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Niven, David Newton, Robert; Niven, David; MacLaine, Shirley: Around the World in 80 Days David Niven as James Bond and Barbara Bouchet as Miss Moneypenny stand together in formal attire, surrounded by women in metallic dresses holding guns, in Casino Royale (1967). Charlton Heston as Major Matt Lewis and David Niven as Sir Arthur Robertson talk while holding food in a scene from the film 55 Days at Peking. David Niven and Wendy Hiller in Separate Tables Gregory Peck, David Niven, Gia Scala, and James Darren in military attire stand among stone ruins in a scene from the World War II film The Guns of Navarone.
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David Niven: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. Feb 25, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Turner Classic Movies - David Niven Profile * Films Air on 8/21. Jan 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - David Niven. Dec 11, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI - David Niven: 10 essential films. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of David Niven. Apr 04, 2023
Corrected display issue. Apr 12, 2019
Add new Web site: BFI Screenonline - Biography of David Niven. Apr 09, 2017
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of David Niven. Apr 09, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMovie - David Niven. Apr 09, 2017
Birth information changed from "March 1, 1909, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scot." to "March 1, 1910, London, England." Apr 28, 2016
Release date of The Pink Panther changed from 1964 to 1963. Apr 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - David Niven Profile * Films Air on 8/21. Apr 16, 2014
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of David Niven. Apr 16, 2014
Added a photograph from Around the World in 80 Days. Oct 13, 2010
Media added. Dec 16, 2009
Added new Web site: British cinema - Biography of David Niven. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site David Niven. Jan 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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