David Niven in 'Candleshoe'

A photograph of David Niven (1910-1983) as one of the characters in 'Candleshoe' (1977), taken by Terry Fincher in 1977. The photograph is signed and dedicated to Roy Ashton (1909-1995). Ashton worked with Niven on the set of 'Candleshoe'. For this portrait, Niven is dressed as Colonel Aubrey.

Roy Ashton (1909–95) and Phil Leakey (1908–92) were master make-up artists who worked on many of the British cult horror films of the mid-20th century. A trained artist, Australia-born Ashton began his career at Gaumont-British Film Corporation in 1932 as a means of supplementing his passion for opera singing. In 1955, Ashton became the assistant to Hammer Films’ Phil Leakey, the first makeup artist to receive on-screen credit for ‘Special Make-up Effects’.