David Niven

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-03-01 (73 years old)

Deathday

1983-07-29

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.

Acting

1963

The Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Lytton

1985

1966

Eye of the Devil

as Philippe de Montfaucon

1939

Wuthering Heights

as Edgar Linton

1958

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1978

Death on the Nile

as Colonel Race

1961

The Guns of Navarone

as Cpl. James Arthur Miller

1966

Where the Spies Are

as Dr. Jason Love

1976

No Deposit, No Return

as J.W. Osborne

1976

Murder by Death

as Dick Charleston

1936

Dodsworth

as Captain Clyde Lockert

1962

The Road to Hong Kong

as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Albert De Regnier

1967

Casino Royale

as James Bond

1948

Enchantment

as Roland Dane

1968

The Impossible Years

as Jonathan Kingsley

1969

The Brain

as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Litton

1963

55 Days at Peking

as Sir Arthur Robertson

1946

1964

Bedtime Story

as Lawrence Jameson

1944

The Way Ahead

as Lieutenant Jim Perry

1939

Bachelor Mother

as David Merlin

1979

Escape to Athena

as Professor Blake

1983

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Litton

1977

Candleshoe

as Priory

1954

The Love Lottery

as Rex Allerton

1958

Separate Tables

as David Angus Pollock

1954

Carrington V.C.

as Major Charles Carrington

1947

The Perfect Marriage

as Dale Williams

1944

United States

as Narrator (voice)

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

1936

Beloved Enemy

as Captain Gerald Preston

1936

1936

Rose Marie

as Teddy

1942

The First of the Few

as Geoffrey Crisp

1938

The Dawn Patrol

as Lt. Scott

1961

The Best of Enemies

as Maj. Richardson

1980

Rough Cut

as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

1960

1947

The Bishop's Wife

as Henry Brougham

1957

My Man Godfrey

as Godfrey Smith

1980

The Sea Wolves

as Col. W.H. Grice

1937

Dinner at the Ritz

as Paul de Brack

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

as Jacques Riboudeaux

1936

Thank You, Jeeves!

as Bertie Wooster

1953

The Moon Is Blue

as David Slater

1965

Lady L

as Dicky, Lord Lendale

1959

Ask Any Girl

as Miles Doughton

1939

Eternally Yours

as Tony "The Great Arturo"

1968

Prudence and the Pill

as Gerald Hardcastle

1959

Happy Anniversary

as Chris Walters

1974

Vampira

as Count Dracula

1955

The King's Thief

as James - Duke of Brampton

1969

The Extraordinary Seaman

as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1957

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

as Alan Coles

1951

Appointment with Venus

as Valentine Moreland

1952

The Lady Says No

as Bill Shelby

1975

Paper Tiger

as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

1947

The Other Love

as Doctor Anthony Stanton

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1951

Happy Go Lovely

as B.G. Bruno

1939

The Real Glory

as Lieut. McCool

1938

Four Men and a Prayer

as Christopher Leigh

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1956

The Birds and the Bees

as Patrick Harris

1957

The Little Hut

as Henry Brittingham-Brett

1971

The Statue

as Alex Bolt

1939

Raffles

as A.J. Raffles

1950

The Elusive Pimpernel

as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

1951

Soldiers Three

as Capt. Pindenny

1969

Before Winter Comes

as Major Burnside

1949

A Kiss for Corliss

as Kenneth Marquis

1948

Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

1949

A Kiss in the Dark

as Eric Phillips

1946

Magnificent Doll

as Aaron Burr

1935

A Feather in Her Hat

as Leo Cartwright

1937

We Have Our Moments

as Joe Gilling

1938

Three Blind Mice

as Steve Harrington

1954

Happy Ever After

as Jasper O'Leary

1962

Guns of Darkness

as Tom Jordan

1972

King, Queen, Knave

as Charles Dreyer

1935

Without Regret

as Bill Gage

1936

Palm Springs

as George Britell

1962

Conquered City

as Major Peter Whitfield

1935

Splendor

as Clancey Lorrimore

1935

Barbary Coast

as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

1979

A Man Called Intrepid

as Sir William Stephenson

1983

Better Late Than Never

as Nick Cartland

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1932

There Goes the Bride

as Bit Role (uncredited)

1995

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self (archive footage)

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

1974

The Canterville Ghost

as Sir Simon de Canterville

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1956

The Silken Affair

as Roger Tweakham

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

1975

The Remarkable Rocket

as Narrator (voice)

1966

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

as Self - Interviewee

1963

The Shortest Day

as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

1934

Cleopatra

as Slave (uncredited)

1974

Gorilla

as Narrator

Production

1984

The Night They Saved Christmas

as Executive Producer

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