David Niven: David Niven. Actor: Murder by Death. James David Graham Niven was born on the feast day of St David. Following Niven senior's death at Turkey's infamous Suvla Bay, Niven's mother went on to marry his biological father, the Conservative politician Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, but it was years before the true father/son relationship was acknowledged.
David Niven attended Stowe School and Sandhurst Military Academy and served for two years in Malta with...
