He gained additional fame for his roles in Enchantment, The Toast of New Orleans, and Happy go Lovely. With Rose's assistance, Niven was allowed to escape from a first-floor window. [Laughs]. He hosted the 1981 American Film Institute tribute to Fred Astaire, which was his final appearance in Hollywood. [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). Bridgerton Family Book Series Complete Books 1 - 9 Collection Set By Julia Quinn. He recounted their meeting: I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life tall, slim, auburn hair, up-tilted nose, lovely mouth and the most enormous grey eyes I had ever seen. In 1974, Barbara Niven wed Ronald Garrison, with whom she had a daughter named Jessica. By Allan Warren own work licensed under thehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. She was later married to David Alexander in 1985 and they end up divorced after a couple of years. The Rogues ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award. In happier times with Goldwyn, he had observed this same picture sitting on Goldwyn's piano. Mar 1 1910 - Belgrave Mansions, London, England, United Kingdom. David Niven was in the early stages of motor neurone disease, and his voice had to be overdubbed by impressionist Rich Little. Hjordis Tersmeden; they had two adopted daughters. In Hollywood, he had a thankless role as the villain in an MGM swashbuckler The King's Thief (1955). In 1981 Niven published a second and much more successful novel, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly, which was set during and after World War II, and which drew on his experiences during the war and in Hollywood. Rose, DSO, MC). Due to his role in Mutiny on the Bounty, he came to the attention of independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who signed him to a contract and established his career. Niven returned to comedy with The Pink Panther (1963) also starring Peter Sellers, another huge success at the box office. colony that included Cary Grant, Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, harmonious it lasted for 14 years. On one occasion Prince Rainier asked Niven who among . He was He served with the HLI for two years in Malta and then for a few months in Dover. David Niven was born in Belgravia, London, England in March 1910 and passed away in July 1983. Ustinov later appeared with Niven in Death on the Nile (1978). In an unsuccessful effort to bring harmony to the marriage, they adopted two girls, Kristina and Fiona. The couple had been married since 1940 and were visiting Tyrone Power's home when a game of 'hide and seek' was suggested by someone. This was his only recurring role on television, and the series was originally set up to more or less revolve between the three leads in various combinations (one-lead, two-lead and three-lead episodes), although the least otherwise busy Gig Young wound up carrying most of the series. In 1964, he and Boyer appeared in the Four Star series The Rogues. When Niven presented himself at Central Casting, he learned that he needed a work permit to reside and work in the United States. In 1960, Niven bought a chalet in Chteau-d'x near Gstaad in Switzerland for financial reasons, living near expatriate friends that included Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, and Nol Coward. 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. On 14 March 1944, Niven was promoted war-substantive major (temporary lieutenant-colonel). Biography ID: 192869360 . Niven requested assignment to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or the Black Watch; then jokingly wrote on the form, as his third choice, "anything but the Highland Light Infantry" (because the HLI wore tartan trews rather than kilts). James was baptized on month day 1825, at baptism place. told the story of the Spitfire, and "The Way Ahead", made by Carol He was twice given leave so he could perfect foil to Peter Sellers as the accident prone Inspector . elaborate allegorical fantasy, "A Matter of Life and Death". He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or "Lou Gehrig's disease") later that year. He served in "Phantom", a secret reconnaissance and signals unit which located and reported enemy positions,[26] and kept rear commanders informed on changing battle lines. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and as Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. In chapter 14 of You Only Live Twice, the pearl diver Kissy Suzuki refers to Niven as "the only man she liked in Hollywood", and the only person who "treated her honourably" there. Niven explained in his autobiography that there was no military way that he, a lieutenant-colonel, and Ustinov, who was only a private, could associate, other than as an officer and his subordinate, hence their strange "act". A reviewer of Lord's book stated that Lord's photographic evidence showing a strong physical resemblance between Niven and Comyn-Platt "would appear to confirm these theories, though photographs can often be misleading.". A Thanksgiving service was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 27 October 1983. David Niven commanded "A" Squadron GHQ Liaison Regiment, better known as "Phantom". Born May 19, 1920 in Rochester, NY, he moved to Attleboro, MA, at age 3 with his parents, Henry and Gladys Niven. Lieutenant Colonel James David Graham Niven (/nvn/; 1 March 1910 29 July 1983)[1][2] was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. She was among the VIP guests at his London memorial service. John Le Mesurier . "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. David's mother Henrietta then married Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt in London in 1917. the latter were "Ask Any Girl", a good comedy with Shirley MacLaine; a [35] Niven's penchant for exaggeration and embroidery is particularly apparent when comparing his written descriptions of his early film appearances (especially Barbary Coast and A Feather in her Hat), and his Oscar acceptance speech, with the actual filmed evidence. This ended his chances for Eton, a significant blow to his family. . Property records show that Mister Niven Jr. purchased his Bird Street nest in November of 1983 for $1,200,000, which was a lot of damn money for a house back in 1983. The new family were photographed enjoying the gardens and swimming . Reed as a quasi propaganda piece for the British Army. [25] He took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, although he was sent to France several days after D-Day. This ended his chances for Eton College, a significant blow to his family. I was asked by some American friends to search out the grave of their son near Bastogne. He made his way to Hollywood in the mid-1930s and began performing as an extra. '"[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". It really happened the way it does when written by the worst lady novelistsI goggled. Whigham adored Niven until the day he died. Following Niven senior's death at Turkey's infamous Suvla Bay, Niven's mother went on to marry his biological father, the Conservative politician Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, but it was years before the true father/son relationship was acknowledged. By this time, Niven was having serious health problems. Having developed an interest in acting, he left the Highland Light Infantry, travelled to Hollywood and had several minor roles in film. He once said: I will, however, tell you just one thing about the war, my first story and my last. The Moon Is Blue, a sex comedy, became notorious when it was released without a Production Code Seal of Approval; it was a big hit and Niven won a Golden Globe Award for his role. The first, Round the Rugged Rocks (published simultaneously in the US under the title Once Over Lightly), was a novel that appeared in 1951 and was forgotten almost at once. became a close friend and drinking companion) ; Niven played a gallant While in Hollywood, Oberon fell desperately in love with actor David Niven, with the two even becoming engaged. Born William Hitchcock, he and his brother Henry had followed the lead of their father, Walter Henry Hitchcock, in assuming their mother's maiden name of Degacher in 1874. Niven's next few films were made in England: The Love Lottery (1954), a comedy; Carrington V.C. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables (1958).. Born in London, Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory . Hjrdis Genberg 1943-45. He appeared in A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947), and Enchantment (1948), all of which received critical acclaim. books sold more than ten million copies. Primula, whom he called Primmie, died at age 28, only six weeks after moving to the U.S., of a fractured skull and brain lacerations from an accidental fall in the home of Tyrone Power. (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. 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. less, through film after film. Rosalind Russell later named the house "Cirrhosis-by-the-Sea". 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). Both sound pretty fancy to me, but Niven's origin story involved anothereven greater . extra. He then headed for America. Goldwyn pulled out and the film did not appear in the US for three years. with Laurence Olivier gave a creditable performance as Edgar Linton in He was born James David Graham Niven on March 1, 1910, in Kirriemuir, a market and linen-mill center in the Scottish Highlands. Then we find ourselves on Earth in 1945, where RAF pilot Peter Carter, played by David Niven, is flying back to Britain after a bombing raid, losing height, badly hit. He supported Mario Lanza in a musical at MGM, The Toast of New Orleans (1950). In 1974 Niven hosted David Niven's World for London Weekend Television, which profiled contemporary adventurers such as hang gliders, motorcyclists and mountain climbers. By 1938, he was starring as the leading man in other 'A' films, including Wuthering Heights (1939). In Goldwyn's drawing room, Niven noticed a picture of himself in uniform that he had sent to Goldwyn from England during World War II. I goggled. unsettled childhood, being pushed by an unsympathetic step-father into son . At the end of the lecture, the speaker (a major general) asked if there were any questions. Niven had his own series on television and appeared Niven had a long and complex relationship with Goldwyn, who gave him his first start. In 1959 he became the host of his own TV drama series, The David Niven Show, which ran for 13 episodes that summer. Between 1951 and 1956 he made 11 films, two of which were MGM productions and the rest were low-budget British or independent productions. After Niven had won the Academy Award, Goldwyn called with an invitation to his home. His father was killed during the World War I in 1915. television commercials for instant coffee. Niven was reluctant to take a supporting part in Wuthering Heights (1939) for Goldwyn, but eventually relented and the film was a big success. After the laughter . The show was produced by Four Star Television, which was co-owned by Niven, Robert Montgomery and Charles Boyer. Following a suicide attempt involving a handgun that failed to go off, he eventually rallied and returned to filmmaking. Niven also had special scorn for the newspaper columnists covering the war who typed out self-glorifying and excessively florid prose about their meagre wartime experiences. Among the initial films in which he can be seen are Barbary Coast (1935) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). His first sizeable role for Goldwyn came in Dodsworth (1936), playing a man who flirts with Ruth Chatterton. In 1944 he worked extensively with the BBC and SHAEF to expand these broadcast efforts. Niven subsequently appeared in another thirty films. During his work with the Film Unit, Peter Ustinov, though one of the script-writers, had to pose as Niven's batman. After abortive screen tests for other producers, Niven was put under Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results David Niven (1852 - 1902) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days How do we create a person's profile? Niven also worked with the Army Film and Photographic Unit. She was just 15 when movie star David Niven, 18 at the time, got her pregnant while holidaying on the Isle of Wight. Overjoyed, Oberon announced that the pair were going to wed, but sadly, Niven would end up leaving her with a broken heart. He was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey in the Special Memorial Section in Plot F. 10. To the fury of her father, Niven got Whigham pregnant. She focused on her academics and was an exceptional student. DAVID NIVEN's former partner 'was a b**** to him', according to James Bond actor Roger Moore. After Sandhurst, he joined the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry. This meant that Niven had to leave the U.S., so he went to Mexico, where he worked as a "gun-man", cleaning and polishing the rifles of visiting American hunters. young officer who dies trying to get through the enemy lines. Together the two With an Academy Award to his credit, Niven's career continued to thrive. In 1998, they got divorced. From there, he hired an agent and had several small parts in films from 1933, 1934 and 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty. "Bachelor Mother", with Ginger Rogers, and he was appropriately cast "[27], Niven ended the war as a lieutenant-colonel. Kristina's average age compared to other Niven family members is unknown because she is alive. He had supporting roles in several major films: Rose-Marie (1936), Dodsworth (1936), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); and leading roles in The Dawn Patrol (1938), Three Blind Mice (1938), and Wuthering Heights (1939), playing opposite such stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young and Laurence Olivier. In the Ian Fleming novel You Only Live Twice, Kissy Suzuki has a cormorant who is named "David" after the actor. In 1982 he appeared in Blake Edwards' final "Pink Panther" films Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther, reprising his role as Sir Charles Lytton. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Niven returned to England and rejoined the army, being recommissioned as a lieutenant. He gave a few details of his war experience in his autobiography, The Moon's a Balloon: his private conversations with Winston Churchill, the bombing of London, and what it was like entering Germany with the occupation forces. After a whirlwind romance, they married on 16 September 1940. Bitter, estranged and plagued by depression, Hjrdis showed up drunk at the funeral, having been persuaded to attend by family friend Prince Rainier III of Monaco. He was working on a third novel at the time of his death. I had difficulty swallowing and had champagne in my knees. $75.58 + $33.58 shipping. Mark you, had you not done so it would have been despicable. For Goldwyn he supported Cary Grant and Young in The Bishop's Wife (1947). Though promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1933,[18] he saw no opportunity for further advancement. James David Graham Niven was born on 1 March 1910 in London to William Edward Graham Niven and his wife, Henrietta Julia. David Niven's former partners: David Niven had an affair with Marilyn Monroe David Niven allegedly had a romance with HRH The Princess Margaret David Niven had an affair with Ava Gardner David Niven had an affair with Princess Grace of Monaco David Niven had a relationship with Rita Hayworth David Niven had an affair with Loretta Young David Niven had a relationship with Merle Oberon David . and better parts came his way. Niven played Alexander 'Alec' Fleming, one of a family of retired con artists who now fleece villains in the interests of justice. In July 1982, Blake Edwards brought Niven back for cameo appearances in two final "Pink Panther" films (Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther), reprising his role as Sir Charles Lytton. After Niven had won the Academy Award, Goldwyn called with an invitation to his home. Early Life and Family. [citation needed], Niven is the only person to win an Academy Award at the ceremony he was hosting. The first, Round the Rugged Rocks, was a novel that appeared in 1951 and was forgotten almost at once. Niven first met Churchill at a dinner party in February 1940. He is the son of actor David Niven and Primula Rollo. (1936), before finally landing a sizable role as a soldier in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) at Warners, an Imperial adventure film starring his housemate at the time, Errol Flynn. Dave enjoyed his camp at East Green Bay, hockey games . Barbara Niven has only one child in her family, which is her little girl, Jessica Niven, who is also an artist by profession. The actor passed away in July . Holland, Belgium and Germany. Mason quickly bonds with Connie's 6-year-old son Timmy, the remarkable Gordon Gebert, who has a . He resumed his career in 1946, now only in starring roles. During this period Niven was largely barred from the Hollywood studios. He continued to make one and The couple had two sons, David Jr. and Jamie. Niven's Born: James David Graham Niven in Kirriemuir, Scotland (some sources say London, England), 1 March 1910. [5] Niven's paternal great grandfather and namesake, David Graham Niven, (18111884) was from St Martin's, a village in Perthshire, he was a doctor who married in Worcestershire, living in Pershore. In what instantly became a live-TV classic moment, Niven responded "Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?".[34]. In 1960, while filming Please Don't Eat the Daisies with Doris Day, Niven and Hjrdis separated for a few weeks, though they later reconciled. a succession of barbaric prep schools from which he either absconded Niven later appeared in The Elusive Pimpernel (1950), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), Happy Go Lovely (1951), Happy Ever After (1954), and Carrington V.C. "the Phantom", in . Kristina and Fiona told Graham Lord that Hjrdis added insult to injury by forbidding them to bury her alongside her husband in the place left for her in his double grave in Switzerland. for chat shows, where his gift for anecdote made him an ideal subject. successful war film, "The Guns of Navarone": a blockbuster "55 Days at Long winter evenings in the north, 1919-29. He acted in two wartime films not formally associated with the AFPU, but both made with a firm view to winning support for the British war effort, especially in the United States. He remained with Fox to play the part of a fake love interest in Three Blind Mice (1938). Less widely seen was The Extraordinary Seaman (1969). Niven resumed his acting career after his demobilization, and was voted the second most popular British actor in the 1945 Popularity Poll of British film stars. Goldwyn lent him to play Aaron Burr in Magnificent Doll (1946) opposite Ginger Rogers, then to Paramount for The Perfect Marriage (1947) with Loretta Young and Enterprise Productions for The Other Love (1947). Surprisingly few of his 90-odd films stay in the memory, . David Niven, better known by her family name James David Graham Niven, was a popular British actor and novelist. Niven decided to try Broadway, appearing opposite Gloria Swanson in Nina (195152). His father was an army man, as were both his grandfathers. Later he went to Stowe and on to Sandhurst to train Thoughtful and kind, he addressed the boys by their first name, allowed them bicycles and encouraged and nurtured their personal interests. He received his resident alien visa from the American consulate when his birth certificate arrived from Britain. Niven's grandfather William Degacher was killed in the Battle of Isandlwana (1879), during the Zulu War. While playing "sardines", she walked through a door believing it led to a closet. [3] He was named David after his birth on St David's Day. She grew up with a sister in Portland.. Barbara initially did not have any interest in acting or performance arts. (1957); The Little Hut (1957), from the writer of The Moon is Blue and a success at the box office; My Man Godfrey (1957), a screwball comedy; and Bonjour Tristesse (1958), for Preminger. Niven struggled for a while to recapture his former position. Flynn in a re-make of "The Dawn Patrol" and in formidable competition He then headed for America. 'Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap,' Kimmel joked. James David Graham Niven was an English actor 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. His father, William Edward Graham Niven, was a British officer who . . Born in London in 1910, David Niven went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1928 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry the following year. Father of Private; Private; Private and Private Her father was Captain (brevet Major) William Degacher (18411879) of the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot, who was killed at the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. Nationality: British. When he interrupted David Niven at the 1974 Academy Awards ceremony, the Oscars streaker established what remains the all-time most outrageous moment in the history of the Oscars. 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