Better Late Than Never is a 1983 British comedy film directed by Bryan Forbes and starring David Niven, Art Carney and Maggie Smith.

The soundtrack features songs by Henry Mancini and Noël Coward.

[1] Nick (Niven) is the supposed grandfather of 10-year-old Bridget (Partridge), who stands to inherit a sizeable fortune.

Neither Nick nor Charley are good prospects, so Bridget must choose from the lesser of two evils.

Forbes wrote in 1992 that if Holden had made the film he "might have been alive today.