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Kip Niven

Highest Rated: 69% Magnum Force (1973)

Lowest Rated: 25% New Year's Evil (1980)

Birthday: May 27, 1945

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Kip Niven discovered a passion for acting in college and after graduating from the drama department at the University of Kansas, he embarked on a successful stage career. He landed several minor TV parts in the early '70s before landing a breakout role as a rookie traffic cop in "Magnum Force"; the suspense film was the sequel to the surprise hit, "Dirty Harry," which starred Clint Eastwood as a reckless San Francisco police detective on the trail of a sadistic serial killer. The film's success led to bigger roles for the still unknown Niven. He portrayed a kindly doctor on the long-running medical drama, "Marcus Welby, M.D., and appeared in a pivotal role as a prescient geologist in "Earthquake," the 1974 epic disaster film. A few years later, he returned to the disaster genre with a role in the TV movie, "A Fire in the Sky," about an enormous comet that crash lands on Earth. From 1979 to 1981, he portrayed confirmed bachelor Reverend Tom Marshall on the nostalgic family drama, "The Waltons," and later reprised the character in several TV movies. After a rare starring role in the gory horror film, "New Year's Evil," about an L.A. punk rock singer targeted by a deranged killer, Niven landed a major role on the primetime sitcom, "Alice," about a widow who begins a new life while working at a diner. On-screen, he portrayed country singer Travis Marsh, Alice's (Linda Lavin) boyfriend; in real-life, they were married for several years.

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Highest-Rated Movies

69% 78% Magnum Force
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42% 34% Damnation Alley
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40% 56% Swashbuckler
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25% 16% New Year's Evil
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Indict and Convict
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Maneater
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Runaway!
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Mother of the Bride
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70% The Only Good Indian
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A Wedding on Walton's Mountain
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Filmography

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The Tree 2017 Wade Garrison Actor Goodland 52% 2017 Hal Bloom Actor Jayhawkers 33% 2014 Forrest 'Phog' Allen Actor The Only Good Indian 70% 2009 Dr. Hummber Actor Raising Jeffrey Dahmer 19% 2006 Attorney Howard Parker Actor A Deadly Vision 1997 Lt. Chad Mulligan Actor Summer of Fear 38% 1996 Father Actor A Wedding on Walton's Mountain 1982 Reverend Tom Marshall Actor Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain 1982 Reverend Tom Marshall Actor New Year's Evil 25% 16% 1980 Richard Sullivan Actor Damnation Alley 42% 34% 1977 Lt. Tom Perry Actor Swashbuckler 40% 56% 1976 Actor Farewell to Manzanar 1976 Captain Curtis Actor Amelia Earhart 1976 Allen Bradford Actor Indict and Convict 1974 Norman Hastings Actor Magnum Force 69% 78% 1973 Officer Red Astrachan Actor Maneater 1973 Shep Saunders Actor Runaway! 1973 College Man Actor Mother of the Bride 1973 Steve Whitman Actor
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