DAVID NIVEN. Telling his prawn story

[orchardist1965]

David was the total actor even down to his crab walking fingers.Joke o.k fingers fantastic.

[TQCKyle]

"shut up and pissed?" Wtf was the punch line?

[Noggin145]

@TQCKyle he say "Shut up I'M pissed"

because when people are drunk they walk wrong, perhaps sideways, and now the usually sideways walking crab is pissed, and therefor walking frontwards.

[Geraint3000]

Since Ustinov died we no longer have people of this calibre.



[rockpig63]

That was brillient

[WanderLink]

David Niven was a famous dolphin right?

[alwyndixon]

@RichardElden another peasant American. You don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything

[SIRHOPES]

any more of this interview ! love it !

[belinda2118]

The best of the best.

[FriedEggsWithChips]

@RichardElden He was a perfectly decent actor and a great entertainer too, people loved him. Haven't you seen 'A Matter of Life and Death'? He was terrific in that.

[FriedEggsWithChips]

@RichardElden How do you come to that conclusion?

[pagalley1]

I always enjoyed watching Mr. Niven's movies while growing up...He was a class act who had brilliant timing onscreen, whether he was doing a comedic or dramatic role...David's Errol Flynn type mustache was one of his facial features that contributed to his image as suave and debonair...He was a brilliant storyteller...No wonder he was such a fantastic interviewee...David Niven could've been called the most interesting man in the world...It's amazing the lives actor's of his era led.

[LordGeorgeRodney]

What did he do in WWII? I hear he was in Normandy..

[jimifan]

@LordGeorgeRodney Yes, initially serving in a motor training battalion, he transferred to  the British Commandos, and was in the thick of combat, including Normandy. Perhaps not looking like any Rambo action star, Niven fought in a real "bad-ass" unit that was the forerunner of many elite forces like the Army Rangers, Special Ops, ect. I doubt any of the idiots with their insults here have half the "onions" he had. Period.

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@jimifan Wow! cheers chum thanks for info!

[WhitstableWilliams]

@jimifan He was my grandad's CO!

[rayjr62]

One of the most underrated actors of the 20th century. . . and a war hero as well. David could have stayed in Hollywood during the war and avoided military service, but that was not him. David served admirably and honorably during the W II.

[LucaBlightBadass]

David niven died the day i was born, funny being i was a fan of his not knowing that!

[michaelmurphy07]

agencyboy you are right. i've read both the moon's a balloon and the follow up bring on the empty horses. he was a brilliant actor and storyteller...but most of all a gentleman.

[agencyboy]

david niven is scottish, if u dont beleive me read his autobiography, the moons a balloon

[spackhollogay]

@agencyboy He was born in London to a Scottish father and Welsh mother, I'd call him English.

[Litomberboum]

Amazingly good raconteur. Look at the gestures and comic timing!

[lmrs2]

Maravilloso, maravilloso,maravilloso... y mil veces genial.....

Era muy pequeñita, y siempre me llamó la atención......uffff,no sé porqué........

Pero es un gran actor, inteligente y lleno d sutil humor.....y sí,...!!!! digo es, es,.....estas almas nunca mueren.....

[WinchesterRanger]

Without question one of the finest Englishmen who ever lived.

[VinnyMonster1]

@WinchesterRanger He so was!

[ninyae]

Why does this make me think of Sponge Bob Square Pants.

[TheRitchardgaleHater]

Without the mustache and the very hairy eybrows, he looks exactly like Robert Englund!

[Freddowasher]

I loved him! What a character and his books were fantastic!

[johnnyforeigner33]

His laugh is epic



[bcbird]

fookin prawns

[lou1606]

damn i love him!!!

[MrPresidentToBe]

@lou1606 me too! even if he does sound south african lol!

[hugboxx]

@MrPresidentToBe No he doesn't..Have you ever heard a South African accent?

[MrJasonSmarts]

@hugboxx Are you thinking of the stereostypical south african accent?

SA has many accents, there are millions of white south africans who have adopted the RP style accent from Britain. 

[bantermelon]

brilliant man!