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David Niven
David Niven

David Niven

ActingBorn March 1, 1910Died July 29, 1983 (age 73)London, England, UK

Biography

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. He was awarded the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor in Separate Tables.

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Movie
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1989
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie
1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1985Movie
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Litton

Movie
1983
Better Late Than Never

as Nick Cartland

Movie
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Litton

Movie
1980
The Sea Wolves

as Col. W.H. Grice

Movie
1980
Rough Cut

as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

Movie
1979
Escape to Athena

as Professor Blake

Movie
1979
A Man Called Intrepid

as Sir William Stephenson

TV
1979Movie
1978
Death on the Nile

as Colonel Race

Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1977
Candleshoe

as Priory

Movie
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1976
Murder by Death

as Dick Charleston

Movie
1976
No Deposit, No Return

as J.W. Osborne

Movie
1975
Paper Tiger

as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

Movie
1975
The Remarkable Rocket

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1974
The Canterville Ghost

as Sir Simon de Canterville

Movie
1974
Gorilla

as Narrator

Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
Vampira

as Count Dracula

Movie
1972
King, Queen, Knave

as Charles Dreyer

Movie
1971TV
1971
The Statue

as Alex Bolt

Movie
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman

as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Movie
1969
The Brain

as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

Movie
1969
Before Winter Comes

as Major Burnside

Movie
1968
The Impossible Years

as Jonathan Kingsley

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Prudence and the Pill

as Gerald Hardcastle

Movie
1967
Casino Royale

as James Bond

Movie
1967
Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1966
Eye of the Devil

as Philippe de Montfaucon

Movie
1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
1966
Where the Spies Are

as Dr. Jason Love

Movie
1965
Lady L

as Dicky, Lord Lendale

Movie
1964
The Rogues

as Alec Fleming

TV
1964
Bedtime Story

as Lawrence Jameson

Movie
1963
The Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Lytton

Movie
1963
Burke's Law

as Harvey Cleeve

TV
1963
55 Days at Peking

as Sir Arthur Robertson

Movie
1963
The Shortest Day

as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Movie
1962
Conquered City

as Major Peter Whitfield

Movie
1962
Guns of Darkness

as Tom Jordan

Movie
1962
The Road to Hong Kong

as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

Movie
1961
The Best of Enemies

as Maj. Richardson

Movie
1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Self / Host

TV
1961
The Guns of Navarone

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Movie
1960Movie
1959
Ask Any Girl

as Miles Doughton

Movie
1959
The David Niven Show

as Self - Host

TV
1959
Happy Anniversary

as Chris Walters

Movie
1958
Separate Tables

as Major Angus Pollock

Movie
1958Movie
1957
My Man Godfrey

as Godfrey Smith

Movie
1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Mark Garron

TV
1957
Goodyear Theatre

as Jeff Carleton

TV
1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Paul Evans

TV
1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Robert Medhill

TV
1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Paul Martel

TV
1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Jeff Carleton

TV
1957
The Little Hut

as Henry Brittingham-Brett

Movie
1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

as Alan Coles

Movie
1956Movie
1956TV
1956
The Silken Affair

as Roger Tweakham

Movie
1956
The Birds and the Bees

as Patrick Harris

Movie
1956TV
1955
The King's Thief

as James - Duke of Brampton

Movie
1955TV
1954
Carrington V.C.

as Major Charles Carrington

Movie
1954
Happy Ever After

as Jasper O'Leary

Movie
1954
The Love Lottery

as Rex Allerton

Movie
1953
The Moon Is Blue

as David Slater

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as William Langford

TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Phil Weston

TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle

TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Doctor Gentry

TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Ted Parker

TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Richard Lilliam

TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Andy Fields

TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Royal Thurston

TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Hal Winters

TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Tony Stewart

TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Robert Louis Stevenson

TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Uncle Fred

TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Jim Kenyon

TV
1952
The Lady Says No

as Bill Shelby

Movie
1951
Appointment with Venus

as Valentine Moreland

Movie
1951
Soldiers Three

as Capt. Pindenny

Movie
1951
Happy Go Lovely

as B.G. Bruno

Movie
1950
The Elusive Pimpernel

as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Movie
1950TV
1950
The Toast of New Orleans

as Jacques Riboudeaux

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

TV
1950TV
1949Movie
1949
A Kiss for Corliss

as Kenneth Marquis

Movie
1949TV
1949
A Kiss in the Dark

as Eric Phillips

Movie
1948
Enchantment

as Roland Dane

Movie
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Movie
1947
The Bishop's Wife

as Henry Brougham

Movie
1947
The Other Love

as Doctor Anthony Stanton

Movie
1947
The Perfect Marriage

as Dale Williams

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Magnificent Doll

as Aaron Burr

Movie
1944
United States

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1944
The Way Ahead

as Lieutenant Jim Perry

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1942
The First of the Few

as Geoffrey Crisp

Movie
1939
Raffles

as A.J. Raffles

Movie
1939
Eternally Yours

as Tony "The Great Arturo"

Movie
1939
The Real Glory

as Lieut. McCool

Movie
1939
Bachelor Mother

as David Merlin

Movie
1939
Wuthering Heights

as Edgar Linton

Movie
1938
The Dawn Patrol

as Lt. Scott

Movie
1938
Three Blind Mice

as Steve Harrington

Movie
1938
Four Men and a Prayer

as Christopher Leigh

Movie
1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Albert De Regnier

Movie
1937
Dinner at the Ritz

as Paul de Brack

Movie
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Movie
1937
We Have Our Moments

as Joe Gilling

Movie
1936
Beloved Enemy

as Captain Gerald Preston

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!

as Bertie Wooster

Movie
1936
Dodsworth

as Captain Clyde Lockert

Movie
1936
Palm Springs

as George Britell

Movie
1936
Rose Marie

as Teddy

Movie
1935
Splendor

as Clancey Lorrimore

Movie
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Movie
1935
A Feather in Her Hat

as Leo Cartwright

Movie
1935
Barbary Coast

as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Without Regret

as Bill Gage

Movie
1934
Cleopatra

as Slave (uncredited)

Movie
1932
There Goes the Bride

as Bit Role (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 1, 1910
Day of DeathJuly 29, 1983
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity1.4