Niven fought on the British front at Dunkirk and was promoted to colonel in 1944. In between, he also starred in propaganda films. He appeared in smaller films until the Second World War and then had to go to war for the British army. After detours via New York and Cuba, Niven settled in California in 1934, where he had his first roles as an extra. He came to Malta as a soldier, left the army here and went to Canada, where he worked as a lumberjack, bridge builder, journalist and whiskey salesman. Niven was considered a difficult child to educate and had to change schools often until he finally went to Sandhurst Military Academy. His mother was the French Lady Comynyplatt Henrietta de Gacher, his father was the British Lieutenant William Graham Niven, who died in the war when David was six years old.
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