David Niven
An 'unoffical' James Bond film spoof made by film producer Charles K. Feldman His characters are often named after his real-life friends, or refer to his real-life friends as sources of information. After Great Britain declared war in 1939, he was one of the first actors to go back and join the army. Although Niven had a reputation for telling good old stories over and over again, he was totally silent about his war experience. Director: Val Guest & Ken Hughes. Also starred Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet & Daliah Lavi Director: Leslie Howard. Also starred Roland Culver, Anne Firth & David Horne Director: Anthony Asquith. Also starred James Robertson Justice & Eleanor Summerfield Director: Also starred Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle & Jamess Darren. Plot: A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel! Director: William Wyler. Also starred Flora Robson, Donald Crisp & Geraldine Fitzgerald. Plot: The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city... Patric Knowles got the part Humphrey Bogart got the part Director: Tay Garnett. Also starred Billie Burke, C. Aubrey Smith & Raymond Walburn Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, 1953 Around The World In Eighty Days (1956) Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. Also starred Bobby Howes, Diane Hart & Gordon Jackson. Plot: Niven plays a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. Director: Michael Anderson. Also starred Robert Morley, Ronald Squire & Basil Sydney. Plot: When Phileas Fogg is challenged to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days, he bets his entire fortune and leaves with a new butler on a world tour. Sadly, David Niven cannot be with us tonight, but he has sent his fridge. Director: Carol Reed. Also starred John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer & Hugh Burden Director: Anthony Kimmins. Also starred Jack Hawkins, Morland Graham & Finlay Currie Director: Val Guest. Also starred Cyril Cusack, Eric Pohlmann & Richard Marner Director: Sam Wood. Also starred Dudley Digges, Douglas Walton & E. E. Clive. Plot: Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles (Niven) keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Director: Ralph Thomas. Also starred Barry Jones, Kenneth More & Noel Purcell Director: Mario Zampi. Also starred George Cole, A. E. Matthews & Noelle Middleton. Plot: The whole village mourns when General O'Leary (A.E. Matthews), owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident Director: Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger. Also starred Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough & Bonar Colleano Director: Charles Crichton. Also starred Herbert Lom, Charles Victor & Gordon Jackson Director: Ken Annakin. Also starred Ando, Irene Tsu & Ivan Desny. Plot: A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy Director: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger. Also starred Jack Hawkins, Arlette Marchal & Gérard Nery Director: Anthony Asquith. Also starred Allan Cuthbertson, Victor Maddern & Raymond Francis
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