Dirk Bogarde played countless roles on and off screen—but he kept just as many secrets, including one with the power to ...

Suspected by MI5 of being the victim of KGB gay entrapment, declassified files suggest late matinee idol Sir Dirk Bogarde stubbornly refused to come out of the closet. Awkwardly probed by Russell ...

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.

In the same tranche of declassified files, it has been revealed that film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay "entrapment" attempt by the KGB.

Image Credit: Dirk Bogarde in ‘Hot Enough For June’ via Kate Gabrielle, Flickr The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British actor who became a household name in the 1950s and ’60s thanks ...

“Bogarde said that the report was absurd and he did not know how the KGB could have received this information. He was a man of 50 and able to behave in a responsible fashion,” Agent Merifield ...

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 ...

The officer reported: 'Bogarde said that the report was absurd and he did not know how the KGB could have received this information. He was a man of 50 and able to behave in a responsible fashion.

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 ...