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.

Career: Pinter took the stage name David Baron, and worked as an actor in repertory theatre across the UK. He began writing plays in the late 1950s, but didn't become acclaimed until 1960's The Caretaker received rave reviews. After that he never looked back. He directed various productions and wrote numerous screenplays, gaining Oscar nominations for Betrayal (1978) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). He also acted in such films as Mansfield Park (1999) and The Tailor of Panama (2001), as well as TV series The Troubleshooters. Apart from The Caretaker, his other best-known plays were The Birthday Party, The Homecoming and Betrayal. He died from liver cancer on December 24, 2008 at the age of 78.