
David Niven
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-03-01
Day of Death
1983-07-29 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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
Acting
(2024)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as (archive footage)
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2000)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
(2000)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1995)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1988)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Litton
(1983)
Better Late Than Never
as Nick Cartland
(1982)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Litton
(1980)
The Sea Wolves
as Col. W.H. Grice
(1980)
Rough Cut
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
(1980)
(1979)
Escape to Athena
as Professor Blake
(1979)
A Man Called Intrepid
as Sir William Stephenson
(1979)
ABBA in Switzerland
as Self
(1978)
Death on the Nile
as Colonel Race
(1978)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
(1977)
Candleshoe
as Priory
(1976)
Murder by Death
as Dick Charleston
(1976)
No Deposit, No Return
as J.W. Osborne
(1975)
The Remarkable Rocket
as Narrator (voice)
(1975)
Paper Tiger
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
(1974)
Vampira
as Count Dracula
(1974)
Gorilla
as Narrator
(1974)
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
(1972)
King, Queen, Knave
as Charles Dreyer
(1971)
The Statue
as Alex Bolt
(1971)
(1969)
The Brain
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
(1969)
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
(1969)
Before Winter Comes
as Major Burnside
(1968)
The Impossible Years
as Jonathan Kingsley
(1968)
Prudence and the Pill
as Gerald Hardcastle
(1967)
Casino Royale
as James Bond
(1966)
Eye of the Devil
as Philippe de Montfaucon
(1966)
Where the Spies Are
as Dr. Jason Love
(1966)
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
as Self - Interviewee
(1965)
Lady L
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
(1964)
Bedtime Story
as Lawrence Jameson
(1963)
The Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Lytton
(1963)
55 Days at Peking
as Sir Arthur Robertson
(1963)
The Shortest Day
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
(1962)
The Road to Hong Kong
as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
(1962)
Guns of Darkness
as Tom Jordan
(1962)
Conquered City
as Major Peter Whitfield
(1961)
The Guns of Navarone
as Cpl. James Arthur Miller
(1961)
The Best of Enemies
as Maj. Richardson
(1960)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Larry Mackay
(1959)
Ask Any Girl
as Miles Doughton
(1959)
Happy Anniversary
as Chris Walters
(1958)
Bonjour Tristesse
as Raymond
(1958)
Separate Tables
as David Angus Pollock
(1957)
My Man Godfrey
as Godfrey Smith
(1957)
The Little Hut
as Henry Brittingham-Brett
(1957)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Alan Coles
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Phileas Fogg
(1956)
The Silken Affair
as Roger Tweakham
(1956)
The Birds and the Bees
as Patrick Harris
(1955)
The King's Thief
as James - Duke of Brampton
(1954)
Carrington V.C.
as Major Charles Carrington
(1954)
The Love Lottery
as Rex Allerton
(1954)
Happy Ever After
as Jasper O'Leary
(1953)
The Moon Is Blue
as David Slater
(1952)
The Lady Says No
as Bill Shelby
(1951)
Soldiers Three
as Capt. Pindenny
(1951)
Happy Go Lovely
as B.G. Bruno
(1951)
Appointment with Venus
as Valentine Moreland
(1950)
The Toast of New Orleans
as Jacques Riboudeaux
(1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
(1949)
A Kiss for Corliss
as Kenneth Marquis
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(1949)
A Kiss in the Dark
as Eric Phillips
(1948)
Enchantment
as Roland Dane
(1948)
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
(1947)
The Bishop's Wife
as Henry Brougham
(1947)
The Other Love
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
(1947)
The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams
(1946)
A Matter of Life and Death
as Peter Carter
(1946)
Magnificent Doll
as Aaron Burr
(1944)
The Way Ahead
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
(1944)
United States
as Narrator (voice)
(1942)
The First of the Few
as Geoffrey Crisp
(1939)
Wuthering Heights
as Edgar Linton
(1939)
Eternally Yours
as Tony "The Great Arturo"
(1939)
The Real Glory
as Lieut. McCool
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as David Merlin
(1939)
Raffles
as A.J. Raffles
(1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Albert De Regnier
(1938)
The Dawn Patrol
as Lt. Scott
(1938)
Four Men and a Prayer
as Christopher Leigh
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
as Steve Harrington
(1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
(1937)
We Have Our Moments
as Joe Gilling
(1937)
Dinner at the Ritz
as Paul de Brack
(1936)
Dodsworth
as Captain Clyde Lockert
(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Captain Randall
(1936)
Rose Marie
as Teddy
(1936)
Beloved Enemy
as Captain Gerald Preston
(1936)
Palm Springs
as George Britell
(1936)
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Bertie Wooster
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
(1935)
Barbary Coast
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
(1935)
A Feather in Her Hat
as Leo Cartwright
(1935)
Splendor
as Clancey Lorrimore
(1935)
Without Regret
as Bill Gage
(1934)
Cleopatra
as Slave (uncredited)
(1932)
There Goes the Bride
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Crew
(1984)
The Night They Saved Christmas
Executive Producer