| David Niven  AKA James David Graham Niven
Born: 1-Mar-1909
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 29-Jul-1983
Location of death: Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland
Cause of death: Lou Gehrig's Disease
Remains: Buried, Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: England
Executive summary: Pencil-moustachioed actor Military service: Highland Light Infantry (two years); British Army (WWII, Rifle Brigade) Some sources indicate Niven was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, but this is disinformation spread by the actor himself to enhance his romantic image. He was born at Belgrave Mansions in London.
Father: William Edward Graham Niven (British Army Lt., Berkshire Yeomanry, d. 21-Aug-1915 in Gallipoli)
Mother: Henrietta Julia de Gacher (d. Nov-1932, cancer)
Brother: Max
Sister: Joyce
Sister: Grizel
Wife: Primula Rollo (m. 16-Sep-1940, d. 21-May-1946, two children)
Wife: Hjordis Tersmeden (m. 14-Jan-1948, until his death, two daughters)
Girlfriend: Ann Todd (Dec-1932)
High School: Stowe School
University: Sandhurst Military Academy
Endorsement of General Electric 1948
Oscar for Best Actor 1959 for Separate Tables
Golden Globe 1954 for The Moon Is Blue
Golden Globe 1959 for Separate Tables
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1625 Vine St. (television)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6384 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Tonsillectomy (May-1933)
Scottish Ancestry Paternal
French Ancestry Maternal
James Bond
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Curse of the Pink Panther (13-Aug-1983)
Trail of the Pink Panther (17-Dec-1982)
Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse (3-Oct-1980)
Rough Cut (19-Jun-1980)
Escape to Athena (16-Feb-1979)
Death on the Nile (30-Oct-1978)
Candleshoe (Dec-1977)
Murder by Death (23-Jun-1976)
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Paper Tiger (12-Sep-1975)
Old Dracula (1974)
Before Winter Comes (24-Mar-1969)
The Brain (7-Mar-1969)
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
Prudence and the Pill (23-May-1968)
The Impossible Years (1968)
Eye of the Devil (6-Dec-1967)
Casino Royale (13-Apr-1967)
Where the Spies Are (26-Jan-1966)
Lady L (17-Dec-1965)
Bedtime Story (10-Jun-1964)
The Pink Panther (19-Dec-1963)
55 Days at Peking (29-May-1963)
The Best of Enemies (1962)
The Guns of Navarone (22-Jun-1961)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (31-Mar-1960)
Happy Anniversary (10-Nov-1959)
Ask Any Girl (21-May-1959)
Separate Tables (18-Dec-1958)
Bonjour Tristesse (17-Mar-1958)
My Man Godfrey (11-Oct-1957)
The Little Hut (3-May-1957)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (22-Feb-1957)
Around the World in Eighty Days (17-Oct-1956)
The Birds and the Bees (22-Apr-1956)
The King's Thief (5-Aug-1955)
The Moon Is Blue (3-Jun-1953)
Happy Go Lovely (25-Jul-1951)
Soldiers Three (29-Mar-1951)
The Toast of New Orleans (24-Aug-1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel (06-Feb-1950)
A Kiss in the Dark (25-Mar-1949)
Enchantment (25-Dec-1948)
The Bishop's Wife (9-Dec-1947)
The Other Love (14-May-1947)
The Perfect Marriage (24-Jan-1947)
A Matter of Life and Death (1-Nov-1946)
The Way Ahead (6-Jun-1944)
The First of the Few (14-Sep-1942)
Raffles (29-Dec-1939)
Eternally Yours (7-Oct-1939)
The Real Glory (15-Sep-1939)
Bachelor Mother (30-Jun-1939)
Wuthering Heights (13-Apr-1939)
The Dawn Patrol (24-Dec-1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (23-Mar-1938)
Dinner at the Ritz (26-Nov-1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (2-Sep-1937)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (20-Oct-1936)
Dodsworth (23-Sep-1936)
Rose-Marie (28-Jan-1936)
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