Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for David Niven across 5 places, from 1910 to 1946.
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James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist and novelist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where David Niven was documented, and when
1 March 1910exact date
Belgrave Mansionsattested“James David Graham Niven was born on 1 March 1910 at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, London, to William Edward Graham Niven (1878–1915) and his wife, Henrietta Julia (née Degacher) Niven (1878–1932).”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1915year
Londonattested“After her husband's death in Turkey in 1915, Henrietta Niven remarried in London in 1917 to Conservative politician and diplomat Sir Thomas Walter Comyn-Platt (1869–1961).”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1915year
Turkeyattested“After her husband's death in Turkey in 1915, Henrietta Niven remarried in London in 1917 to Conservative politician and diplomat Sir Thomas Walter Comyn-Platt (1869–1961).”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
December 1944month
Franceattested“Niven played a role in the operation to move the Miller band to France before Miller's December 1944 disappearance while flying over the English Channel.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1946year
Englandattested“Niven initially resumed his acting career in England, taking the lead in the classic, A Matter of Life and Death (1946), from the team of Powell and Pressburger.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
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1928year
Bembridgementioned“Niven later wrote, "How he did this, I shall never know, but he made every single boy at that school feel that what he said and what he did were of real importance to the headmaster." In 1928, while she was on holiday in Bembridge, 15-ye…”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1936year
Palm Springsmentioned“He was lent to MGM for a minor part in Rose Marie (1936), then a larger one in Palm Springs (1936) for Paramount Pictures.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1943year
Hollywood, Los Angelesmentioned“But I'll have to do it all over again in Hollywood with Errol Flynn!" Asked by suspicious American sentries during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered, "Haven't the foggiest idea, but I did co-star w…”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1948year
Hollywood, Los Angelesmentioned“Back in Hollywood, Niven was in Goldwyn's well-regarded Enchantment (1948) with Teresa Wright.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1950year
UKmentioned“He returned to Britain for the title role in The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) from Powell and Pressberger, which was to have been financed by Korda and Goldwyn.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1951year
UKmentioned“He then went to England to star in a musical with Vera-Ellen, Happy Go Lovely (1951); it was little seen in the US but a big hit in Britain.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1952year
Englandmentioned“Niven had a far better part in the British war film Appointment with Venus (1952), which was popular in England.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1954year
Englandmentioned“Back in demand, Niven's next few films were made in England: The Love Lottery (1954), an Ealing comedy; Carrington V.C.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1955year
Hollywood, Los Angelesmentioned“In Hollywood, he was seen as the villain in an MGM swashbuckler, The King's Thief (1955), opposite a young Roger Moore.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1962 to 1963period
Pekingmentioned“This role led to the ex-soldier being cast in further war and/or action films: The Captive City (1962); The Best of Enemies (1962); Guns of Darkness (1962); and 55 Days at Peking (1963) with Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1971year
Londonmentioned“In his 1971 memoir, The Moon's a Balloon, Niven wrote fondly of his childhood home: It became necessary for the house in London to be sold and our permanent address was now as advertised—a cottage which had a reputation for unreliability.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1979 to 1980period
Berkeley Squarementioned“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979); Escape to Athena (1979), another all-star effort, this time with his son as producer; then the far-better-than-usual Burt Reynolds vehicle Rough Cut (1980), and finally The Sea Wolves (1980),…”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
1981year
Hollywood, Los Angelesmentioned“In 1981 Niven published a second and much more successful novel, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly, which was set during and after the Second World War, and which drew on his experiences during the war and in Hollywood.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
27 October 1983exact date
St Martin-in-the-Fieldsmentioned“A thanksgiving service for Niven was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 27 October 1983.”source: Wikipedia: David Niven
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