Gulacy was a film buff, and modeled many characters after film stars: Juliette on Marlene Dietrich, James Larner on Marlon Brando, Clive Reston ( often broadly hinted at as being the son of James Bond as well as the grand nephew of Sherlock Holmes ) occasionally looking like Basil Rathbone and Sean Connery, and a minor character Ward Sarsfield ( after the real-life name of Sax Rohmer ) who looked like David Niven.

A reviewer of Lord's book stated that Lord's photographic evidence showing a strong physical resemblance between Niven and Comyn-Platt " would appear to confirm these theories, though photographs can often be misleading.

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle often write in this genre.

Niven later claimed credit for bringing future Major General Sir Robert Laycock to the Commandos.

Actor David Niven claimed Kirriemuir as his birthplace, but was actually born in London.

The actor David Niven later claimed that he had introduced Laycock to the Commandos, as Laycock was related to his wife Primula Susan Rollo.

Niven claimed to have helped to arrange for Laycock to be interviewed by Dudley Clarke, which resulted in another officer being assigned to India and Laycock going on to form Number 8 Commando.

Near the end of his life, DeMille began pre-production work on a film biography of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement and had asked David Niven to star in the film, which was never made.

C. L. Moore was an active member of the Tom and Terri Pinckard Science Fiction literary salon, and was a frequent contributor to literary discussions with the regular membership including Larry Niven, Norman Spinrad.

Eventually the term " Finagle's law " was popularized by science fiction author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners ; this " Belter " culture professed a religion and / or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.

Hawks developed the script with Seton Miller for their eighth and final collaboration and the script was by Miller, Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Niven Busch.

" Niven says that when he asked Bogart about his scar he said it was caused by a childhood accident ; Niven claims the stories that Bogart got the scar during wartime were made up by the studios to inject glamor.

The ceremony was attended by some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, David Niven, Ronald Reagan, James Mason, Bette Davis, Danny Kaye, Joan Fontaine, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper, as well as Billy Wilder and Jack Warner.

Science fiction writer Larry Niven has tongue-in-cheek theorized that, based on such abundance, Krypton was actually a Dyson sphere with a surface hundreds of times that of a mere planet.

In this story, the coldest place concerned is the dark side of Mercury, which at the time the story was written was thought to be tidally locked with the Sun ( it was found to rotate in a 2: 3 resonance after Niven received payment for the story, but before it was published ).

The bible for Green Lantern was written by Niven.

When it was pointed out to Niven that the Ringworld was dynamically unstable, in that once the center of rotation drifted away from the central sun, gravity would pull the ring into contact with the star, he used this as a plot element in the sequel novel, The Ringworld Engineers.

According to author Michael Moorcock, in 1967 Niven was among those Science Fiction Writers of America members who voiced opposition to the Vietnam War.

Niven was an adviser to Ronald Reagan on the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative anti missile policy, as covered in the BBC documentary Pandora's Box by Adam Curtis.

The two timelines were implicitly joined by Niven in the story A Relic of the Empire, in which the background elements of the Slaver civilization ( introduced in World of Ptavvs, from the Belter series ) was used as a plot element of a story in the faster-than-light setting.

The Kzinti " crossed-over " in to the Star Trek universe in the animated episode " The Slaver Weapon ", which was written by Larry Niven and is adapted from Niven's own short story " The Soft Weapon ".

Niven was " endlessly teased " about this error, which he corrected in subsequent printings to show Wu teleporting westward.

Larry Niven reported in 2001 that a movie deal had been signed and was in the early planning stages.

Similarities to Ringworld have been noted in the game, and Niven was asked ( but declined ) to write the first novel based on the series.

In 1969, a plaque to Leigh was placed in the Actors Church, St Paul's, Covent Garden ; in 1985, a portrait of her was included in a series of postage stamps, along with Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Chaplin, Peter Sellers and David Niven to commemorate " British Film Year ".

Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938 ) is an American science fiction author.

Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Amos Parker Wilder, a US diplomat, and Isabella Niven Wilder.

David Niven was born in London to William Edward Graham Niven ( 1878 – 1915 ) and Henrietta Julia Degacher.

Bogarde was born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde in a nursing home at 12 Hemstal Road, West Hampstead, London, of mixed Flemish, Dutch and Scottish ancestry, and baptised on 30 October at St. Mary's Church, Kilburn.

His father, Ulric van den Bogaerde ( born in Perry Barr, Birmingham ; 1892 – 1972 ), was the art editor of The Times and his mother, Margaret Niven ( 1898 – 1980 ), was a former actress.

They had two children: a son, Niven Terence Busch born December 2, 1944, and daughter, Mary Kelly Busch born September 12, 1947.

Jonathan Niven " Jon " Cryer ( born April 16, 1965 ) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer.

William Niven, David's father, was of Scottish descent ; his paternal grandfather, David Graham Niven, ( 1811 – 1884 ) was from St. Martins, a village in Perthshire.

* Derek Niven, Scottish footballer

* George Niven, Scottish footballer

* James B Niven, Scottish footballer

* John Niven, Scottish writer

* John Niven ( footballer ), Scottish footballer

* William Niven, Scottish mineralogist and archeologist

The film also stars Shaun Smyth as Virgil Niven, a Scottish botanist who befriends Blank for his knowledge of South African flora, but may in fact have his own sexual interest in Blank.

* David Niven ( 1909 – 1983 )