Around The World In Eighty Days (1958). As Phineas Fogg Niven carries Mike Todd's star studded travelogue version of Jules Verne's novel. He should have won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance here.
Toss up between Around the World in 80s Days and Guns of Navarone. But honorable mention goes to Casino Royale a true classic with so many other great actors and actresses.
I remember the chapter he devoted to Flynn in "Bring on the Empty Horses". Of course, the title came from the production of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" when Michael Curtiz, the director, shouted that command for riderless horses, causing Flynn and Niven to fall over laughing. But the real touching part is at the end of the chapter where he recounts walking along near his house on the Riviera and spotting Flynn's now derelict yacht moored there, years after Errol's death. DN's sadness was evident.
David Niven: Great raconteur; Great actor; and Great author. He died much too soon, but managed to make us all laugh via chat shows after his career was coming to an end. R.I.P. David; there'll never again be your like.
I wrote a letter to David Niven Suggesting that he write a book of short stories and he wrote back saying that he had written this “ … novel, of sorts”. I had written to him previously and he also replied. So I own two letters from Mr. Niven From each of his homes in Switzerland and France. I cried like a baby, learning that he had passed away.
I've heard the story of Goulding's funeral recounted in Herbert Marshall's biography, by Scott O'Brien, but that didn't even come close to Niven's retelling of it. This is morbid comedic gold right here. Especially Herbert Marshall's quip about putting his prosthetic leg into "climb". That's classic!
I didn't know David Niven before watching this channel but I have to say he seems like the nicest man possible. Every time I watch an interview with him I somehow feel sad that I can never get to meet him.
If you've never seen a David Niven film try to find A Matter Of Life And Death (1946), Around The World In 80 Days (1956), Separate Tables (1958), and The Guns of Nazarene (1961). For Separate Tables, Niven has the unique distinction of being the only person to win an Oscar on the Oscars show he was also hosting.
If you enjoyed his interviews Pablo check out Peter Ustinov. During Niven's army service Ustinov was his valet (correct term is batman) he himself went on to become a great actor and equally great raconteur.
I'm a huge Flynn fan and did not expect to hear the early bit. Cavett asks great questions and I appreciate how direct his question about Flynn was. Flynn's life was tragic in some ways and Niven did seem sad when answering. Mr. Cavett, I discovered you via RUclips and love your respect for acting and artists and the insightful questions you ask.
David Niven was all class, and no one could tell a better, funnier story than the great British actors of his generation. It was odd and wonderful to hear him talk about smoking and chewing hash! I would've liked to have hung out with him. Smoke a bowl and listen to his stories.
Niven was such a great raconteur because of the era of his filmwork. He knew all the film greats. Was always my favourite talkshow guest, along with Billy Connolly - the lively minds and anarchic humour. Too cruel that both were struck with medical conditions affecting speech.
To loose that marvellous voice and life with that vile MND , absolute tragedy ,,utter class ,true gentleman. The disease is already robbing him of his speech
Niven was a consumate story teller. This clip makes me sad though. Niven's voice here shows the early signs of the motor neurone disease that ended his life less than 2 years later.
David Niven remains one of Hollywood's greatest raconteurs. ... And surely anyone who has read Matthew Kennedy's _Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy_ would be inclined to agree that Goulding could well have staged this funeral farce.
Best story I have heard for ages .I could listen to Mr Niven talk for hours . As the daughter of an undertaker I am well aware of the fertile source for humour those very serious situations can produce .
david told peter sellers and others this story in about 1960.just after the funeral.sellers often recounted it to friends.he actually told it on the set of dr strangelove then as mandrake improvised the line the string in my legs gone talking to sterling hayden referencing nivens remarks about herbert marshall which the rest of the cast and crew recognised and fell about.kubrick was not happy despite his love of multiple takes having to reshoot it .he kept the line in though.years later on a us chat show the host said he and richard harris were the best guests because of their anecdotes .sellers said vis a vis harris habit of taking old theatrical stories and embellishing them to include him as most of his true stories i swear had been told about robert newton and wilfred lawson but go even further back, that can be embarassing.he went onto say he loved nivens story so much then told it that he often recounted it until it was him not niven that was there! i honestly believed in the end i had been there until he said i was telling it on the set of the pink panther looked up and saw niven looking at me! he was a real gent though over a drink later i started to apologise but niv said dont worry its a great story and your version sounds better!
Those who knew Niven often said they never or rarely saw him angry. Dr. Gabor Mate (and others) have noted that ALS patients often share this same trait of denying their negative feelings. Yes, Niven played a charming character both onscreen and off but it seemingly cost him his life.
Enjoyed the way David told about the funeral, seeing the funny side of a tricky situation.😊. Being an actor , he was imagining the details, and the gestures all portrayed it so well.... could say , " brought it to life". Loved to see Dick Cavett laughing so much too. 🇬🇧😊💕🇺🇲😊🇬🇧
Yes, clever writer and great stories. He also retold the stories with class and gentleness. He doesn't put people down, he shows things with humanity. David Niven a beautiful person.🐨
The early stages of the malady that killed him a couple of years later can be discerned in the slight sibilance in his voice. It sounds a little like ill-fitting dentures, but it is not. He was a great man, rightly revered.
What a lovely, funny, expressive and humble man, with a kindly view of his fellows failings and an unparalled ability to express this. Sadly, you can just hear in his pronunciations the start of his Lou Gehrics disease, (a form of motor neuronns disease)......
….. I was invited to a lunch with my co-workers. I was in my teens and very excited to have lunch at Place Ville Marie, Montreal. Very sophisticated. That was when employers acknowledged staff… I digress.. at the next table was David Niven, with friends. I really tried not to stare. He sent a gracious nod to my table. I desperately ignored the next table.
Flynn was a talented, amoral, selfish, hedonistic, complete and utter shitheel. He destroyed himself and many of the people around him. That said, he did great work in several of his movies. I would very much like to meet him, especially since I think we would be in a fistfight after about five minutes. A good fistfight never hurt anybody.
Love The Dick Cavett Show, This Interview with David Niven, Yet I Can’t Forgive Dick Cavett for the Way He Interviewed the Great Spanish Surrealist Painter, Salvador Dali. Pathetic and Disrespectful. Unforgivable! Why Would You Have Salvador Dali On the Show With Other Unrelated Guests, Mr. Cavett? Dali Deserved to Be Interviewed Solo, Or Were You Too Afraid, Dick?
What's your favourite David Niven movie?
Around The World In Eighty Days (1958).
As Phineas Fogg Niven carries Mike Todd's star studded travelogue version of Jules Verne's novel. He should have won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance here.
The Guns of Navarone
Some of my David Niven favorites were episodes from the tv series Four Star Playhouse.
Toss up between Around the World in 80s Days and Guns of Navarone. But honorable mention goes to Casino Royale a true classic with so many other great actors and actresses.
A Matter of Life and death (1946)
David Niven was a class act.
Not too many like him in Hollywood these days --- if at all.
He was from a different era.
And will be missed.
A real feeling of sadness in his voice when discussing his good friend Errol Flynn
Including the ALS.
The house he mentioned was called "Cirrhosis by the sea"!
I remember the chapter he devoted to Flynn in "Bring on the Empty Horses". Of course, the title came from the production of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" when Michael Curtiz, the director, shouted that command for riderless horses, causing Flynn and Niven to fall over laughing. But the real touching part is at the end of the chapter where he recounts walking along near his house on the Riviera and spotting Flynn's now derelict yacht moored there, years after Errol's death. DN's sadness was evident.
I think we are hearing in Mr Niven's voice the effects of the ghastly illness that would slowly kill him.
David Niven: Great raconteur; Great actor; and Great author. He died much too soon, but managed to make us all laugh via chat shows after his career was coming to an end. R.I.P. David; there'll never again be your like.
I wrote a letter to David Niven Suggesting that he write a book of short stories and he wrote back saying that he had written this “ … novel, of sorts”. I had written to him previously and he also replied. So I own two letters from Mr. Niven From each of his homes in Switzerland and France. I cried like a baby, learning that he had passed away.
You are a lucky person. I reckon David Niven was a genuinely wonderful human being. I admired him. Good man. Thanks for sharing your story 🐨.
I've heard the story of Goulding's funeral recounted in Herbert Marshall's biography, by Scott O'Brien, but that didn't even come close to Niven's retelling of it. This is morbid comedic gold right here. Especially Herbert Marshall's quip about putting his prosthetic leg into "climb". That's classic!
Thank you David. Man, am I lucky to be of the generation that still knew real humor!
I didn't know David Niven before watching this channel but I have to say he seems like the nicest man possible. Every time I watch an interview with him I somehow feel sad that I can never get to meet him.
If you've never seen a David Niven film try to find A Matter Of Life And Death (1946), Around The World In 80 Days (1956), Separate Tables (1958), and The Guns of Nazarene (1961). For Separate Tables, Niven has the unique distinction of being the only person to win an Oscar on the Oscars show he was also hosting.
Stupid autocorrect. the Guns of Navarone
If you enjoyed his interviews Pablo check out Peter Ustinov. During Niven's army service Ustinov was his valet (correct term is batman) he himself went on to become a great actor and equally great raconteur.
@@interabang so far there's only one clip of Peter Ustinov on the Dick Cavett show, I hope there's another one yet to be released
@@riyadbushnaq1537 There are lots on British TV chat shows
David could make us laugh, I remember him in the 60s n 70s on this show. What a wonderful man.
I'm a huge Flynn fan and did not expect to hear the early bit. Cavett asks great questions and I appreciate how direct his question about Flynn was. Flynn's life was tragic in some ways and Niven did seem sad when answering. Mr. Cavett, I discovered you via RUclips and love your respect for acting and artists and the insightful questions you ask.
This is one of the interviews he did where the early stages of motor neurone disease began to show. People had written in to say he was drunk.
Yes it’s very sad to see, he was a brilliant actor and wonderful entertaining person. Much missed.
I was wondering if he was ill at the time of the interview. Thanks!
Spotted that...heartbreaking.
Yes, but he still tells this story hilariously well.
How dare they disrespect the great incredible gentleman accusing him of that. How far king dare they!!!
I’ll never, ever get enough of these two kings! There’s nothing quite like an enchanting storyteller. Thank you for all the wonderful posts!
David Niven was all class, and no one could tell a better, funnier story than the great British actors of his generation. It was odd and wonderful to hear him talk about smoking and chewing hash! I would've liked to have hung out with him. Smoke a bowl and listen to his stories.
If Goulding indeed planned it this way, he must've thought "Oh yeah, we need Niven there too so he can tell everyone how it went down!"
I love both of these guy, Niven is one of the best story tellers, if not the best.
Niven was such a great raconteur because of the era of his filmwork. He knew all the film greats. Was always my favourite talkshow guest, along with Billy Connolly - the lively minds and anarchic humour. Too cruel that both were struck with medical conditions affecting speech.
To loose that marvellous voice and life with that vile MND , absolute tragedy ,,utter class ,true gentleman. The disease is already robbing him of his speech
100% class. Both of them. How David Niven has put together the colours of his dress is pure class.
Niven was a consumate story teller. This clip makes me sad though. Niven's voice here shows the early signs of the motor neurone disease that ended his life less than 2 years later.
He’s hilariously funny! That was great! Thank you! 🙏🏼
Loved the funeral story
David Niven remains one of Hollywood's greatest raconteurs. ... And surely anyone who has read Matthew Kennedy's _Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy_ would be inclined to agree that Goulding could well have staged this funeral farce.
Best story I have heard for ages .I could listen to Mr Niven talk for hours . As the daughter of an undertaker I am well aware of the fertile source for humour those very serious situations can produce .
david told peter sellers and others this story in about 1960.just after the funeral.sellers often recounted it to friends.he actually told it on the set of dr strangelove then as mandrake improvised the line the string in my legs gone talking to sterling hayden referencing nivens remarks about herbert marshall which the rest of the cast and crew recognised and fell about.kubrick was not happy despite his love of multiple takes having to reshoot it .he kept the line in though.years later on a us chat show the host said he and richard harris were the best guests because of their anecdotes .sellers said vis a vis harris habit of taking old theatrical stories and embellishing them to include him as most of his true stories i swear had been told about robert newton and wilfred lawson but go even further back, that can be embarassing.he went onto say he loved nivens story so much then told it that he often recounted it until it was him not niven that was there! i honestly believed in the end i had been there until he said i was telling it on the set of the pink panther looked up and saw niven looking at me! he was a real gent though over a drink later i started to apologise but niv said dont worry its a great story and your version sounds better!
Those who knew Niven often said they never or rarely saw him angry. Dr. Gabor Mate (and others) have noted that ALS patients often share this same trait of denying their negative feelings. Yes, Niven played a charming character both onscreen and off but it seemingly cost him his life.
Enjoyed the way David
told about the funeral,
seeing the funny side
of a tricky situation.😊.
Being an actor , he was
imagining the details,
and the gestures all
portrayed it so well....
could say ,
" brought it to life".
Loved to see Dick
Cavett laughing
so much too.
🇬🇧😊💕🇺🇲😊🇬🇧
A SWEET MAN
LMAO this is hilarious, i love David Niven.
His autobiography is wonderful….he is a fantastic raconteur.
Yes, clever writer and great stories. He also retold the stories with class and gentleness. He doesn't put people down, he shows things with humanity. David Niven a beautiful person.🐨
The early stages of the malady that killed him a couple of years later can be discerned in the slight sibilance in his voice. It sounds a little like ill-fitting dentures, but it is not.
He was a great man, rightly revered.
What a lovely, funny, expressive and humble man, with a kindly view of his fellows failings and an unparalled ability to express this. Sadly, you can just hear in his pronunciations the start of his Lou Gehrics disease, (a form of motor neuronns disease)......
The moons a balloon was the autobiography i read as a child which made me aware of story telling and class
Funniest funeral story I have ever heard!! 😂😂😂
Flynn & Niven were very different men. How were great friends. Niven knew when stop. Flynn never could. Or at least never wanted too
Great author and story teller!
….. I was invited to a lunch with my co-workers. I was in my teens and very excited to have lunch at Place Ville Marie, Montreal. Very sophisticated. That was when employers acknowledged staff… I digress.. at the next table was David Niven, with friends. I really tried not to stare. He sent a gracious nod to my table. I desperately ignored the next table.
A great treasure lost.
5:55 that was actually quite touching
That was so funny. If you can go out on a laugh wow thats the best way.
Funny, should we state now , furnals should be about the most joyous part in that person's life?!Foremost.😍🌅🎬🇩🇰🇺🇸🙏
That was a good one.
every time he moves his hands, I see that crab walking!
Flynn was a talented, amoral, selfish, hedonistic, complete and utter shitheel. He destroyed himself and many of the people around him.
That said, he did great work in several of his movies. I would very much like to meet him, especially since I think we would be in a fistfight after about five minutes. A good fistfight never hurt anybody.
When our descendents want to know who we were, they'll only be able to go back to the 20th Century.
If Dick Cavett was any slower he would stop dead.
I'm sure it is grossly exaggerated but funny anyway.
Not exaggerated, but simply embellished. All great raconteurs do it.
Ugh! Why was I the 666th person to thumb this video up? 😊
I find Dick Cavett excruciating to watch. Everything about him is so awkward. Merv Griffin was the best interviewer.
Love The Dick Cavett Show, This Interview with David Niven, Yet I Can’t Forgive Dick Cavett for the Way He Interviewed the Great Spanish Surrealist Painter, Salvador Dali. Pathetic and Disrespectful. Unforgivable!
Why Would You Have Salvador Dali On the Show With Other Unrelated Guests, Mr. Cavett? Dali Deserved to Be Interviewed Solo, Or Were You Too Afraid, Dick?