Question: Which English actor, memoirist and novelist starred in the 1959 film Ask Any Girl?
Context: Ask Any Girl is a 1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic comedy film starring David Niven, Shirley MacLaine and Gig Young. 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 Sir Charles Lytton ("the Phantom") in "The Pink Panther."  He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Separate Tables" (1958). Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras (] ; 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), was a French novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.  Her 1959 film "Hiroshima mon amour", earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Stars (German: Sterne ) is a 1959 film directed by Konrad Wolf.  It tells the story of a Nazi officer who falls in love with a Greek Jewish girl while escorting Jewish prisoners through Bulgaria to a concentration camp.  The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise for HarBel Productions, a company founded by the film's star, Harry Belafonte.  Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky to write the script, which is based on a novel by William P. McGivern.  As a blacklisted writer Polonsky used a front, John O. Killens, a black novelist and friend of Belafonte's.  In 1996, the Writers Guild of America restored Polonsky's credit under his real name. Jack the Ripper was a 1959 film produced and directed by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker, and is loosely based on Leonard Matters' theory that Jack the Ripper was an avenging doctor.  The black-and-white film starred Lee Patterson and Eddie Byrne and co-starred Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, and Ewen Solon.  It was released in England in 1959, and shown in the U.S. in 1960. "You Better Know It" is a 1959 single by recorded and written by Jackie Wilson who collaborated with Brunswick Records staff songwriter Norm Henry.  "You Better Know It" was used in the 1959 film "Go Johnny Go", which starred Jackie Wilson and Alan Freed.  Although the single made the Top 40, it was not as successful as Jackie Wilson's previous entries, peaking at number thirty-seven.  On the R&B chart, the single became Jackie Wilson's, second number one, where it stayed for one week. George Relph, CBE (27 January 1888 – 24 April 1960) was an English actor.  He acted in more than a dozen films, and also many plays.  He served in the British Armed Forces in the First World War, and was shot in the leg, hindering his return to acting.  But Relph eventually got back on stage, and his career continued.  His son, Michael, became a producer in the British film industry.  His last role was Tiberius in the 1959 film version of "Ben Hur" which was released five months before Relph's death. Gidget Goes to Rome is a 1963 Columbia Pictures Eastmancolor feature film starring Cindy Carol as the archetypal high school teen surfer girl originally created by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film "Gidget".  The film is the third of three Gidget films directed by Paul Wendkos and expands upon Gidget's romance with boyfriend Moondoggie.  The screenplay was written by Ruth Brooks Flippen based on characters created by Frederick Kohner.  Veterans of previous Gidget films making appearances include James Darren as "Moondoggie", Joby Baker, and Jean "Jeff" Donnell as Gidget's mom, Mrs. Lawrence.  The film has been released to VHS and DVD. Expresso Bongo, a 1958 West End musical and a 1959 film, is a satire of the music industry.  It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958.  Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by David Heneker and Monty Norman, also the co-lyricist with Julian More.  The production starred Paul Scofield with Hy Hazell, Millicent Martin and James Kenney.  Musical director was Burt Rhodes and director William Chappell.  The subsequent 1959 film version was directed by Val Guest and starred Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, and Yolande Donlan.
Answer: James David Graham Niven