Universal used him in We Have Our Moments (1937) and he had another good supporting role in David O. Selznick's The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). James was baptized on month day 1825, at baptism place. Flynn in a re-make of "The Dawn Patrol" and in formidable competition Niven recalled this as the darkest period of his life, years afterwards thanking his friends for their patience and forbearance during this time. television commercials for instant coffee. After detours to Bermuda and Cuba, he arrived in Hollywood in 1934. Though promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1933, he saw no opportunity for further advancement. Unfortunately, Niven's second marriage was as tumultuous as his first marriage was content. 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 the son of actor David Niven and Primula Rollo. According to Niven, when USSR premier Nikita Khrushchev and his family visited Hollywood in September of 1959, they were treated to the filming of a dance scene for the upcoming Shirley MacLaine . Local doctors wished to operate immediately to remove the bird shot. He was working on a third novel at the time of his death. the right time. The Rogues ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award and currently remains a cult favourite. The new family were photographed enjoying the gardens and swimming . Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. As more of a raconteur rather than an accurate memoirist, it seems that Niven recounted many incidents from a first-person perspective that actually happened to other people, among them Cary Grant. In 1964, Charles Boyer, Gig Young and top-billed Niven appeared in the Four Star series The Rogues. (1955) before scoring a big success as Phileas Fogg in Michael Todd's production of Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Mother Jessie Robertson. $75.58 + $33.58 shipping. She was rushed into a London nursing home for a secret termination. Henrietta was of French and British . Matka, dcera armdnho dstojnka, pochzela z Walesu a kdy Davidv otec padl v Bitv o Gallipoli (1915), provdala se za Sira Thomase Comyn-Platta. He reckoned that it was enough to famous names. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known in the USA as "Lou Gehrig's disease") later that year. 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. '"[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]. fortunate both with his contacts and in being in the right place at However, another doctor advised Niven to allow the swelling of the face to go down. James Niven. [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. personalities and called "Bring On the Empty Horses". ONCE coined as 'Hollywood's ideal Englishman,' actor David Niven was best known for his roles as officers, lovers and the iconic James Bond in 1967s Casino Royale. I had difficulty swallowing and had champagne in my knees. 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. people and force of personality he managed not only to break into An amusing, tongue-in-cheek, British satire on the spy genre with David Niven at his debonair best. son . He made a porter feel like a king.'". "The Moon is Blue", a comedy that gained notoriety by running into A Thanksgiving service was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 27 October 1983. 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. Ronald Garrison (d. 1974, separated), David Alexander (d. 1985, separated) and David Niven Jr. were his three spouses. But I'll have to do it all over again in Hollywood with Errol Flynn!" Churchill singled him out from the crowd and stated, "Young man, you did a fine thing to give up your film career to fight for your country. The movie was critically acclaimed, popular in England and was selected as the first Royal Film Performance. elaborate allegorical fantasy, "A Matter of Life and Death". 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. In 1993, she married David Niven Jr. Herbert Marshall and the imperious C. Aubrey Smith, who ran the James David Graham Niven was born on the feast day of St David. a succession of barbaric prep schools from which he either absconded That same year, he hosted David Niven's World for London Weekend Television, which profiled contemporary adventurers such as hang gliders, motorcyclists, and mountain climbers: it ran for 21 episodes. it made more than 2,000 and helped to launch the careers of several two films a year but he probably had mlre impact with a series of He followed this with Bring On the Empty Horses in 1975, a collection of entertaining reminiscences from Hollywood's "Golden Age" in the 1930s and 1940s. Life at Leja, 1942-43. return to Britain to play his part. In the same year, Niven starred in the television miniseries A Man Called INTREPID, based on the supposed memoir of Sir William Stephenson, a Canadian master spy for British intelligence. The plot was plainly autobiographical (although not recognised as such at the time of publication), involving a young soldier, John Hamilton, who leaves the British army, becomes a liquor salesman in New York, is involved in indoor horse racing, goes to Hollywood, becomes a deckhand on a fishing boat, and finally ends up as a highly successful film star. Previous image. (In fact the book was mostly invented by co-author William Stevenson (no relation), Sir William then being very old.) Thoughtful and kind, he addressed the boys by their first name, allowed them bicycles and encouraged and nurtured their personal interests. Mark you, had you not done so it would have been despicable. He did a war drama Before Winter Comes (1969) then returned to comedy in The Statue (1971). After the laughter . Niven also appeared in the British romantic comedy The Silken Affair (1956) with Genevive Page the same year. Both were made with a view to winning support for the British war effort, especially in the U.S. Niven's Film Unit work included a small part in the deception operation that used minor actor M. E. Clifton James to impersonate Field Marshal Montgomery. Born in London, Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory School and Stowe School before gaining a place at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Though his condition continued to worsen he refused to return to the hospital, a decision supported by his family. He spoke little about his experience in the war, despite public interest in celebrities in combat and a reputation for storytelling. Grizel Rosemary Graham (born in Belgravia, Middlesex), 28 November 1906 28 January 2007). In the mid 1930s he arrived in Hollywood to try his luck as a film Surprisingly few of his 90-odd films stay in the memory, 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 won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor for Separate Tables; he was also a co-host of the 30th, 31st and 46th Academy Awards ceremonies. The show ended in 1955, but Four Star TV became a highly successful TV production company. [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. Later, in 1985, she married David Alexander. Geni requires JavaScript! Henrietta Julia gave birth to James David Graham Niven on March 1, 1910 at the Belgrave Mansion in Grosvenor Gardens, London. In 1974, while Niven was co-hosting the 46th Annual Oscars ceremony, a naked man (Robert Opel) appeared behind him, "streaking" across the stage. James David Graham Niven was born March 1, 1910, at Kirriemuir, Scotland. In that same year he was again loaned out, to 20th Century Fox to play Bertie Wooster in Thank You, Jeeves! 2008". Niven had a long, complex relationship with Goldwyn, who gave him his first start, but the dispute over The Elusive Pimpernel and Niven's demands for more money led to a long estrangement between the two in the 1950s.[31]. long absence, to pick up the threads of his career and there followed He made a porter feel like a king. 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. 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. States, from selling liquor to promoting pony racing. Niven resumed his acting career after his demobilisation, and was voted the second-most popular British actor in the 1945 Popularity Poll of British film stars. Niven returned to comedy with The Pink Panther (1963) also starring Peter Sellers, another huge success at the box office. By 1938, he was starring as the leading man in other 'A' films, including Wuthering Heights (1939). He secured a small role in A Feather in Her Hat (1935) at Columbia before returning to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a bit role, billed as David Nivens, in Rose Marie (1936). In 1980 Niven began experiencing fatigue, muscle weakness and a warble in his voice. During this period Niven was largely barred from the Hollywood studios. While crossing the Atlantic, Niven resigned his commission by telegram on 6 September 1933. David Niven was an English actor and author who had a net worth equal to $100 million at the time of his death, adjusting for inflation. Niven was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, on March 1, 1910, the son of He was twice given leave so he could Born on 15 December 1942 in Unknown, David Niven Jr. started his career as actor . It was this behaviour that finally led to his expulsion from his next school, Heatherdown Preparatory School, at the age of 10. Between 1951 and 1956 he made 11 films, two of which were MGM productions and the rest were low-budget British or independent productions. James David Graham Niven was born on 01 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). Hjrdis Genberg, model student, 1941-42. dress and behaviour but with mischief lurking not far from the 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. new reputation as a best-selling author. 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. She was so serious about her education that she fell . [Laughs]. David Niven Jr. Family Background & Career. Thus Niven did not enjoy his time in the Army. His first sizeable role for Goldwyn came in Dodsworth (1936), playing a man who flirts with Ruth Chatterton. Niven later claimed he was born in Kirriemuir, in the . David Niven was born in Belgravia, London, England in March 1910 and passed away in July 1983. They married six weeks later. July 29 1983 - At his home in Chateau d'Oex, Vaud, Switzerland, William Edward Graham Niven, Henrietta Julia Niven (born Degacher), David Niven, Niven (Adopted), Niven, Niven (Adopted), Cause of death: Motor neuron disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - July 29 1983 - Chteau-d'x, William Edward Graham Niven, Henriette Julia Degacher, Henry Degacher Niven, Margaret Joyce Niven, Grizel Rosemary Graham Niven, Primula Susan Rollo, Hjrdis Paulina Tersmeden, David Niven, Jamie Niven, Fiona Niven, Kristina Niven, July 29 1983 - Chteau-d'Oex, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Vaud, Switzerland, William Edward Graham Niven, Henrietta Julia Niven (geb. He attended Attleboro schools through high school, Class of 1938. Born: James David Graham Niven in Kirriemuir, Scotland (some sources say London, England), 1 March 1910. 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. . [40] However, Kerr, Ustinov, and Coward were all honoured. 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. Niven was one of the four heroes in John Ford's Four Men and a Prayer (1938), also with Fox. Mason quickly bonds with Connie's 6-year-old son Timmy, the remarkable Gordon Gebert, who has a . He was assigned to a training base at Inverailort House in the Western Highlands. Whigham adored Niven until the day he died. He continued to make one and 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. [22], Niven was recommissioned as a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) on 25 February 1940,[23] and was assigned to a motor training battalion. It also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. But I did co-star with Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother!". By this time, Niven was having serious health problems. But Deborah . In 1946 hr returned to Hollywood but found it difficult after such a In 1980 Niven began experiencing fatigue, muscle weakness and a warble in his voice. Career. . Born on 29 July 1983 in United Kingdom, David Niven started his career as actor and novelist . company, Four Star Television, to produce films for the small screen; Mark you, had you not done so it would have been despicable. Hjrdis Genberg 1943-45. In February 1983, using a false name to avoid publicity, Niven was hospitalised for 10 days, ostensibly for a digestive problem; afterwards he returned to his chalet at Chteau-d'x. Among the initial films in which he can be seen are Barbary Coast (1935) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). (1958) Starring: Dick Powell, David Niven Genre: TV Western, Television Studio: Timeless Media Release Date: 12/2/2014 Features: Boxed Set The third season of the anthology series brings more of Zane Grey's Old West stories to the small screen with no shortage of drama or top guest stars. Appearing on-screen for only 23 minutes in the film, this is the briefest performance ever to win a Best Actor Oscar. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or "Lou Gehrig's disease") later that year. His health quickly declined and he died in 1983 at age 73, leaving four children and his second wife. Robert Douglas Niven. He once said: "I will, however, tell you just one thing about the war, my first story and my last. On 14 March 1944, Niven was promoted war-substantive major (temporary lieutenant-colonel). Hollywood cricket club. David Niven Jr.'s godfather was Nol Coward, who gave him a silver cocktail shaker with the . He was awarded the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor in Separate Tables. "Bachelor Mother", with Ginger Rogers, and he was appropriately cast Niven was last married to David Niven Jr a British film producer and actor from June 19, 1993, to 1998. He first appeared as an extra in the British film There Goes the Bride (1932). 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. (Another 1981 interview, posted on YouTube, shows Niven on The Merv Griffin Show while publicizing his novel Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly. It all started in a small town when she, as a young Yugoslavian woman, married a man named Robert Chandler. and the book was essentially a succession of funny stories, drawn from Quick access. His first important part came in Having developed an interest in acting, he left the Highland Light Infantry, travelled to Hollywood and had several minor roles in film. Additionally, she holds the American nationality and has North American ethnicity. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Niven returned to England and rejoined the army, being recommissioned as a lieutenant. He joined the Rifle Brigade, . 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. (Ustinov also acted in The Way Ahead.) David Niven (James David Graham Niven) was born on 1 March, 1910 in Belgravia, London, United Kingdom, is an Actor. [25] He took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, although he was sent to France several days after D-Day. With Rose's assistance, Niven was allowed to escape from a first-floor window. Streaker Robert Opel, a gay rights activist, had a history of nude protests, and his antics weren't as rare as you might think -- streaking was actually a nationwide trend in 1974. When Niven presented himself at Central Casting, he learned that he needed a work permit to reside and work in the United States. She was brought up by her parents David Niven and Primula Rollo. This was his last film appearance. He was working on a third novel when his health failed in 1983. During his work with the Film Unit, Peter Ustinov, though one of the script-writers, had to pose as Niven's batman. In fact, Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in Dr. No. The day after Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, Niven returned home and rejoined the British Army. But still he made a high ratio Back in Hollywood Niven was in Goldwyn's Enchantment (1948) with Teresa Wright. PA Photos. In 1964, he and Boyer appeared in the Four Star series The Rogues. (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. 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." She also divorced her second husband. big commercial successes at the cinema. told the story of the Spitfire, and "The Way Ahead", made by Carol He said that older pupils would regularly assault younger boys, while the schoolmasters were not much better. A limited edition of British postage stamps was produced using one of Lucas's images taken during this portrait sitting. Goldwyn pulled out, and the film did not appear in the U.S. for three years. 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). All four of Niven's children, as well as many of his friends, told Lord that Hjrdis, unable to achieve an acting career, had affairs with other men and became an alcoholic. She grew up with a sister in Portland.. Barbara initially did not have any interest in acting or performance arts. In 1981 Niven published a second and much more successful novel, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly, which was set during and after the Second World War, and which drew on his experiences during the war and in Hollywood. James passed away on August 19 1885, at age 60. Niven was not told of this; he learned it from a newspaper report. Asked by suspicious American sentries during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered, "Haven't the foggiest idea, but I did co-star with Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother! William served in the Berkshire Yeomanry in the First World War and was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign on 21 August 1915. 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. Sadly, by the summer of 1983, just weeks before Curse was released . ", A few stories have surfaced. By Allan Warren own work licensed under thehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. [3] He was named David after his birth on St David's Day. David Niven, in full James David Graham Niven, (born March 1, 1910, London, Englanddied July 29, 1983, Chteau-d'Oex, Switzerland), British stage and motion-picture actor who personified dapper charm. [6] Although born William Hitchcock, in 1874, he and his older brother Lieutenant Colonel Henry Degacher (1835-1902), both followed their father, Walter Henry Hitchcock, in taking their mother's maiden name of Degacher. The Brain (1969), a French comedy with Bourvil and Jean-Paul Belmondo, was the most popular film at the French box office in 1969 but was not widely seen in English-speaking countries. This brought him to wider attention within the film industry and he was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn. David Niven Jr. is a British film producer, film actor and script writer who was an executive at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. Niven joined what became known as the Hollywood Raj, a group of British actors in Hollywood which included Rex Harrison, Errol Flynn, Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, Leslie Howard and C. Aubrey Smith. Introducing the family Hjrdis and David Niven with Kristina and Fiona. Having been in more than 90 . He acted in two films made during the war, The First of the Few (1942) and The Way Ahead (1944). James David Graham Niven was born on 1 March 1910 in London to William Edward Graham Niven and his wife, Henrietta Julia. Most Popular. Podle jedn autorizovan biografie se Sir Thomas s matkou schzel jet ped jejm ovdovnm a nen vyloueno, e . [33] Niven was the only actor who played James Bond mentioned by name in the text of a Fleming novel. publication of an autobiography, "The Moon's a Balloon", he required a 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). The congregation of 1,200 included Prince Michael of Kent, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, Sir John Mills, Sir Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, David Frost, Joanna Lumley, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Lord Olivier. In 1939 he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother, and starred as the eponymous gentleman safe-cracker in Raffles. Niven's Two years later [citation needed], Niven is the only person to win an Academy Award at the ceremony he was hosting. November 15, 1951 - September 26, 2022 David James Robert passed away Monday, September 26th with family by his side. 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. Niven's next few films were made in England: The Love Lottery (1954), a comedy; Carrington V.C. He was assigned to the HLI, with which he served for two years in Malta and then for a few months in Dover. 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