Kip Niven

Kip Niven

actor

Kip Niven was born on May 27, 1945 in USA. Kip Niven's big-screen debut came with Runaway! directed by David Lowell Rich in 1973, strarring College Man. Kip Niven is known for The Land directed by Stephen Wallace Pruitt, Herman Johansen stars as John Martin and Kathleen Warfel as Mary Lou Martin. The upcoming new movie Kip Niven plays is The Land which will be released on Jun 17, 2019.

Kip Niven was raised in Prairie Village, Kansas (a suburb of Kansas City in affluent Johnson County), and graduated in 1963 from Shawnee Mission East High School. After spending a year at Baylor University, he changed his mind and entered the theater program at The University of Kansas, where he performed in dozens of plays.Niven had an impressive resume that includes films such as Magnum Force (1973), Tremblement de terre (1974) and La bataille de Midway (1976). He had performed on countless television shows, including memorable parts on La famille des collines (1972), New York - Police judiciaire (1990) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). He had roles on Broadway, in regional theater and episodic radio shows. He was probably best known for his three-year stint as Steve Marsh on the TV sitcom Alice (1976). Niven and the star of that series, (actress Linda Lavin), married in 1982. The marriage was turbulent and they subsequently divorced.Kip was first married to Susan and had two children Jim and Kate. She tragically died in a car accident in 1981. He and his 3rd wife Beth lived in Kansas and had a daughter Maggie, who was born in 1994. He also had two grandsons.In 1995 Kip returned to the Kansas City area where he grew up. He continued to work in local theater and on a comedy radio show.

  • Birthday

    May 27, 1945
  • Place of Birth

    Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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