title: Kip Niven
text: # Kip Niven
  
  Clifford Wallace "Kip" Niven (May 27, 1945 – May 6, 2019) was an American actor and theatre director.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Niven was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Prairie Village, Kansas, the son of William Watson Niven and Elizabeth Hopkins Niven. He graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School and briefly attended Baylor University, before graduating from University of Kansas. After college, he joined the Army, serving three years, including a tour in Vietnam.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 1972, Niven was featured in the premiere episode of The Sixth Sense. In 1973, he joined David Soul, Robert Urich and Tim Matheson as one of the four rogue cops in Magnum Force, starring Clint Eastwood. He amassed nearly 100 credits in film and television, enjoying recurring roles on TV series such as The Waltons, Alice and Emergency!.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Niven's first wife, Susan Tisdall Niven, whom he married in 1968 and with whom he had two children, died in a car accident in 1981. In 1982, he married actress Linda Lavin. They divorced in 1992. In 1994, Niven married Beth Reiff, with whom he had a daughter. They remained together until her death in 2012.
  
  ## Death
  
  Niven died of a heart attack on May 6, 2019, in Leawood, Kansas, aged 73.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1972-1973 | Emergency! (TV Series) | Clive Jonas in "Nurse's Wild" and Stan Taylor in "Peace Pipe" (1972) Bo Jensen in "The Promise" and Billy Hanks in "School Days" (1973) | |
  | 1973 | Maneater | Shep Saunders | |
  | 1973 | Magnum Force | Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan | |
  | 1974 | Newman's Law | Assistant Coroner | |
  | 1974 | Airport 1975 | Lt. Thatcher | |
  | 1974 | Earthquake | Walter Russell | |
  | 1975 | The Hindenburg | Lieutenant Truscott | |
  | 1976 | Midway | Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot | |
  | 1976 | Swashbuckler | Willard Culverwell | |
  | 1976 | Once an Eagle | Ryetower | |
  | 1976 | The Bionic Woman - Episode: "Welcome Home, Jaime: Part 2" | Donald Harris | |
  | 1977 | Damnation Alley | Perry | |
  | 1978 | A Fire in the Sky | Mac | |
  | 1979 | Blind Ambition | Egil Krogh | |
  | 1980 | New Year's Evil | Richard Sullivan | |
  | 1980 | Barnaby Jones | Ted Singleton | episode" Murder in the Key of C" |
  | 1982 | Hart to Hart | Ford Beebe | Season 4 Episode "Harts On Campus" |
  | 1993 | Dead Before Dawn | Ken Fuller | |
  | 2001 | The Painting | Doctor | |
  | 2002 | More than Puppy Love | Vincent | |
  | 2006 | Raising Jeffrey Dahmer | Attorney Howard Parker | |
  | 2009 | The Only Good Indian | Dr. Hummber | |
  | 2014 | Jayhawkers | Forrest 'Phog' Allen | |
  | 2017 | The Tree | Wade Garrison | |
  | 2017 | Goodland | Hal Bloom | |
  | 2019 | The Land | Farmer Jim | (final film role) |
  