Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 1, 1910
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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David Niven
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Count Dracula (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Roger Moore: A Matter of Class | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Sir Charles Litton |
| 1983 | Better Late Than Never | Nick Cartland |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Sir Charles Litton |
| 1980 | Rough Cut | Chief Insp. Cyril Willis |
| 1980 | The Sea Wolves | Col. W.H. Grice |
| 1980 | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | Ivan |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | Professor Blake |
| 1979 | ABBA in Switzerland | Self |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid | Sir William Stephenson |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Colonel Race |
| 1978 | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self |
| 1977 | Candleshoe | Priory |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | J.W. Osborne |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Dick Charleston |
| 1975 | Paper Tiger | 'Major' Walter Bradbury |
| 1975 | The Remarkable Rocket | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Vampira | Count Dracula |
| 1974 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville |
| 1974 | Gorilla | Narrator |
| 1972 | King, Queen, Knave | Charles Dreyer |
| 1971 | The Statue | Alex Bolt |
| 1971 | Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread | Host |
| 1969 | The Brain | Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau' |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N. |
| 1969 | Before Winter Comes | Major Burnside |
| 1968 | The Impossible Years | Jonathan Kingsley |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Gerald Hardcastle |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | James Bond |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Philippe de Montfaucon |
| 1966 | Where the Spies Are | Dr. Jason Love |
| 1966 | All Eyes on Sharon Tate | Self - Interviewee |
| 1965 | Lady L | Dicky, Lord Lendale |
| 1964 | Bedtime Story | Lawrence Jameson |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther | Sir Charles Lytton |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Sir Arthur Robertson |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Soldato inglese (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong | Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Guns of Darkness | Tom Jordan |
| 1962 | Conquered City | Major Peter Whitfield |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Cpl. James Arthur Miller |
| 1961 | The Best of Enemies | Maj. Richardson |
| 1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Larry Mackay |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Miles Doughton |
| 1959 | Happy Anniversary | Chris Walters |
| 1958 | Bonjour Tristesse | Raymond |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | David Angus Pollock |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Godfrey Smith |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Alan Coles |
| 1957 | The Little Hut | Henry Brittingham-Brett |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Phileas Fogg |
| 1956 | The Birds and the Bees | Patrick Harris |
| 1956 | The Silken Affair | Roger Tweakham |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | James - Duke of Brampton |
| 1954 | The Love Lottery | Rex Allerton |
| 1954 | Carrington V.C. | Major Charles Carrington |
| 1954 | Happy Ever After | Jasper O'Leary |
| 1953 | The Moon Is Blue | David Slater |
| 1952 | The Lady Says No | Bill Shelby |
| 1951 | Appointment with Venus | Valentine Moreland |
| 1951 | Happy Go Lovely | B.G. Bruno |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Capt. Pindenny |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans | Jacques Riboudeaux |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney |
| 1949 | A Kiss for Corliss | Kenneth Marquis |
| 1949 | A Kiss in the Dark | Eric Phillips |
| 1949 | Breakdowns of 1949 | Self |
| 1948 | Enchantment | Roland Dane |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Prince Charles Edward Stuart |
| 1947 | The Perfect Marriage | Dale Williams |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Henry Brougham |
| 1947 | The Other Love | Doctor Anthony Stanton |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | Peter Carter |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Aaron Burr |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Lieutenant Jim Perry |
| 1944 | United States | Narrator (voice) |
| 1942 | The First of the Few | Geoffrey Crisp |
| 1939 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | David Merlin |
| 1939 | Eternally Yours | Tony "The Great Arturo" |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Lieut. McCool |
| 1939 | Raffles | A.J. Raffles |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Albert De Regnier |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Lt. Scott |
| 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer | Christopher Leigh |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Steve Harrington |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim |
| 1937 | Dinner at the Ritz | Paul de Brack |
| 1937 | We Have Our Moments | Joe Gilling |
| 1936 | Dodsworth | Captain Clyde Lockert |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | Captain Gerald Preston |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Captain Randall |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | Teddy |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | Bertie Wooster |
| 1936 | Palm Springs | George Britell |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self |
| 1935 | A Feather in Her Hat | Leo Cartwright |
| 1935 | Without Regret | Bill Gage |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Splendor | Clancey Lorrimore |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Cleopatra | Slave (uncredited) |
| 1932 | There Goes the Bride | Bit Role (uncredited) |