Portrait of David Niven

David Niven

Acting

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.

Born: March 1, 1910

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as Count Dracula (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
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

1979
Escape to Athena

as Professor Blake

1979
A Man Called Intrepid

as Sir William Stephenson

1978
Death on the Nile

as Colonel Race

1977
Candleshoe

as Priory

1976
Murder by Death

as Dick Charleston

1976
No Deposit, No Return

as J.W. Osborne

1975
Paper Tiger

as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

1975
The Remarkable Rocket

as Narrator (voice)

1974
The Canterville Ghost

as Sir Simon de Canterville

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1974
Vampira

as Count Dracula

1972
King, Queen, Knave

as Charles Dreyer

1971
1971
The Statue

as Alex Bolt

1969
The Extraordinary Seaman

as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1969
The Brain

as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

1969
Before Winter Comes

as Major Burnside

1968
The Impossible Years

as Jonathan Kingsley

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
Prudence and the Pill

as Gerald Hardcastle

1967
Casino Royale

as James Bond

1966
Eye of the Devil

as Philippe de Montfaucon

1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate

as Self - Interviewee

1966
Where the Spies Are

as Dr. Jason Love

1965
Lady L

as Dicky, Lord Lendale

1964
The Rogues

as Alec Fleming

1964
Bedtime Story

as Lawrence Jameson

1963
The Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Lytton

1963
Burke's Law

as Harvey Cleeve

1963
55 Days at Peking

as Sir Arthur Robertson

1963
The Shortest Day

as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

1962
Conquered City

as Major Peter Whitfield

1962
Guns of Darkness

as Tom Jordan

1962
The Road to Hong Kong

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

1961
The Best of Enemies

as Maj. Richardson

1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Self / Host

1961
The Guns of Navarone

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

1960
1959
Ask Any Girl

as Miles Doughton

1959
The David Niven Show

as Self - Host

1959
Happy Anniversary

as Chris Walters

1958
Separate Tables

as Major Angus Pollock

1958
1957
My Man Godfrey

as Godfrey Smith

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Mark Garron

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Paul Evans

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Robert Medhill

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Paul Martel

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Jeff Carleton

1957
The Little Hut

as Henry Brittingham-Brett

1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

as Alan Coles

1956
1956
The Silken Affair

as Roger Tweakham

1956
The Birds and the Bees

as Patrick Harris

1956
1955
The King's Thief

as James - Duke of Brampton

1954
Carrington V.C.

as Major Charles Carrington

1954
Happy Ever After

as Jasper O'Leary

1954
The Love Lottery

as Rex Allerton

1953
The Moon Is Blue

as David Slater

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
The Lady Says No

as Bill Shelby

1951
Appointment with Venus

as Valentine Moreland

1951
Soldiers Three

as Capt. Pindenny

1951
Happy Go Lovely

as B.G. Bruno

1950
The Elusive Pimpernel

as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

1950
1950
The Toast of New Orleans

as Jacques Riboudeaux

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
A Kiss for Corliss

as Kenneth Marquis

1949
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
1946
Magnificent Doll

as Aaron Burr

1944
United States

as Narrator (voice)

1944
The Way Ahead

as Lieutenant Jim Perry

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1942
The First of the Few

as Geoffrey Crisp

1939
Raffles

as A.J. Raffles

1939
Eternally Yours

as Tony "The Great Arturo"

1939
The Real Glory

as Lieut. McCool

1939
Bachelor Mother

as David Merlin

1939
Wuthering Heights

as Edgar Linton

1938
The Dawn Patrol

as Lt. Scott

1938
Three Blind Mice

as Steve Harrington

1938
Four Men and a Prayer

as Christopher Leigh

1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Albert De Regnier

1937
Dinner at the Ritz

as Paul de Brack

1937
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

1937
We Have Our Moments

as Joe Gilling

1936
Beloved Enemy

as Captain Gerald Preston

1936
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!

as Bertie Wooster

1936
Dodsworth

as Captain Clyde Lockert

1936
Palm Springs

as George Britell

1936
Rose Marie

as Teddy

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

1935
Splendor

as Clancey Lorrimore

1935
A Feather in Her Hat

as Leo Cartwright

1935
Barbary Coast

as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

1935
Without Regret

as Bill Gage

1934
Cleopatra

as Slave (uncredited)

1932
There Goes the Bride

as Bit Role (uncredited)

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