David Niven
British actor (1910–1983) | A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The First of the Few (1942), The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
Debonair British leading man whose natural enthusiasm found several outlets before he accidentally ended up in Hollywood and was signed up as an extra
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David Niven, Kim Hunter
David Niven and Kim Hunter in A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

David Niven, Cary Grant
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) photograph (1) | David Niven, Cary Grant

Discovering Film | Discovering: David Niven opening credits

Talking Pictures (2013) | David Niven (2013) opening credits
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Watch David Niven on British television
- Paper Tiger (1975)
- Saturday at 12pm on London Live
- An ageing Englishman becomes tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador in a Pacific state, and finds he has to live his heroic fantasies in reality.
- Paper Tiger (1975)
- Discovering Film
- Discovering: David Niven (S2, Ep 9)
- 4th March at 6pm on Sky Arts HD
- 5th March at 2pm on Sky Arts HD
- 7th March at 11am on Sky Arts HD
- 8th March at 10.05am on Sky Arts HD
- Sky TV series featuring in-depth profiles of individual film stars.
- Discovering Film