English actor David Niven (1910- 1983) as Sir James Bond in the spy spoof 'Casino Royale', 1967 ... dead and Bond ascending to heaven. The film rights had escaped Harry Saltzman and ...

And then, in 1967, David Niven played a getting-too-old-for-this-sh*t silly Bond in a spoof movie, also called Casino Royale. So, in theory, moviegoers should have been primed for a new face ...