by Michael Munn
Burke’s Law, episode Who Killed Billy Jo? 1963
The Rogues, episodes The Personal Touch, 1964; The Project Man, 1964; Fringe Benefits, 1964; Gambit by the Golden Gate, 1965; Bless You, G. Carter Huntington, 1965
The Canterville Ghost 1974
A Man Called Intrepid, mini-series, 1979
Bibliography
Berg, A. Scott, Goldwyn, Hamish Hamilton, 1989
Gardner, Ava, Ava, Bantam Books, 1990
Garrett, Gerard, The Films of David Niven, LSP Books, 1975
Granger, Stewart, Sparks Fly Upward, Granada Publishing (UK), 1981
Hawkins, Jack, Anything for a Quiet Life, Elm Tree Books, 1973
Herndon, Booton, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, W.H. Allen, 1977
Higham, Charles, Errol Flynn The Untold Story, Granada Publishing, 1980
Korda, Michael, Charmed Lives, Random House (US), 1979
Lewis, Roger, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Century (UK), 1994
Lord, Graham, Niv, Orion, 2003
Mills, John, Up in the Clouds, Gentlemen Please, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980
More, Kenneth, More or Less, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978
Morley, Sheridan, The Other Side of the Moon, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985
Moseley, Roy, with Philip & Martin Mashetter, Rex Harrison, New English Library, 1987
Niven, David, The Moon’s a Balloon, Hamish Hamilton (UK), 1971
Niven, David, Bring on the Empty Horses, Hamish Hamilton (UK), 1975
Norman, Barry, The Film Greats, Hodder & Stoughton/BBC, 1985
Siegel, Don, A Siegel Film, Faber and Faber, 1993
Ustinov, Peter, Dear Me, William Heinemann, 1977
Index
Acheson, John 93
Addams, Dawn 161, 162, 167
Adventures of Robin Hood, The 64
Aherne, Brian 67
Albright, Lola 197
Alexander, Katherine 61
All the Winters 37
Allyson, June 174
Ambler, Eric 104
Anderson, Michael 171
Ando 205
Annabella (aka Annabella Power) 75, 123, 124
Annakin, Ken 204, 205
Answer, The (TV) 166
Appointment with Venus 156, 157
Around the World (TV) 207
Around the World in 80 Days 169–171, 173, 186, 217
Arrougé, Marti 77
Ashley, Lady Sylvia 65, 143, 146
Ask Any Girl 176
Asquith, Anthony 189
Astaire, Fred 46, 73, 127, 216
Astaire, Phyllis 46, 146
Bacall, Lauren (Betty) 146, 167, 168, 174
Bachelor Mother 87, 88
Backus, Jim 176
Baker, Sir Stanley 181, 182
Barbary Coast 59
Barker, General Ray 108, 110, 111, 116
Barrie, Wendy 60
Battle of the Bulge 112, 113
Bedtime Story 196
Before Winter Comes 197
Beloved Enemy 67
Bembridge (on the Isle of White) 12, 21, 26, 32, 34, 35
Ben-Hur 66
Berman, Pandro S. 155
Best of Enemies 186–187
Better Late Than Never (aka Ménage à Trois) 216–217
Birds and the Bees, The 166
Bishop’s Wife, The 129–132
Blane, Georgina 42
Blane, Gretchen (see Young, Loretta)
Blane, Sally (aka Elizabeth Young) 42, 45
Bluebeard’s Eight Wife 77
Blyth, Ann 166
Bogarde, Dirk 110
Bogart, Humphrey 69, 146, 167, 174
Bolton, David 211, 214, 225
Bonjour Tristesse 175
Bonnie Prince Charlie 137, 138, 140–142, 144
Bono, Sonny 212
Bosville, Jimmy 94, 97
Bouquet, Harry 48
Boyd, Stephen 66
Boyer, Charles 160–161, 196
Bracken, Brendan 95
Brain, The 197
Brando, Marlon 129, 196
Brannigan 42
Bricusse, Leslie and Eve 1
Bring on the Empty Horses (memoir) vii, 5, 21, 60, 72, 82, 158, 202, 206–208, 210
Bronston, Samuel 190, 191
Brown, John Moulder 201, 202
Bruce, Nigel 122
Bruce, Virginia 74, 76, 77
Buckmaster, John 163
Burton, Richard 183, 184, 199, 215, 223–225
Bushell, Anthony 111
Cagney, James 24
Call of the Wild 52
Calvert, ‘Mad Mike’ 97
Candleshoe 5, 42, 105, 203, 209
Canterville Ghost, The (TV) 204
Cantinlfas 171
Captain Blood 64
Captive City, The 190
Capucine 194, 220, 226
Cardinale, Claudia 194, 212
Caroline, Princess 212, 213
Caron, Leslie 189
Carrington VC 165–166
Casino Royale 197
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 177
Cavanagh, Paul 51
Cerveau, Le 197
Chaplin, Charlie 46
Charge of the Light Brigade, The 4, 63–64
Château d’Oex 183, 184, 186–188, 190, 197, 200, 215, 225, 226
Chatterton, Ruth 48, 65, 67
Chiari, Walter 173
Chrichton-Stuart, Lord James 184
Churchill, Sir Winston 92, 95, 97, 101
Cinicittà Studios, 173
Cleopatra (Cecil B. DeMille version) 51
Colbert, Claudette 56, 77
Cole, Lesley 184, 190
Colman, Ronald 39, 46, 52, 56, 57, 59, 61, 68, 71, 77, 82, 90, 127, 161
Columbia Pictures 59, 185, 203, 204
Columbia-Warner 162, 204
Coming Home 106
Comyn-Platt, Sir Thomas Walter 9–12, 14, 15, 17, 34, 35, 38, 40, 76, 187
Cooper, Gary 77, 88, 122
Cooper, Gladys 196
Coote, Robert 72, 77, 90, 123, 124, 152, 196, 222
Côte d’Azur 187, 190, 197, 210, 216,220
Cotton, Joseph 58
Cowan, Theo 217
Coward, Noël 72, 77, 92, 104, 158, 167, 184, 203, 204
Cowboy and the Lady, The 77
Crawford, Joan 122
Cresset Press (Cresset Books) 155, 201
Croker Poole, Sally 184
Cromwell, John 74
Cukor, George 75
Curse of the Pink Panther, The 220
Curtis, Tony 53, 177, 223
Curtiz, Michael 64
Cusack, Cyril 155
Damita, Lili 72, 75
Dark Angel, The 59
Davies, Marion 77
Davis, Bette 122
Davis, Walter Kerry 77
Dawn Patrol, The 80–83, 86, 87, 100, 103
Day, Doris 179
Day, Sammy 13, 14
De Havilland, Olivia, 63, 89
Death on the Nile 210, 211
Defiant Ones, The 177
Degacher, Henriette (see Niven, Henriette)
DeMille, Cecil B. 51
Denham Studios 75, 105
Dickinson, Angie 167
Dieppe (Operation Jubilee) 101–104, 116
Dietrich, Marlene 170
Dinner at the Ritz 75
Disney, Walt 207, 209
Dodsworth 65–67, 70
Donald, James 105
Doubleday 216, 220, 228
Down, Lesley-Anne 214
Drax, Admiral Sir Ernle Erle 47
Dunaway, Faye 197
Eagle Has Landed, The 212
Ealing Film Studios 165
Eddy, Nelson 61
Eden, Anthony 95
Edwards, Blake 194, 220
Eisenhower, General Dwight D. 108, 110, 111
Ekberg, Anita 145
Elephant Walk 163
Elusive Pimpernell, The 150–153
Enchantment 144, 145
Escape to Athena 212
Eternally Yours 88
Eye of the Devil 197
Extraordinary Seaman, The 197
Fairbanks, Douglas Jnr 73, 77, 90, 102, 103, 104, 126
Fairbanks, Douglas 30, 37, 46, 61,65, 143
Fairbanks, Mary Lee 90, 126
Falk, Peter 209
Feather in Her Hat, A 59 55
Days at Peking 4, 190–193
Finale (TV) 165
First of the Few, The 100
Fitzgerald, Barry 165
Fitzgerald, Geraldine 86
Flynn, Errol 2, 12, 63–65, 72–75, 77, 80–82
Flynn, ‘Lefty’ 39, 40
Flynn, Norah 40, 95
Fonda, Henry 47
Fontaine, Joan 161
Footprints in the Sand (short story) 224
For Arti’s Sake (TV) 165
Forbes, Alistair 226
Forbes, Bryan 217
Ford, John 78, 79, 165
Foreman, Carl 181, 185
Foster, Jodie 209
Four Men and a Prayer 78, 79
Four Star Playhouse (Four Star Productions – TV) 161, 165–168, 179, 180, 196
Frederick, Lynne 12, 37, 139, 192, 193, 194, 214, 216, 220
Gable, Clark 44, 48, 52, 54, 56, 76, 105, 106, 120, 122, 127, 188, 217
Garbo, Greta 76, 145–147
Gardner, Ava 52, 53, 55, 56, 81, 120, 121, 133–135, 144, 146, 147, 168, 173, 179, 190–193, 195, 213, 224
Garland, Judy 167, 168
Garnett, Tay 156
Gaynor, Mitzi 166, 177
Gilded Lily, The 56
Gielgud, Sir John 171, 223
Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly 216, 217, 220
Goin’ to Town 50
Goldwyn, Frances 57, 177
Goldwyn, Samuel 56–63, 67, 69 71, 73–75, 79, 80, 83–85, 87–89, 91, 93, 100, 101, 104–106, 117–122, 128–131, 137, 144, 145, 150–153, 177, 204
Gone With the Wind 75
Gordon-Lennox, Diana 39
Gordon-Lennox, Victor 38, 39
Gould, Elliot 212
Goulding, Edmund 48–50, 56, 57, 76, 80
Grand Hotel 49
Granger, Stewart 146, 155, 156, 163, 164, 173, 174
Grant, Cary 18, 47, 53, 82, 122, 130–132, 155, 170, 212
Grayson, Kathryn, 153, 154
Green, Guy 193
Greene, Richard 78, 79, 123, 124
Grenfell, Joyce 39
Gstaad 183
Gunga Din 64, 73, 155
Guns of Darkness 189, 190
Guns of Navarone, The 4, 181–186, 189
Hall, Thurston, 71
Hamilton, Guy 186
Hamilton, Hamish (Jamie) 155, 199–201, 207, 228
Hanley, Jimmie 105
Happy Anniversary 177
Happy Ever After 165
Happy Go Lovely 154, 155
Harlow, Jean 47
Harrison, Sir Rex 107, 122–125, 127
Hartnell, William 105
Hathaway, Harry 89
Hawks, Bill 56
Hawkins, Jack 105, 138, 152
Haworth, Major Richard 15, 16, 20
Hay, Ian 25
Hayward, Leland 87
Hayward, Louis 49
Hayworth, Rita 133, 135, 144
Hearst, William Randolph 77
Heatherdown (school) 13
Hepburn, Audrey 66, 226
Hershey, Barbara 5
Hertz, Doug 40
Heston, Charlton 66, 190–193, 217, 223
Highland Light Infantry 26, 91
Hogg, Captain Quinton 97
Holden, William 161
Holloway, Stanley 105
Hopkinson, Colonel G.F. 99
Hooper, Hedda 119
Howard, Leslie 100, 101
Howard, Trevor 171, 215
Humberstone, Bruce 154
Hume, Benita 90
Hunnicut, Eddie 53, 55
Hunter, Kim 118
Huston, John 5, 67–70, 120, 197, 203
Huston, Walter 65, 67
Hutton, Barbara 34, 36, 39
Hymer, Warren 71, 77
I, Claudius 72, 74, 75
Impossible Years, The 197
IRA 55
Island, The (TV) 161
It’s a Wonderful Life 132
Jackson, Gordon 155
Junot, Philippe, 212
Keaton, Buster 170
Kelly, Grace 167 (Princess Grace of Monaco) 167, 173, 183, 198, 222
Kennedy, President John F. 195, 196
Kerr, Deborah 175, 180, 197, 197
Keyes, Evelyn 86, 144, 145, 170
Kingsmill, Admiral Charles 39
King and I, The 171
King, Queen, Knave 201–202
King Solomon’s Mines 155
Kingsmill, Lady 39
Kirkwood, Caroline 179
King’s Thief, The 166
Kiss for Corliss, A 153
Kiss in the Dark, A 150
Korda, Alexander 59, 62, 86, 90, 137, 138, 151, 152
Koster, Henry 131
LadyL 196, 197
Lady Says No, The 156
Landi, Elissa 59
Lanza, Mario 153, 154
Laughton, Charles 48, 75
Laurie, John 105
Lazar, ‘Swifty’ 167
Lebon, Yvette 110, 113
Lee, Ron 3, 4, 201
Leigh, Vivien 90, 99, 104, 105, 162–165, 186
Leighton, Margaret 166
Lewis, David 129
Lewis, Tom 121
Little Hut, The 173
Little, Rich 220
Lloyd, Euan 215
Lloyd, Frank 48, 49
Lo Scoglietto 187, 190, 209, 216, 224, 225, 227
Lollobrigida, Gina 201, 202
Lombard, Carole 105, 106, 174
Lord, Graham 229
Loren, Sophia 196
Lothian, Lord 91
Lovat, Lord 97, 102, 103
Love Lottery, The 165
Lowe, Captain Bob 112
Lubitsch, Ernst 40
Luft, Sid 167
Lupino, Ida 122, 161
McCrea, Joel 60, 79
MacDonald, Jeanette 61
Macdougal, Margie 33, 37
McLaglen, Andrew V. 215
McLaine, John 109
MacLaine, Shirley 171, 176–177
Macmillan International Film Encyclopaedia (book) 8
MacMurray, Fred 56
McNamara, Maggie 161, 162
Macnee, Patrick 215
McQueen, Steve 161
Machell, Roger 201, 207
Macy, Lydia 47
Magnificent Doll 121, 122, 128
Malta 27–33, 72
Man Called Intrepid, A (TV) 5, 91, 203, 213, 214
Man of the World, A (TV) 165
Man on a Train (TV) 165
Mann, Roderick (Roddy) 6, 128, 201
Mannix, Eddie 49
Margaret, Princess 138
‘Market Garden’ (invasion of Holland) 111
Marton, Andrew 193
Mason, James 122
Massey, Raymond 118
Matter of Advice, A (TV) 165
Matter of Life and Death, A 117–119
Matthewson, Katherine 222–226
Maxwell, Elsa 39, 40
Meadows, Jayne 144, 145
Medina, Patricia 123, 124, 179
Ménage à Trois (aka Better Late Than Never) 216, 217
Menuhin, Yehudi 227
Merrick, David 215
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 47, 49, 56, 57,61, 153, 155, 166
Michael Parkinson Show, The (TV) 202, 203, 207, 217
Mifune, Toshiro, 205
Milland, Ray 56, 74
Mills, Sir John 100, 101, 105, 107
Mills, Lady Mary 105
Mills-Roberts, Major Derek 102
Moment of Memory, A 160
Monroe, Marilyn 128, 193
Montgomery, General Sir Bernard 108, 110, 111, 113
&nb
sp; Montgomery, Robert 48
Moon is Blue, The (film version) 160–162, 165, 166
Moon is Blue, The (play) 160, 161
Moon’s a Balloon, The (autobiography) vii, 2, 5, 7, 10, 17, 18, 20, 39, 59, 72, 73,75, 199, 92, 97, 139, 143, 158, 168, 199–203, 229
Moore, Deborah 226
Moore, Sir Roger 53, 166, 206, 212, 215, 226
More, Kenneth 157
Morgan, General Sir Frederick 107, 108
Morley, Robert 171
Morley, Sheridan 8, 67, 72, 92, 132, 158, 203, 226, 229
Moss, Marjorie 48
Murder by Death 209
Mutiny on the Bounty 47, 56, 57
My Man Godfrey 174
Nessie 17, 18, 20, 25, 32
Newman, Paul 177
Newton, Robert 155, 171
Night Ride (TV) 165
Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square, A 6, 157, 203, 214
Nina (play) 158
Niv (biography of DN) 229
Niven, David
arrives in Hollywood 42
awards and nominations 162, 165, 166, 174, 175, 177, 178
birth and inaccurate details
about 7, 8
and British actors 49, 51, 56, 78, 157
death 226
drinking, 16, 32, 64, 65, 72, 128, 134, 148, 152, 154
earnings 57, 71, 87, 117, 129, 137, 170, 180, 201, 202, 205, 215, 216
education 11–16, 20–22, 35
as extra 37, 51–56
first cinematic appearance 37
infidelity 3, 19, 37, 60, 63, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 99, 100, 110, 111, 113, 120, 155, 158, 159, 162, 163, 167, 175, 177, 178, 184, 185, 187, 188, 192, 195, 198, 199, 205, 220
military training 20–26
Motor Neurone Disease 1, 24, 79,214–218, 222
prostitutes, 17–20, 25, 30, 31, 53, 128
resigns commission 38, 39
Samuel Goldwyn 56, 57
screen tests 48–50, 56, 57
sex 20, 63, 100, 128, 133, 135, 159
sports, 12,21,46, 47, 57, 67, 186
story-telling 32, 41, 45, 46, 49, 68, 69, 78, 139, 182, 183
suicide 127, 221, 225
writings 21, 132, 133, 154, 188, 199, 200–202, 205–207, 210, 216, 220, 223
Niven, David William Graham (son) 104, 112, 121, 127, 128, 137, 144, 145, 147–149, 154, 158, 178, 179, 196, 198, 203, 204, 212, 216, 225–227
Niven, Fiona (daughter) 198–200, 203, 207, 211, 226, 227
Niven, Grizel (sister) 8, 10, 11, 17, 32, 35, 36, 38,45, 76, 126, 187, 219
Niven, Henriette (mother) 9–12, 14, 21, 26, 32, 34, 35,45
Niven, Henry (Max; brother) 9, 10, 17, 32, 35, 45, 72, 96, 164, 165
Niven, Hjördis (second wife) 138–141, 143–149, 151, 152, 155, 158, 159, 161–163, 166, 167, 171–181, 183–192, 195–200, 202–206, 208, 210–215, 219, 220, 222–226
death of 227
marries DN 142
Niven, Jamie (son) 119, 121, 127, 128, 137, 144, 147–149, 158, 178, 179, 196, 198, 203, 217, 225–227
Niven, Joyce (sister) 9, 10, 17, 35,45, 76, 187, 219
Niven, Kristina (daughter) 188, 189, 198–200, 203, 207, 210–214, 216, 225, 227