David Niven

He died in Switzerland in 1983 of Motor Neurone Disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The golf tournament attracts numerous celebrities with the proceeds split between three local children's charities. Late in life, he gained critical acclaim for his memoirs of his acting career, The Moon's A Balloon (1971) and Bring On the Empty Horses (1975). Quaid is an avid golfer and lends his name to the annual "Jiffy Lube/Dennis Quaid Charity Classic" in Austin, Texas. He won an Academy Award for his performance in Separate Tables (1958). Quaid works with the charity "International Hospital for Children in New Orleans." He makes trips to Central America to help build medical clinics and transport sick children back to the United States for treatment they cannot get locally. He resumed his career afterwards with roles such as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days and James Bond in the unofficial series spoof Casino Royale. J. Soles.

During World War II he served in the British army, rising to the rank of colonel in the British Commandos and landing at Normandy. His first marriage, from 1978 to 1983, was to actress P. Arriving in Hollywood during the 1930s, he first worked as an extra in westerns, then had a walk-on part in the 1935 version of Mutiny on the Bounty and progressed to leading man in MGM comedies such as Bachelor Mother (1939). They have one child together, Jack Henry (born April 24, 1992). In 2004, he married real estate agent Kimberly Buffington. Niven often claimed that he was born in Kirriemuir in Scotland which he believed sounded more romantic than London. Quaid was married to actress Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001 (divorced). After attending Stowe as a boy Niven trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which gave him the "officer and gentleman" bearing that was to be his trademark. Randy Quaid, Dennis' older brother, is also an actor.

His father died during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and his mother remarried Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt. Aside from acting, Quaid is also a musician, and plays with his band the Sharks. He was born in London, England, the son of William Edward Graham Niven and Henrietta Julia de Gacher. Dennis initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice when he appeared in Breaking Away (1979) and earned good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983). David Niven, born James David Graham Niven (March 1, 1910 - July 29, 1983), was an English actor who achieved the unusual distinction of success in both the British and the Hollywood film industry. He dropped out of college before graduating and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. Tres Amores - 1934. Quaid studied drama at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and later in college.

Without Regret - 1935. Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor. Splendor - 1935. 21, 2004. A Feather in Her Hat - 1935. Retrieved Sep. Barbary Coast - 1935. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/).

Mutiny on the Bounty (uncredited bit part) - 1935. "Dennis Quaid". Thank You, Jeeves - 1936. Breaking Away (1979). Dodsworth - 1936. The Right Stuff (1983). Beloved Enemy - 1936. Innerspace (1987).

Rose-Marie - 1936. The Big Easy (1987). Palm Springs - 1936. Postcards From the Edge (1990). The Charge of the Light Brigade - 1936. Dragonheart (1996). We Have Our Moments - 1937. The Parent Trap (1998).

The Prisoner of Zenda - 1937. Savior (1998). Dinner at the Ritz - 1937. Any Given Sunday (1999). Three Blind Mice - 1938. Frequency (2000). Four Men and a Prayer - 1938. Traffic (2000).

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife - 1938. Cold Creek Manor (2003). The Dawn Patrol - 1938. The Alamo (2004). Wuthering Heights - 1939. The Day After Tomorrow (2004). The Real Glory - 1939. Flight of the Phoenix (2004).

Eternally Yours - 1939. Bachelor Mother - 1939. Raffles - 1940. The First of the Few) - 1942.

Spitfire (a.k.a. The Immortal Battalion - 1944. The Way Ahead - 1944. The Perfect Marriage - 1946.

A Matter of Life and Death (a.k.a. Stairway to Heaven) - 1946. Magnificent Doll - 1946. The Other Love - 1947. The Bishop's Wife - 1947.

Enchantment - 1948. Bonnie Prince Charlie - 1948. Kiss in the Dark - 1949. A Kiss for Corliss - 1949.

The Elusive Pimpernel - 1950. The Toast of New Orleans - 1950. Soldiers Three - 1951. The Lady Says No - 1951.

Happy Go Lovely - 1951. Appointment with Venus - 1951. The Love Lottery - 1953. The Moon is Blue - 1953.

Happy Ever After - 1954. The King's Thief - 1955. Carrington, V.C. - 1955. The Birds and the Bees - 1956.

Around the World in Eighty Days - 1956. The Silken Affair - 1957. My Man Godfrey - 1957. The Little Hut - 1957.

Oh, Men! Oh, Women! - 1957. Separate Tables - 1958. Bonjour Tristesse - 1958. Happy Anniversary - 1959.

Ask Any Girl - 1959. Please Don't Eat the Daisies - 1960. The Best of Enemies - 1961. The Guns of Navarone - 1961.

Il Giorno Pił Corto - 1962. La Cittą Prigioniera - 1962. The Road to Hong Kong - 1962. Guns of Darkness - 1962.

55 Days at Peking - 1963. The Pink Panther - 1963. Bedtime Story - 1964. Where the Spies Are - 1965.

Lady L - 1965. Eye of the Devil - 1967. Casino Royale - 1967. Prudence and the Pill - 1968.

The Impossible Years - 1968. The Extraordinary Seaman - 1969. Le Cerveau - 1969. Before Winter Comes - 1969.

The Statue - 1971. King, Queen, Knave - 1976. Old Dracula - 1974. Paper Tiger - 1975.

No Deposit, No Return - 1976. Murder by Death - 1976. Candleshoe - 1977. Death on the Nile - 1978.

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - 1979. Escape to Athena - 1979. The Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse - 1980. Rough Cut - 1980.

Better Late Than Never - 1982. Trail of the Pink Panther - 1982. Curse of the Pink Panther - 1983. and showing his shortcomings." David Niven, spontaneously commenting on the streaker who crossed the stage while he was hosting the Academy Awards in 1974.

"The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping.. "I don't think his acting ever quite achieved the brilliance or the polish of his dinner-party conversations." -- John Mortimer. Can you imagine being wonderfully overpaid for dressing up and playing games? It's like being Peter Pan" -- David Niven. "It really is amazing.