David Niven
b.3/1/1909 Kirriemuir Scotland
d.7/29/1983
Graduate of Sandhurst Military School in the United Kingdom Trained with the Highland Light Guard stationed on the island of Malta until assigned command as Gunnery Instructor on the island of Cuba Completed tour of duty and moved to Hollywood for bit part in movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” Recalled for service by the British Army in World War II after which he retires from the British Army with the rank of Colonel TV serials and movies: “Four Star Playhouse” “Alcoa Theatre” “The David Niven Show” “The Rogues” “Author” “The Moon is a Balloon” “Bring on the Empty Horses” “Round and Rugged Rocks” “Go Slowly” Academy Award for Best Actor “Separate Tables” 1958 First cinematic movie: “Mutiny on the Bounty” 1934
Filmography:
Mutiny on the Bounty, Barbary Coast, Rose Marie, Charge of the Light Brigade, Dinner at the Ritz, Dawn Patrol, The Sea Wolves, Wuthering Heights, The Real Glory, Spitfire, Magnificent Doll, The Bishop’s Wife, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Soldiers Three, Separate Tables, The Moon is Blue, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Guns of Navarone, Guns of Darkness, The Pink Panther, The Extraordinary Season, No Deposit No Return