作为二十世纪最伟大英国演员中的一员，德克·博加德令人铭记的不是罗伯特·多纳特式的优雅，不是劳伦斯·奥利弗式的风度，不是理查德·波顿式的才华，而是他抛向战后喧嚣英格兰那黯然而不忍离去的眼神。年轻时他就意识到英国没有造就白兰度或者詹姆斯·迪恩需要的那种角色，但在好莱坞众多小生中间他更加没有位置。尽管被宣传为“英国版洛克·哈德森”，但德克外形远不如洛克那么高大，演起喜剧来也没后者那么自得其乐，而且也没有选择用名不副实的婚姻来掩饰同志身份。1960年失败的《唱不完的歌》是其唯一在好莱坞拍摄的电影。

1961年，德克·博加德出演了巴兹尔·迪尔登执导的《受害者》，讲述了主人公因同志身份被敲诈的故事，在当时引发了争议。1963年与约瑟芬·罗西合作的《仆人》被认为反映了当时英国社会阶级关系的变革，事实上只是一部欧洲化的风格作品，带着同性恋的隐喻。该剧本由著名剧作家哈罗德·品特创作。

1965年，他出演了约翰·施莱辛格执导的《亲爱的》，但失去了和茱莉·克里斯蒂继续合作《日瓦戈医生》的机会。67年，他出演了约瑟芬·罗西的《车祸》，但拒绝了此后罗西执导的《暗杀托洛斯基》。他决定是明智的，后来由理查德·伯顿出演的该片是不折不扣的烂片。好在，博加德和罗西的友谊还是维持了下来。

博加德曾经说过：“我只和没有合作过的人合作。如果你总是和在一起的人在一起，你就死定了”。1969和71年，他出演了意大利导演卢奇诺·维斯康蒂执导的两部影片，分别是《该诅咒的人》和《魂断威尼斯》。在根据托马斯·曼小说改编的后者当中，博加德扮演了唯美主义地爱上少年的老者，这次演出备受好评，也被他自己称作“事业的顶峰和终点。永远不会指望在更好的电影里演出更好的角色。”

1974年的《夜间守门人》和《该诅咒的人》一样涉及纳粹题材，是部备受争议的作品。1977年，理查德·阿滕伯勒执导的《遥远的桥》演员中博加德是唯一真正在二战战场上打过仗的人。1977年，他与约翰·吉尔古德一起出演了《天命》，称阿伦·雷乃为“唯一的诗人导演”。1978年又出演《绝望》合作法斯宾德，给于这位导演很高评价。

1981年，德克·博加德在电视片《帕特里夏·尼尔的故事》中饰演著名童书作家罗尔达·达尔获得金球奖提名。1984年他担任了戛纳电影节的评审团主席。1990年他在《乡愁老爸》中扮演简·伯金的父亲大受好评，这是他的最后一部电影。1992年，博加德被授予了爵位，最终于1998年5月8日病逝在伦敦切尔西家中，享年78岁。他最大的遗憾是未能在安东尼·阿斯奎斯的指导下出演《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》。

Syvlia Syms OBE was born on 6th January 1934 in London, England to Daisy (Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She was educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress.

She started as a starlet. In her second film My Teenage Daughter (1954), she played Anna Neagle's "problem" daughter, and by 1960 had worked with Flora Robson, Orson Welles, Stanley Holloway, Lilli Palmer and William Holden — and made the film Ice-Cold in Alex (1958). Co-starring John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews, this has become a cult film in recent years because an extract from it was used in a beer commercial. It is an entertaining story about four British Army personnel trying to get through enemy territory. A love scene between Mills and Syms was dropped from the film because it was considered too strong.

Also in 1958, she appeared in the English civil war story The Moonraker with George Baker her male lead. Syms played Tony Hancock's wife in The Punch and Judy Man (1962) along with her nephew, Nick Webb. Other comedies followed, such as The Big Job (1965) with Hancock's former co-star Sid James, but it was for drama that she won acclaim, including The Tamarind Seed (1974) with Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif, for which she was nominated for a British Film Academy award. My Good Woman in 1972 was a husband-and-wife television comedy series which ran until 1974 with Leslie Crowther. At the same time, she was one of two team captains on the BBC's weekly "Movie Quiz", hosted by Robin Ray.

Shortly after the downfall of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Syms portrayed Thatcher in a TV play covering the events surrounding her demise on ITV, later recreating the role on the stage. In 1989, she appeared in the Doctor Who story Ghost Light.

In 2006, she co-starred as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in Stephen Frears' The Queen, alongside Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren. She also appeared in The Poseidon Adventure, an American television movie with little connection to the original movie of the same name made in the 1970s. Sylvia was made an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007. (pictured right)

Among the many other famous names she has worked with are: Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, Hardy Krüger, Herbert Lom, Cliff Richard, Jenny Agutter, Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Roger Moore, Ray Milland, Bernard Miles and Richard Todd.