David Niven

Also known as James David Graham Niven

British actor and novelist (1910–1983)

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David Niven was a person whose work period spanned from 1935 to 1983. Born on 1910-03-01, he died on 1983-07-29. He was recognized in the Legion Of Merit collection, the Academy Award Best Actor collection, and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. He had four children and stood 181 in height.

Niven is listed as an author in the Open Library, which records 76 works by him. His top works include *Heroic War Stories*, *Once Overly Lightly*, *Reader's Digest Condensed Books*, *Bring on the empty horses*, and *Heavenly Bodies (Complete Pirelli Calendar Book)*. Crossref lists five works associated with him.

He is referenced by 1,038 other encyclopedia articles. His quotes include, "Can you imagine being wonderfully over-paid for dressing up and playing games?", "Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.", and "Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 76

Top works

Heroic War Stories
Once Over Lightly
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
Bring on the empty horses
Heavenly Bodies (Complete Pirelli Calendar Book)

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Active from: 1938-04-30

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,421
Total plays: 4,110

via Last.fm · David Niven

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,252x
Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,869x
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 63,648x
Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 63,511x
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,761x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“Can you imagine being wonderfully over-paid for dressing up and playing games?”
“Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.”
“Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end.”
“Isn't it fascinating that probably the only laugh this man will ever get in his life is by stripping off his clothes and showing his shortcomings.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

~37 min read

Encyclopedic overview

James David Graham Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist and novelist. Niven was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in Classic Hollywood films. His accolades include an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Award and two Emmy Awards.

Born in central London to an upper-middle-class family, Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory School and Stowe School before gaining a place at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry. Upon developing an interest in acting, he found a role as an extra in the British film There Goes the Bride (1932). Bored with the peacetime army, he resigned his commission in 1933, relocated to New York, then travelled to Hollywood. 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). This helped him gain a contract with Samuel Goldwyn.

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