appeared on stage in Power Without Glory. He made his movie debut in the same year with one line in Dancing with Crime. His first lead role came a year later when he starred in Esther Waters. On the strength of this performance, the Rank Organisation signed him to a long-term contract and he appeared in a variety of parts for them for the next 14 years. His notable films include Doctor in the House (1954), Victim (1961), The Servant (1963), Darling (1965), Death in Venice (1974) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He won Bafta film awards for Darling and The Servant. He was knighted in 1992. He died of a heart attack on May 8, 1999, at the age of 78.