David Niven
David Niven
James David Graham Niven was a popular English actor and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, and Sir Charles Lytton,in The Pink Panther. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 March 1910
two clothes faces
I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet.
actors roles retiring
Actors don’t retire. They just get offered fewer roles.
truth reality men
I enjoy reality as much as the next man. It's just that in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.
writing school years
I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.
war humanity done
Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.
malta sod
Malta is a sod of a place.
one-day age want
Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way.