- David Niven, Candleshoe, 1977. Hard to believe but Brucie said in a 2013 BBC inteview that he had been in the running for a Disney role first offered to Laurence Olivier and won by Niven. It was, in fact, a quadruple role as Helen Hayes’ butler, Priory, was also seen as Gipping, John Henry and Colonel Dennis – a feat well beyond the popular song ’n’ dancer comic’s range. (Saw Brucie – “nice to see you, top see you nice!” – on-stage at London’s Cambridge Theatre production of Little Me in 1964).
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