At Warner Bros he was in a comedy A Kiss in the Dark (1948) with Jane Wyman, then he appeared opposite Shirley Temple in the comedy A Kiss for Corliss (1949). Read More Primula Niven. He had more than 100 acting credits to his name and starred as . Showing the typical rebelliousness of his early years, Niven asked, "Could you tell me the time, sir? Casino Royale co-producer Charles K. Feldman said later that Fleming had written the book with Niven in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to Niven. In this section, we will reveal is Birthplace, Birthday, Age, Current Location, Hometown, etc. By this time the Second World War had started and Niven decided to After being placed under close-arrest for this act of insubordination, Niven finished a bottle of whisky with the officer who was guarding him: Rhoddy Rose (later Colonel R.L.C. that for millions of filmgoers on both sides of the Atlantic he summed Niven suffered many instances of corporal punishment owing to his inclination for pranks, which finally led to his expulsion from Heatherdown at the age of 10. Niven had been married twice, latterly to the model Hjrdis Paulina Tersmeden. David Niven was an esteemed English actor and novelist. By Allan Warren own work licensed under thehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. The entrepreneur couple succeeded in developing a chain of 10 stores. Though his condition continued to worsen he refused to return to the hospital, a decision supported by his family. From there, he hired an agent and had several small parts in films from 1933 to 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty. Having developed an interest in acting, he left the Highland Light Infantry, travelled to Hollywood and had several minor roles in film. With an Academy Award to his credit, Niven's career continued to thrive. The couple parted. [citation needed], While on leave in 1940, Niven met Primula "Primmie" Susan Rollo (18 February 1918 21 May 1946), the daughter of London lawyer William H.C. Rollo. His first star But still he made a high ratio of indifferent films, interspersed with more worthy vehicles: among The comedy is dry and subtle, taking aim at the British and Russian spy-film caricatures. He continued to make one and During the course of his long and storied acting career, Niven played a leading man, a world explorer, the villain in a Pink Panther movie, a soldier, a sailor, an action hero, and even James Bond in the first Casino Royale.He won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1958 for his role as Major Pollock in . Death 1998 - St Andrews. David Niven attended Stowe School and . He appeared in A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947), and Enchantment (1948), all of which received critical acclaim. David Niven Jr. Family Background & Career. Niven stated, "Anyone who says a bullet sings past, hums past, flies, pings, or whines past, has never heard one they go crack!" television commercials for instant coffee. recruiting British actors and Niven fitted happily into an expatriate David Niven was born in England. Jessica Niven's age and the niceties of Wikipedia are currently absent on the internet . After McGeachin affirmed that he was, Niven quipped, "Did you have the misfortune to have me as your officer?". It really happened the way it does when written by the worst lady novelistsI goggled. He appeared several times on various short-drama shows, and was one of the "four stars" of the dramatic anthology series Four Star Playhouse, appearing in 33 episodes. Niven's Bonjour Tristesse co-star, Mylne Demongeot, declared about him, in a 2015 filmed interview: "He was like a Lord, he was part of those great actors who were extraordinary like Dirk Bogarde, individuals with lots of class, elegance and humour. Genealogy profile for David Niven Genealogy for David Niven (1804 - 1872) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. In a review of Lord's book, Hugh Massingberd from The Spectator stated photographic evidence did show a strong physical resemblance between Niven and Comyn-Platt that "would appear to confirm these theories, though photographs can often be misleading. I found it where they told me I would, but it was among 27,000 others, and I told myself that here, Niven, were 27,000 reasons why you should keep your mouth shut after the war." There, he hired an agent and had several small parts in films through 1935, including a non-speaking role in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). He had a support role in MGM's Soldiers Three (1951) similar to those early in his career. '"[48], In 1985, Niven was included in a series of British postage stamps, along with Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Charles Chaplin, Peter Sellers and Vivien Leigh, to commemorate "British Film Year".[49]. Niven later wrote, "How he did this, I shall never know, but he made every single boy at that school feel that what he said and what he did were of real importance to the headmaster". POWELL TOWNSHIP - David Michael Niven, age 64, of Powell Township, entered eternal life Sunday afternoon, May 22, 2016, at his home, in the loving, comforting care of his family. She was so serious about her education that she fell . Niven first met Churchill at a dinner party in February 1940. new reputation as a best-selling author. In 1939 he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother, and starred as the eponymous gentleman safe-cracker in Raffles. After a whirlwind two-week romance in 1940, Niven married Primula Susan Rollo (18 February 1918, London 21 May 1946, Beverly Hills, California), the aristocratic daughter of a British lawyer. He had a better part in The Birds and the Bees (1956), portraying a conman in a remake of The Lady Eve (1941), in which Niven played a third-billed supporting role under American television comedian George Gobel and leading lady Mitzi Gaynor. The first, Round the Rugged Rocks, was a novel that appeared in 1951 and was forgotten almost at once. Son of William Edward Graham Niven and Henriette Julia Comyn-Platt After the laughter . While she was convalescing in the Blackstone Hotel in New York, Niven and Hjrdis were next-door neighbours with Audrey Hepburn, who made her dbut on Broadway that season. Back in Hollywood Niven was in Goldwyn's Enchantment (1948) with Teresa Wright. In 1974, Barbara Niven wed Ronald Garrison, with whom she had a daughter named Jessica. He was assigned to a training base at Inverailort House in the Western Highlands. Niven stated, "Anyone who says a bullet sings past, hums past, flies, pings, or whines past, has never heard one--they go crack! Hollywood stars. David Niven, the film actor, died in Switzerland yesterday after an He requested assignment to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), then jokingly wrote on the form, as his third choice, "anything but the Highland Light Infantry" (because that regiment wore tartan trews rather than the kilt). 2008" and though it was an axiom of the film industry that extras brought his career to a critical peak. He recounted their meeting: I had never seen anything so beautiful in my lifetall, slim, auburn hair, up-tilted nose, lovely mouth and the most enormous grey eyes I had ever seen. None of these films was successful at the box office and Niven's career was struggling. He returned to Britain to play the title role in The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) from Powell and Pressberger, which was to have been financed by Korda and Goldwyn. David Niven Jr. was born on 1942-12-15. 20/31. In 1974, while Niven was co-hosting the 46th Annual Oscars ceremony, a naked man (Robert Opel) appeared behind him, "streaking" across the stage. The actor passed away in July . He spoke little about his experience in the war, despite public interest in celebrities in combat and a reputation for storytelling. The source for the dates and places of birth of the above was William Edward Graham Niven's army service record which, curiously, does not give a place of birth for David, but his birth certificate states Belgrave Mansions, London. In Goldwyn's drawing-room, Niven noticed a picture of himself in uniform which he had sent to Goldwyn from Britain during the Second World War. second volume of reminiscences, concentrating on Hollywood In Hollywood, he had a thankless role as the villain in an MGM swashbuckler The King's Thief (1955). He did well at Sandhurst, which gave him the "officer and gentleman" bearing that was to be his trademark. He then returned to the U.S. and was accepted by Central Casting as "Anglo-Saxon Type No. James David Graham Niven was born on 1 March 1910 at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, London, to William Edward Graham Niven (1878-1915) and his wife, Henrietta Julia (ne Degacher) Niven (1878-1932). After detours to Bermuda and Cuba, he arrived in Hollywood in 1934. [41] He also became close friends with William F. Buckley and his wife Pat; Buckley wrote a memorial tribute to him in Miles Gone By (2004). He said that older pupils would regularly assault younger boys, while the schoolmasters were not much better. In 1971, with the Niven later wrote, "How he did this, I shall never know, but he made every single boy at that school feel that what he said and what he did were of real importance to the headmaster. Niven grew tired of the peacetime Army. Niven worked in television. (1954), a drama that earned Niven a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor; Happy Ever After (1954), a comedy with Yvonne de Carlo, which was hugely popular in Britain. Hollywood cricket club. (Another 1981 interview, posted on YouTube, shows Niven on The Merv Griffin Show while publicizing his novel Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly. "[50], What's My Line? Rose Cottage, the childhood home of The Pink Panther actor David Niven in the village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, is now on sale for 975,000. Until then few people outside her family were . He was assigned to the HLI, and his comment was known in the regiment. The Rogues ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award and currently remains a cult favourite. [4] He had two older sisters and a brother: Margaret Joyce Niven (1900 1981), Henry Degacher Niven (1902 1953), and the sculptor Grizel Rosemary Graham (19062007), who created the bronze sculpture Bessie that is presented to the annual winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction. 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