- Happily matched to Nancy, his next door neighbor and childhood sweetheart, who he married at the age of 20 just before going to war as they suspected he might not come back.
- Eric Sykes was his favorite actor, confirmed, as Eric would often remind you.
- Ghosted and wrote newspaper articles under the name David Stirling - his ancestors came from Stirling in Scotland.
- One of his favorite possessions was the gold cuff links in the shape of gramophone records given to him as a thank you by Connie Francis after the making of Where the Boys Are (1960) .
- David used the same manual typewriter for the whole of his film career, circa 1947 to 1986.
- Rex Harrison commissioned him and Jack Seddon to do a screenplay of 'Pride of LIons' which he'd bought the rights of and intended to produce. (1970).
- David said there was nothing more satisfying than writing a good short story.
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