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Anyhow, one story he told was that at some point David Niven was on board a Naval launch that picked up a German airman from the sea. Niven apparently interrogated him and then told the skipper to throw him back overboard. Skipper refused at which point Niven threatened him with his pistol. I think the story got interrupted at this point.
David Niven was renowned for saying virtually nothing about his wartime role. He was reportedly in "A" squadron of a phantom unit, or offically a GHQ Liaison Regiment unit. There is a little bit about the regiment on the link below :
Jun 10, 2007 · David Niven - I don't think I can recall anybody saying or writing a bad word about him. Did his bit voluntarily, when it would have been fairly easy to avoid it. I think I saw a programme about him on Sky a while ago, which said he was in Hollywood when the war broke out, and made his own way back in order to volunteer.
Jan 27, 2007 · Anyhow, one story he told was that at some point David Niven was on board a Naval launch that picked up a German airman from the sea. Niven apparently interrogated him and then told the skipper to throw him back overboard. Skipper refused at which point Niven threatened him with his pistol. I think the story got interrupted at this point.
Aug 27, 2024 · Niven played the part of the Platoon commander on a break from his real-life rank of Lt Col as a squadron commander in Phantom, whilst Ustinov (a Private) co-wrote the screenplay and played a cameo role as the feelthy French cafe owner, and did it rather well IMHO, especially the darts match. I thoroughly recommend The Way Ahead.
Aug 24, 2024 · He and David Niven shared lovers of both sexes over the coming years. They used Flynn's yacht, Sirocco, as a floating babe magnet, and shared Errol's special bedroom in his Hollywood home, with its mirrored ceiling, behind which an audience could secretly watch the bedroom athletics taking place below them.
Aug 24, 2024 · Indeed, David Niven mentions it in his memoir Bring On The Empty Horses where he reveals the den of hard drinking and debauchery that he and Flynn shared in Hollywood. A place they named Cirrhosis by the Sea.
Aug 28, 2024 · Watched Endstation, a 1973 German TV film remake of John le Carre's The End of the Line, which was an episode broadcast in 1970 from the Armchair Theatre series.
One of the original band of moderators from when ARRSE was written on a scroll rather than this inter-web-thingy. Charming and erudite and certainly in the "David Niven School of class, breeding, and culture". A "Trog" by virtue of the fact that no-one better would have him, still, "someone has to raise the standards"!
Apr 18, 2009 · The thread John Wayne Could He Act throws up some actors who really did serve, some of them are remarkable.Henry Fonda - US Navy. Bronze Star for Valour. Glenn Ford - US Navy. In addition to his WWII service, he served in the reserves during the Korean War and the Viet Nam War. He retired...
