by Michael Munn
Niven, Primula ‘Primmie’ (first wife) 82, 97, 99–101, 104–106, 108, 112, 113, 119–121, 126, 127, 133–136, 143–145, 147, 154, 177, 184
death of 123–125
marries DN 98
Niven, William (father) 8–12, 35
No Deposit, No Return 207
No Identity (TV) 165
Not a Chance (TV) 160
Nugent, Elliot 60
Oklahoma! 170
Oberon, Merle 34, 37, 59–63, 65, 67–72, 74–77, 80, 81, 84–86, 144, 161,
Officer Training Corps 20–22
Oh Men! Oh Women! 174
O’Hara, Gerry 54, 55
Old Man and the Sea, The 177
Olivier, Lord (Laurence) 22, 36, 46, 59, 62, 70, 81, 84–86, 90–92, 99, 102, 104, 105, 107, 111, 121, 144, 164, 165, 218, 223
Other Love, The 129
Other Side of the Moon, The (biography of DN) 8, 229
‘Overlord’ (D-Day) 107–109
Palm Springs Affair 63
Palmer, Lilli 123, 124, 127
Paper Tiger 204, 205, 207
Paramount 56, 58, 63, 77, 204
Parker, Steve 176
Patton, General George 110, 111, 113
Payne, Graham 190
Peck, Gregory 181–183, 185, 213, 215
Peck, Véronique 185
Percival, Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh
Perfect Marriage, The 120
Persuaders, The (TV series) 53
Petrified Forrest, The (TV) 160
‘Phantom’ (A Section) 99, 101, 102, 105, 108
Phipps, Tommy 39, 49
Photoplay (magazine) 6, 128
Pickford, Mary 65
Pidgeon, Walter 155
Pinewood Studios 5, 42, 105, 209
Pink Panther, The 193, 194, 196
Pinkie (see Rogers, Beryl) Please Don’t Eat the Daisies 179, 196
Pleydell-Bouverie, Anthony 47
Poitier, Sidney 177
Portrait of Lydia (TV) 160
Powell, Dick 161
Powell, Michael 117, 118, 150, 152, 153
Powell, William 47, 174
Power, Tyrone 75, 76, 123
Powers, Stephanie 212
Preminger, Otto 160, 161, 175
Pressburger, Emeric 117, 118, 150, 152,153
Prisoner of Zenda, The 71, 74, 75
Prudence and the Pill 197
Purdom, Edmund, 166
Putnam, G. P. 202
Quayle, Anthony 181, 182
Quinn, Anthony 181–183
Quiet Man, The 165
Raffles 88, 89
Raft, George 170, 197, 223
Rainier, Prince 173, 183, 226
RKO Studios 73
Ray, Nicholas 191–193
Real Glory, The 88, 89
Reed, Carol 104–107
Remarkable Rocket, The 207
Reynolds, Burt 214
Rifle Brigade 94, 97
Rifleman, The (TV) 161
Road to Hong Kong, The 189
Rogers, Beryl (Pinkie) 119, 121, 126, 128
Rogers, Ginger 87, 88, 94, 112, 121, 122, 137, 148, 149, 174
Rogues, The (TV) 196
Rollo, Primula (see Niven, Primula ‘Primmie’)
Romanoff, Mike and Gloria 167
Romero, Cesar 125, 154
Rooney, Mickey 197
Rose Marie 61
Rough Cut 214, 215
Round the Rugged Rocks (novel) 154, 155, 158, 201
Roundtree, Richard 212
Roxburgh, John Ferguson 14–16, 18
Runyon, Damon, 40
Samuel Goldwyn Studio 41, 119
Sandhurt, 21–26, 30
Savalas, Telly 212
Scaffcotsch, Felix 92
Sea Hawk, The 64
Sea Wolves, The 166, 215
Seberg, Jean 175
Seiter, William 131
Sellers, Peter 12, 79, 128, 139, 183, 193, 194, 197, 209, 214, 216
Selznick David O. 58, 71, 72, 74, 75, 146
Selznick, Irene 72
Selznick, Myron 72, 74
Separate Tables 175–177, 204
Sergeants Three 155
Shearer, Norma 50, 69, 77
Sheffield Story, The (TV) 160
Shepperton Studios 106, 138, 141, 165, 174, 183
Siegel, Benny ‘Bugsy’ 60
Siegel, Don 214
Silken Affair, The 171–173
Simmons, Jean 146, 173, 174
Simon, Neil 209
Sinatra, Frank 53, 155, 167, 168, 170, 179, 193, 213
Skolimowski, Jerzy 201, 202
Smith, C. Aubrey 47, 78
Smith, Dame Maggie 209
Smith-Bingham, Dennis 40, 42
Soldiers Three 155, 156
Sordi, Alberto 186
Splendour 60
Spitfire 101
Stanwyck, Barbara 129
Statue, The 3, 200
Stevens, George 73, 75
Stewart, James 61, 120
Stowe School, 14–16, 20
Swanson, Gloria 158
Sword Play 160
Taylor, Elizabeth 146, 183, 184
Telfer-Smollett, Colonel Alec 38
Temple, Shirley 153
Ten Commandments, The 171
Tersmeden, Carl 139
Tersmeden, Hjördis (see Niven, Hjördis)
Thalberg, Irving 49, 50, 56, 57, 69
Thank You, Jeeves 63
Thomas, Ralph 157
Thompson, J. Lee 181, 182, 185
Three Blind Mice 79
Todd, Ann 18, 25–27, 35, 36, 37, 76, 126
Todd, Mike 169, 170
Tokar, Norman, 207
Tracy, Spencer 42–44, 177
Trail of the Pink Panther, The 220
Treacher, Arthur 63
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The 68, 69
Tree, Ronnie and Nancy 95, 112
Trubshawe, Michael 28–34, 37, 70, 72, 73,75, 76, 98, 132, 133, 138, 142, 143, 146, 152, 174, 185, 186, 219
Tuttle, William (Bill) 48
Twentieth Century-Fox 44, 63, 75
Two Cities Films 105
United Artists 160, 162
Universal Pictures 71
Ustinov, Sir Peter 98, 104, 105–107, 116, 143, 144, 147, 180, 197, 210, 211, 222
Vampira 203, 204
Van Dyke, W.S. ‘Woody’ 75
Vera-Allen 154
Vicari, Andrew 225, 227
Viertel, Peter 180
Wagner, Robert 194, 219, 220
Wallis, Hal 120
Wanted Dead or Alive (TV) 161
Warner Brothers 63, 65
Watts, Bunty 37
Way Ahead, The 104–107
Wayne, John 42, 44, 165
Wayne, Michael 42
We Have Our Moments 71
Webb, Clifton 63
Webb, Alan 158
Wedding (play) 61, 158
Weigall, Priscilla 37
Weingand, Alvin C. 46, 58, 59
Welles, Orson 197
West, Mae 50, 51
Westley, Helen 61
Where the Spies Are 196
Wilder, Billy 146
Williams, Brook 215
Williams, Hugh 109
Wilson, John 158
Winstrad, Michael 225
Withers, Grant 80
Without Regrets 59
Wodehouse, P.G. 63
Wood, Natalie 219, 223
Wood, Sam 89
Wright, Teresa 144, 145
Wuthering Heights 83–86
Wyler, William 66, 67, 70, 83–86, 89
Wyman, Jane 150
Young, Gig 176, 196
Young, Judy 52, 188
Young, Loretta 42–46, 52, 57, 77–80, 88, 120, 121, 129–131, 188
Young, Polly Ann 42
Zane Grey Theatre (TV) 161
Niven was a supporting player in Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife in 1938, escorting Claudette Colbert on a European beach built in a Hollywood studio.
Niv
en finally got a good leading role in a major movie, opposite his dubious friend Errol Flynn in The Dawn Patrol in 1938.
Niven co-starred with his sometimes girlfriend Loretta Young in Eternally Yours in 1939.
A rare still of David Niven during service in World War Two.
Niv’s happiest days, being married to his wife Primmie and carrying aloft his first son, David Junior.
With his second wife, Swedish model Hjördis (pronounced Yerdis).
Cutting a dashing figure in Enchantment in 1948.
With his friend Stewart Granger in the comedy adventure Soldiers Three in 1951.
All at sea with Glynis Johns in Appointment with Venus in 1951.
David found his perfect role as Phileas Fogg when he went Around the World in Eighty Days in 1956 with Shirley MacLaine and Cantinflas.
A good role for Niven as the playboy father in the controversial (for 1957) Bonjour Tristesse with Jean Seberg as his daughter and Deborah Kerr as his old flame.
An Oscar at last for Niven, as the seedy and bogus major befriended by mousey spinster Deborah Kerr in Separate Tables in 1958.
June Allyson shows her appreciation to butler David in My Man Godfrey in 1957.
Another fine mess, but a good comedy role for Niven in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies in 1960.
Sturdy Charlton Heston, stunning Ava Gardner and dependable David Niven all looking composed despite being besieged by thousands of Chinese Boxers in the 1963 epic 55 Days at Peking.
Not the usual image of James Bond, but in Casino Royale in 1967, Niven as Sir James Bond was sending up 007. He was good, the film was not.
David and Hjördis with Kristina, the secret daughter David had whom the Nivens officially adopted.
Niven, before he was struck by Motor Neurone Disease, still looking dapper in Paper Tiger, one last really good performance in 1975.
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