David Niven

format_quote allow yourself to benefit from the different things that contribute to your life, rather than allowing yourself to be devastated by a single bump in the road.

stars  Interred at Chateau D'Oex, Switzerland.

stars  After he left the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst he was asked to write down his three preferred regiments, he wrote 'anything but the HLI' (Highland Light Infantry) he was inevitably commissioned into the HLI, later to transferred to the Rifle Brigade

stars  Was once considered for the role of James Bond for Dr. No (1962).

stars  Was originally meant to play the lead role of Charlie Allnut in The African Queen (1951).

stars  Joined the British Army's Rifle Brigade regiment and served through Dunkirk, joining the commandos and later the secret Phantom Reconnaissance Regiment. He spent most of the time behind German lines with the latter outfit, a rough, tough, hit-and-run group harassing the enemy.