David Niven

Mar 01, 1910 - Jul 29, 1983 (73 years old) in London, England, UK

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

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Sheffield

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The Jack Benny Program

David Niven

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What's My Line?

Self

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Burke's Law

Harvey Cleeve

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Allen Raikes

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Four Star Playhouse

Doctor

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Marcus Dodds

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Dinah!

Self

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The Oscars

Self

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Talking Pictures

Self (archive footage)

Credits

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger 2024

(archive footage)

★ 7.5
Rat Pack 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 9
Talking Pictures 2013

Self (archive footage)

★ 5
The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7.8
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories 2000

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Many Faces of Dracula 2000

Count Dracula (archive footage)

★ 3.5
Bogart: The Untold Story 1997

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ NR
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class 1995

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991

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

★ 7.7
Gregory Peck: His Own Man 1988

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers 1985

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Curse of the Pink Panther 1983

Sir Charles Litton

★ 4.6
Better Late Than Never 1983

Nick Cartland

★ 4.7
Trail of the Pink Panther 1982

Sir Charles Litton

★ 5.2
The Sea Wolves 1980

Col. W.H. Grice

★ 5.9
Rough Cut 1980

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

★ 5.7
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 1980

Ivan

★ 6.4
Escape to Athena 1979

Professor Blake

★ 5.7
A Man Called Intrepid 1979

Sir William Stephenson

★ 7
ABBA in Switzerland 1979

Self

★ 7.8
Death on the Nile 1978

Colonel Race

★ 7.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever 1978

Self

★ 7
Candleshoe 1977

Priory

★ 6.9
Murder by Death 1976

Dick Charleston

★ 7.2
No Deposit, No Return 1976

J.W. Osborne

★ 6.2
Paper Tiger 1975

'Major' Walter Bradbury

★ 5.7
The Remarkable Rocket 1975

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Canterville Ghost 1974

Sir Simon de Canterville

★ 6
Gorilla 1974

Narrator

★ NR
Dinah! 1974

Self

★ 6.7
Vampira 1974

Count Dracula

★ 5.2
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973

Self

★ 6.3
King, Queen, Knave 1972

Charles Dreyer

★ 4.4
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread 1971

Host

★ NR
The Statue 1971

Alex Bolt

★ 4.7
The Extraordinary Seaman 1969

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

★ 2.6
The Brain 1969

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

★ 7.3
Before Winter Comes 1969

Major Burnside

★ 5.9
The Impossible Years 1968

Jonathan Kingsley

★ 5.7
Prudence and the Pill 1968

Gerald Hardcastle

★ 5.5
Casino Royale 1967

James Bond

★ 5.3
Eye of the Devil 1966

Philippe de Montfaucon

★ 6.1
All Eyes on Sharon Tate 1966

Self - Interviewee

★ 7
Where the Spies Are 1966

Dr. Jason Love

★ 5.2
Lady L 1965

Dicky, Lord Lendale

★ 5.8
The Rogues 1964

Alec Fleming

★ 7.2
Bedtime Story 1964

Lawrence Jameson

★ 6.2
The Pink Panther 1963

Sir Charles Lytton

★ 6.8
Burke's Law 1963

Harvey Cleeve

★ 6
55 Days at Peking 1963

Sir Arthur Robertson

★ 7
The Shortest Day 1963

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Conquered City 1962

Major Peter Whitfield

★ 4.3
Guns of Darkness 1962

Tom Jordan

★ 6
The Road to Hong Kong 1962

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Best of Enemies 1961

Maj. Richardson

★ 6.9
The Guns of Navarone 1961

Cpl. James Arthur Miller

★ 7.3
Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1960

Larry Mackay

★ 6.1
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959

Marcus Dodds

★ 6.3
Ask Any Girl 1959

Miles Doughton

★ 6.2
The David Niven Show 1959

Self - Host

★ NR
Happy Anniversary 1959

Chris Walters

★ 5.8
Separate Tables 1958

David Angus Pollock

★ 6.9
Bonjour Tristesse 1958

Raymond

★ 6.6
My Man Godfrey 1957

Godfrey Smith

★ 6.3
Alcoa Theatre 1957

Mark Garron

★ 6.5
Goodyear Theatre 1957

Jeff Carleton

★ 6.8
The Little Hut 1957

Henry Brittingham-Brett

★ 6.5
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! 1957

Alan Coles

★ 5.8
Around the World in Eighty Days 1956

Phileas Fogg

★ 6.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956

Allen Raikes

★ 5.5
The Silken Affair 1956

Roger Tweakham

★ 1
The Birds and the Bees 1956

Patrick Harris

★ 6.8
The King's Thief 1955

James - Duke of Brampton

★ 6.2
The Star and the Story 1955

Johnny

★ NR
Carrington V.C. 1954

Major Charles Carrington

★ 5.9
Happy Ever After 1954

Jasper O'Leary

★ 5.2
The Love Lottery 1954

Rex Allerton

★ 4.8
The Moon Is Blue 1953

David Slater

★ 6.3
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Doctor

★ 6.3
The Lady Says No 1952

Bill Shelby

★ 4.5
Appointment with Venus 1951

Valentine Moreland

★ 5.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
Soldiers Three 1951

Capt. Pindenny

★ 4.4
Happy Go Lovely 1951

B.G. Bruno

★ 5.9
The Elusive Pimpernel 1950

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

★ 6
The Jack Benny Program 1950

David Niven

★ 7.8
The Toast of New Orleans 1950

Jacques Riboudeaux

★ 5.2
What's My Line? 1950

Self

★ 6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

Sheffield

★ 5.6
Breakdowns of 1949 1949

Self

★ 6
A Kiss for Corliss 1949

Kenneth Marquis

★ 4.7
The BAFTA Awards 1949

Host

★ 10
A Kiss in the Dark 1949

Eric Phillips

★ 4.7
Enchantment 1948

Roland Dane

★ 6.4
Bonnie Prince Charlie 1948

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

★ 4.7
The Bishop's Wife 1947

Henry Brougham

★ 7
The Other Love 1947

Doctor Anthony Stanton

★ 6
The Perfect Marriage 1947

Dale Williams

★ 4
A Matter of Life and Death 1946

Peter Carter

★ 7.8
Magnificent Doll 1946

Aaron Burr

★ 5.9
United States 1944

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Way Ahead 1944

Lieutenant Jim Perry

★ 6.4
The First of the Few 1942

Geoffrey Crisp

★ 6.7
Raffles 1939

A.J. Raffles

★ 6
Eternally Yours 1939

Tony "The Great Arturo"

★ 5.7
The Real Glory 1939

Lieut. McCool

★ 6.3
Bachelor Mother 1939

David Merlin

★ 7.1
Wuthering Heights 1939

Edgar Linton

★ 7.2
The Dawn Patrol 1938

Lt. Scott

★ 6.8
Three Blind Mice 1938

Steve Harrington

★ 6
Four Men and a Prayer 1938

Christopher Leigh

★ 6.3
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938

Albert De Regnier

★ 7
Dinner at the Ritz 1937

Paul de Brack

★ 5.5
The Prisoner of Zenda 1937

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

★ 7.4
We Have Our Moments 1937

Joe Gilling

★ 5.8
Beloved Enemy 1936

Captain Gerald Preston

★ 6.1
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936

Captain Randall

★ 6.5
Thank You, Jeeves! 1936

Bertie Wooster

★ 6
Dodsworth 1936

Captain Clyde Lockert

★ 7.1
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936

Self

★ 6
Palm Springs 1936

George Britell

★ NR
Rose Marie 1936

Teddy

★ 6.2
Splendor 1935

Clancey Lorrimore

★ 6.3
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

★ 7.3
A Feather in Her Hat 1935

Leo Cartwright

★ 6.8
Barbary Coast 1935

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Without Regret 1935

Bill Gage

★ NR
Cleopatra 1934

Slave (uncredited)

★ 6.1
There Goes the Bride 1932

Bit Role (uncredited)

★ 6.4

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