David Niven along with a card that read: 'To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king.'" In 1985, Niven was included in a series of British postage stamps, along with Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Charles Chaplin, Peter Sellers and Vivien Leigh, to commemorate "British Film Year". David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in "A Matter of Life and Death", Phileas Fogg in "Around the World in 80 Days", and
A Matter of Life and Death (play) Clapp's enthusiastic review in The Observer, critical reaction to the play was generally poor. This prompted an attack by National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner on the major London critics, whom he described as "dead white men". His charges of misogyny and prejudice against female directors and new styles of theatre were hotly rebutted by his targets. A production was staged at The Space, an arts and community centre on the Isle of Dogs in London, from 14 to 16 June 2012. A Matter of Life and Death (play) A Matter of Life and Death is a stage adaptation by Tom