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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to ...

The home secretary and his most senior civil servant were informed. The queen's private secretary ... to join his fellow ...

Many of Dirk Bogarde's best performances on screen involved the use of significant pauses: the enigmatic look on his face as he regards the sleeping James Fox in the first scene of Joseph Losey's The ...

FILM star Dirk Bogarde was investigated by spies at MI5 as they thought he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the Russians, newly-declassified files show. Documents released ...

But Hollywood star Dirk Bogarde could never have guessed that he would fall under suspicion by MI5 who spent six years investigating whether he had been recruited by Russian spies. Newly ...

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The KGB was said to have targeted the film star Dirk Bogarde as a homosexual (PA) Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB ...