David Niven
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 1, 1910
- Died
- Jul 29, 1983 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 149
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
The Pink Panther
1963Movie
Sir Charles Lytton
Death on the Nile
1978Movie
Colonel Race
Murder by Death
1976Movie
Dick Charleston
The Guns of Navarone
1961Movie
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Casino Royale
1967Movie
James Bond
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
Phileas Fogg
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028Movie
Self (archive footage)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024Movie
(archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013TV
Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000Movie
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995Movie
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991Movie
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989Movie
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985Movie
Self (archive footage)
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983Movie
Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never
1983Movie
Nick Cartland
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982Movie
Sir Charles Litton
The Sea Wolves
1980Movie
Col. W.H. Grice
Rough Cut
1980Movie
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980Movie
Ivan
Escape to Athena
1979Movie
Professor Blake
A Man Called Intrepid
1979TV
Sir William Stephenson
ABBA in Switzerland
1979Movie
Self
Death on the Nile
1978Movie
Colonel Race
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978Movie
Self / Colonel Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978Movie
Self
Ciné regards
1978TV
Self
Candleshoe
1977Movie
Priory
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976Movie
(archive footage)
Murder by Death
1976Movie
Dick Charleston
No Deposit, No Return
1976Movie
J.W. Osborne
Paper Tiger
1975Movie
'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket
1975Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
1974Movie
Sir Simon de Canterville
Gorilla
1974Movie
Narrator
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Vampira
1974Movie
Count Dracula
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
King, Queen, Knave
1972Movie
Charles Dreyer
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
1971Movie
Host
The Statue
1971Movie
Alex Bolt
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969Movie
Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
The Brain
1969Movie
Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
Before Winter Comes
1969Movie
Major Burnside
The Impossible Years
1968Movie
Jonathan Kingsley
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Prudence and the Pill
1968Movie
Gerald Hardcastle
Casino Royale
1967Movie
James Bond
Lionpower from MGM
1967Movie
Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eye of the Devil
1966Movie
Philippe de Montfaucon
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966Movie
Self - Interviewee
Where the Spies Are
1966Movie
Dr. Jason Love
Lady L
1965Movie
Dicky, Lord Lendale
The Rogues
1964TV
Alec Fleming
Bedtime Story
1964Movie
Lawrence Jameson
The Pink Panther
1963Movie
Sir Charles Lytton
Burke's Law
1963TV
Harvey Cleeve
55 Days at Peking
1963Movie
Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day
1963Movie
Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Conquered City
1962Movie
Major Peter Whitfield
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Guns of Darkness
1962Movie
Tom Jordan
The Road to Hong Kong
1962Movie
Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Best of Enemies
1961Movie
Maj. Richardson
The Dick Powell Show
1961TV
Self / Host
The Guns of Navarone
1961Movie
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960Movie
Larry Mackay
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
Marcus Dodds
Ask Any Girl
1959Movie
Miles Doughton
The David Niven Show
1959TV
Self - Host
Happy Anniversary
1959Movie
Chris Walters
Separate Tables
1958Movie
Angus Pollock
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958Movie
Self
Bonjour Tristesse
1958Movie
Raymond
My Man Godfrey
1957Movie
Godfrey Smith
Alcoa Theatre
1957TV
Mark Garron, Paul Evans, Robert Medhill, Paul Martel, Jeff Carleton
Goodyear Theatre
1957TV
Jeff Carleton
The Little Hut
1957Movie
Henry Brittingham-Brett
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957Movie
Alan Coles
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
Phileas Fogg
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Allen Raikes, Milo Brant
The Silken Affair
1956Movie
Roger Tweakham
The Birds and the Bees
1956Movie
Patrick Harris
Cinépanorama
1956TV
Self
The King's Thief
1955Movie
James - Duke of Brampton
The Star and the Story
1955TV
Johnny
Carrington V.C.
1954Movie
Major Charles Carrington
Happy Ever After
1954Movie
Jasper O'Leary
The Love Lottery
1954Movie
Rex Allerton
The Moon Is Blue
1953Movie
David Slater
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Four Star Playhouse
1952TV
William Langford, Doctor, Bingham, Phil Weston, Mitch, Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle, Doctor Gentry, Ted Parker, Andy, Richard Lilliam, Andy Fields, John, Royal Thurston, Hal Winters, George, Deacon, Charles, Tony Stewart, Wyeth, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry, Uncle Fred, Cookie, Adams, Maxwell, Philip, Larkin, Frank, David, Jim Kenyon, Ted, Lee
The Lady Says No
1952Movie
Bill Shelby
Appointment with Venus
1951Movie
Valentine Moreland
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Soldiers Three
1951Movie
Capt. Pindenny
Happy Go Lovely
1951Movie
B.G. Bruno
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950Movie
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
The Jack Benny Program
1950TV
David Niven
The Toast of New Orleans
1950Movie
Jacques Riboudeaux
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Sheffield
Breakdowns of 1949
1949Movie
Self
A Kiss for Corliss
1949Movie
Kenneth Marquis
The BAFTA Awards
1949TV
Host
A Kiss in the Dark
1949Movie
Eric Phillips
Enchantment
1948Movie
Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948Movie
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
The Bishop's Wife
1947Movie
Henry Brougham
The Other Love
1947Movie
Doctor Anthony Stanton
The Perfect Marriage
1947Movie
Dale Williams
A Matter of Life and Death
1946Movie
Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll
1946Movie
Aaron Burr
United States
1944Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Way Ahead
1944Movie
Lieutenant Jim Perry
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
The First of the Few
1942Movie
Geoffrey Crisp
Raffles
1939Movie
A.J. Raffles
Eternally Yours
1939Movie
Tony
The Real Glory
1939Movie
Lieut. McCool
Bachelor Mother
1939Movie
David Merlin
Wuthering Heights
1939Movie
Edgar Linton
The Dawn Patrol
1938Movie
Lt. Scott
Three Blind Mice
1938Movie
Steve Harrington
Four Men and a Prayer
1938Movie
Christopher Leigh
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938Movie
Albert De Regnier
Dinner at the Ritz
1937Movie
Paul de Brack
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937Movie
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
We Have Our Moments
1937Movie
Joe Gilling
Beloved Enemy
1936Movie
Captain Gerald Preston
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936Movie
Captain Randall
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936Movie
Bertie Wooster
Dodsworth
1936Movie
Captain Clyde Lockert
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936Movie
Self
Palm Springs
1936Movie
George Britell
Rose Marie
1936Movie
Teddy
Splendor
1935Movie
Clancey Lorrimore
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935Movie
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
1935Movie
Leo Cartwright
Barbary Coast
1935Movie
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Without Regret
1935Movie
Bill Gage
Cleopatra
1934Movie
Slave (uncredited)
There Goes the Bride
1932Movie
Bit Role (uncredited)