David Niven

1910–1983 | British actor

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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Born

David Niven was born (as James David Graham Niven) in London on 1^st March, 1910.
Died

David Niven died in Château-d’Oex, Switzerland on 29^th July, 1983, aged 73.

- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Thursday at 3.50am on Sky Cinema Action HD
- Tuesday at 1.35pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- In 1943, a sabotage team is sent to destroy two giant guns on a Turkish island.
- Discovering Film ()
- Thursday at 5pm on Sky Arts HD
- Friday at 4am on Sky Arts
- Sky TV series featuring in-depth profiles of individual film stars.
- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- Sunday at 10.35am on 5Select
- Sunday at 11.40am on 5Select
- The daughter of an unhappy middle-class Yorkshire family falls passionately in love with a gypsy who has been brought up with her.
- Talking Pictures (2013)
- Sunday at 2.30pm on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
- Sunday at 2.30pm on BBC Two HD
- Sunday at 2.30pm on BBC Two Wales HD
- A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.