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David Niven – Iconic British ActorDavid Niven was one of Britain's biggest actors who was famous for his great acting and humour. David Niven (James David Graham Niven) was born on Monday, March 1st 1909. The son a well-to-do British Army captain who passed from physical life in the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, David Niven was shipped off to a succession of boarding schools by his stepfather, who didn't care much for the boy. Young Niven hated the experience and was a poor student, but his late father's reputation helped him get admitted to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and he was later commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry. Rakishly handsome and naturally charming, Lt. Niven met a number of high society members while stationed in Malta, and, through their auspices, made various essential contacts while attending parties. Although he later claimed to have been not one thing more than a wastrel-like "professional guest" at this stage of his life, Niven was actually splendid company, a superb raconteur, and a loyal friend, and he paid back his social indebtednesses by giving lavish parties of his own once he become famous. Niven also insisted that he fell into acting without any prior interest, though he had done novice theatricals in college. Following his military discharge, Niven wandered the world working odd jobs ranging from a lumberjack to a gunnery instructor for Cuban revolutionaries to (by his own account) a petty thief. He became a Hollywood extra in 1932 and in the long run came to the attention of producer Samuel Goldwyn who had been building up a stable of beautiful young contract players. Having made his speaking debut in Without Regret (1935), Niven speedily learned how to with great success get through a movie scene. After various secondary roles for Goldwyn he was loaned out for a lead role in the 20th Century Fox feature Thank You Jeeves (1936). The actor formed lasting friendships with various members of Hollywood's British community – notably Errol Flynn with whom he briefly lived -- and was rather frequent with the American-born contingent as well, specially the ladies. Although he worked regularly in the '30s, it was ordinarily in support of more spectacular stars; he was seldom permitted to carry a film by himself, except for such modest productions as Dinner at the Ritz (1937) and Raffles (1939). Anxious to do something more significant than act for the duration of World War II, Niven re-entered the British service as a Lieutenant Colonel, where he served nobly, if not spectacularly. (His batman, or valet, for the duration of the war was a Private. Peter Ustinov, himself an actor of no mean talent.) Married by the end of the war, Niven went back to films but found that he still wasn't getting any essential roles; in spite of ten years experience, he was considered too "lightweight" to be a major name. His life momentarily shattered by the accidental death of his wife in 1946. Niven's spirit was restored by his second marriage to Swedish model Hjordis Tersmeden, his wife of 37 years until the actor's death. Once again, Niven took a self-deprecating attitude towards his domestic life, claiming to be a poor husband and worse father, but in spite of the time expended away from his family, they cherished his concern and positive feeling of liking for them. After his Goldwtn contract ended in 1949, Niven marked time with inconsequential movies before joining Dick Powell,Charles Boyer and Ida Lupino to form Four Star, a television production company. Niven was at last competent to choose strong dramatic roles for himself, getting one of TV's initial and most prolific stars, even though his public still preferent him as a light comedian. The actor's film career likewise took an upswing in the '50s with starring performances in the debatable The Moon Is Blue (1953) -- a harmless concoction which was refused a Production Code seal because the word "virgin" was bandied in regards to -- and the mammoth Around the World in 80 Days (1956), in which Niven played his most famous role, erudite 19th century globetrotter Phileas Fogg. When Laurence Olivier dropped out of the 1958 film Separate Tables, Niven stepped in to play an elderly, disgraced British military man. Although he was as flippant with regards to the percentage as usual -- telling an interviewer, "They gave me very good lines and then cut to Deborah Kerr while I was saying them" -- he won an Oscar for this performance. Niven continued his career as a high-priced, A-list actor into the '60s, returning to television in the stylish "caper" series The Rogues in 1964. He revisited his sparetime activity of writing in the early '70s; an earlier novel, -Round the Ragged Rocks, didn't trade very well, but gave him pleasure while working on it. But two breezy autobiographies did better: -The Moon's a Balloon (1972) and -Bring on the Empty Horse (1975). Working alone, without support of a ghostwriter (as opposed to a lot of celebrity authors), Niven was competent to entertainingly transfer his charm and wit to the printed page (even if he seldom let the facts impede his storytelling). In 1982, Niven encountered he was suffering from a neurological disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, which would prove fatal within a year. Courageously keeping up a front with his friends and the public, Niven continued making media appearances, even though he was evidently deteriorating. While appearing in his last film, Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), the actor's speech became so slurred due to his sickness that his lines were later dubbed by impressionist Rich Little. Refusing all artificial life-support systems, Niven passed from physical life in his Switzerland home later that year. While his career invented a bequest of suitable films, and in spite of his own public attitude that his life had been something of an elaborated fraud, Niven left behind innumerable fans,friends and family members who adored him. Filmography
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