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James David Graham Niven (David Niven) (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983), was an Academy Award-winning English actor.
Biography
James David Graham Niven was born in London, England, the son of William Edward Graham Niven and French/British Henrietta Julia de Gacher, who was born in Wales. He was named David for his birth on St. David's Day. His father died during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and his mother remarried Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt. After attending Stowe as a boy Niven trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which gave him the "officer and gentleman" bearing that was to be his trademark. He served for two years in Malta with the Highland Light Infantry. Niven often claimed that he was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, which he believed sounded more romantic than London.
Arriving in Hollywood during the early 1930s, he first worked as an extra in westerns, then had a walk-on part in the 1935 version of Mutiny on the Bounty. He then landed a long term contract as a supporting player with independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn which firmly established his career and allowed him to progress to leading man status in many films such as the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother (1939) with Ginger Rogers.
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John Zenda : Subastan piezas de memorabilia que evocan carrera de David Niven - El Porven - http://www.askbiography.com/bio/John_Zenda.html
RT @espectaculosmx: Un 29 de julio murieron la cantante "Mama" Cass Elliott, el cineasta Luis Bunuel, el actor David Niven y el coreografo Jerome Robbins.
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RT @espectaculosmx: Un 29 de julio murieron la cantante "Mama" Cass Elliott, el cineasta Luis Bunuel, el actor David Niven y el coreografo Jerome Robbins.
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