He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1985 as Executive Producer of The Night They Saved Christmas[10] which he co-wrote with James C.
[15] In 2002 he successfully campaigned for a Child Safety Day and Week which was accepted by the City of Los Angeles.
Away from film, Niven invested in the restaurant Drones, in Pont Street, London in 1972,[19] which he recommended being named after Bertie Wooster's fictional club.
Noël Coward was Niven's godfather, and gave him a silver cocktail shaker with the inscription "Because, my Godson dear, I rather / Think you'll turn out like your father.
[23] He married his second wife Beatrice Anne Reed, daughter of Annette de la Renta in 2000, but divorced in 2005.