David Niven

Acting • Born 1910-03-01 – Died 1983-07-29

Acting2London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

180 credits

The Pink Panther

Movie • 1963

Sir Charles Lytton

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Movie • 1985

Self (archive footage)

Eye of the Devil

Movie • 1966

Philippe de Montfaucon

Wuthering Heights

Movie • 1939

Edgar Linton

Bonjour Tristesse

Movie • 1958

Raymond

Around the World in 80 Days

Movie • 1956

Phileas Fogg

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Movie • 2000

Self (archive footage)

Death on the Nile

Movie • 1978

Colonel Race

The Guns of Navarone

Movie • 1961

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Where the Spies Are

Movie • 1966

Dr. Jason Love

No Deposit, No Return

Movie • 1976

J.W. Osborne

Murder by Death

Movie • 1976

Dick Charleston

Dodsworth

Movie • 1936

Captain Clyde Lockert

The Road to Hong Kong

Movie • 1962

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Movie • 1938

Albert De Regnier

Casino Royale

Movie • 1967

James Bond

Enchantment

Movie • 1948

Roland Dane

The Impossible Years

Movie • 1968

Jonathan Kingsley

The Brain

Movie • 1969

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

Trail of the Pink Panther

Movie • 1982

Sir Charles Litton

55 Days at Peking

Movie • 1963

Sir Arthur Robertson

A Matter of Life and Death

Movie • 1946

Peter Carter

Bedtime Story

Movie • 1964

Lawrence Jameson

The Way Ahead

Movie • 1944

Lieutenant Jim Perry

Bachelor Mother

Movie • 1939

David Merlin

Escape to Athena

Movie • 1979

Professor Blake

Curse of the Pink Panther

Movie • 1983

Sir Charles Litton

Candleshoe

Movie • 1977

Priory

The Love Lottery

Movie • 1954

Rex Allerton

Separate Tables

Movie • 1958

Major Angus Pollock

Carrington V.C.

Movie • 1954

Major Charles Carrington

The Perfect Marriage

Movie • 1947

Dale Williams

United States

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

The Prisoner of Zenda

Movie • 1937

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Beloved Enemy

Movie • 1936

Captain Gerald Preston

Rose Marie

Movie • 1936

Teddy

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Movie • 1936

Captain Randall

The First of the Few

Movie • 1942

Geoffrey Crisp

The Dawn Patrol

Movie • 1938

Lt. Scott

The Best of Enemies

Movie • 1961

Maj. Richardson

Rough Cut

Movie • 1980

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Movie • 1960

Larry Mackay

The Bishop's Wife

Movie • 1947

Henry Brougham

My Man Godfrey

Movie • 1957

Godfrey Smith

The Sea Wolves

Movie • 1980

Col. W.H. Grice

Dinner at the Ritz

Movie • 1937

Paul de Brack

The Toast of New Orleans

Movie • 1950

Jacques Riboudeaux

Thank You, Jeeves!

Movie • 1936

Bertie Wooster

The Moon Is Blue

Movie • 1953

David Slater

Lady L

Movie • 1965

Dicky, Lord Lendale

Ask Any Girl

Movie • 1959

Miles Doughton

Eternally Yours

Movie • 1939

Tony "The Great Arturo"

Prudence and the Pill

Movie • 1968

Gerald Hardcastle

Happy Anniversary

Movie • 1959

Chris Walters

Vampira

Movie • 1974

Count Dracula

The King's Thief

Movie • 1955

James - Duke of Brampton

The Extraordinary Seaman

Movie • 1969

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Movie • 1957

Alan Coles

Appointment with Venus

Movie • 1951

Valentine Moreland

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Movie • 1980

Ivan

The Lady Says No

Movie • 1952

Bill Shelby

Paper Tiger

Movie • 1975

'Major' Walter Bradbury

The Other Love

Movie • 1947

Doctor Anthony Stanton

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Movie • 2005

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Happy Go Lovely

Movie • 1951

B.G. Bruno

The Real Glory

Movie • 1939

Lieut. McCool

Four Men and a Prayer

Movie • 1938

Christopher Leigh

The Many Faces of Dracula

Movie • 2000

Count Dracula (archive footage)

The Birds and the Bees

Movie • 1956

Patrick Harris

The Little Hut

Movie • 1957

Henry Brittingham-Brett

The Statue

Movie • 1971

Alex Bolt

Raffles

Movie • 1939

A.J. Raffles

The Elusive Pimpernel

Movie • 1950

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Soldiers Three

Movie • 1951

Capt. Pindenny

Before Winter Comes

Movie • 1969

Major Burnside

A Kiss for Corliss

Movie • 1949

Kenneth Marquis

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Movie • 1948

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

A Kiss in the Dark

Movie • 1949

Eric Phillips

Magnificent Doll

Movie • 1946

Aaron Burr

A Feather in Her Hat

Movie • 1935

Leo Cartwright

We Have Our Moments

Movie • 1937

Joe Gilling

Three Blind Mice

Movie • 1938

Steve Harrington

Happy Ever After

Movie • 1954

Jasper O'Leary

Guns of Darkness

Movie • 1962

Tom Jordan

King, Queen, Knave

Movie • 1972

Charles Dreyer

Without Regret

Movie • 1935

Bill Gage

Palm Springs

Movie • 1936

George Britell

Conquered City

Movie • 1962

Major Peter Whitfield

ABBA in Switzerland

Movie • 1979

Self

Barbary Coast

Movie • 1935

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Splendor

Movie • 1935

Clancey Lorrimore

Better Late Than Never

Movie • 1983

Nick Cartland

Rat Pack

Movie • 2022

Self (archive footage)

There Goes the Bride

Movie • 1932

Bit Role (uncredited)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Movie • 2024

(archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Movie • 1995

Self (archive footage)

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Movie • 1971

Host

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Movie • 1988

Self (archive footage)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Movie • 1935

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost

Movie • 1974

Sir Simon de Canterville

Breakdowns of 1949

Movie • 1949

Self

Bogart: The Untold Story

Movie • 1997

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Movie • 1936

Self

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Movie • 1978

Self

The Silken Affair

Movie • 1956

Roger Tweakham

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Movie • 1991

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

The Remarkable Rocket

Movie • 1975

Narrator (voice)

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Movie • 1966

Self - Interviewee

The Shortest Day

Movie • 1963

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Cleopatra

Movie • 1934

Slave (uncredited)

Gorilla

Movie • 1974

Narrator

The All-Star Christmas Show

Movie • 1958

Self

Lionpower from MGM

Movie • 1967

Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Movie • 2019

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burke's Law

TV • 1963

Harvey Cleeve

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV • 1948

Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Alcoa Theatre

TV • 1957

Mark Garron

The Rogues

TV • 1964

Alec Fleming

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Sheffield

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV • 1956

Allen Raikes

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

David Niven

The David Niven Show

TV • 1959

Self - Host

Goodyear Theatre

TV • 1957

Jeff Carleton

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV • 1959

Marcus Dodds

Alcoa Theatre

TV • 1957

Paul Evans

Talking Pictures

TV • 2013

Self (archive footage)

Alcoa Theatre

TV • 1957

Robert Medhill

The Bob Hope Show

TV • 1950

Self

Alcoa Theatre

TV • 1957

Ted

Four Star Playhouse

TV • 1952

Lee

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV • 1973

Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

TV • 1971

Self

The Dick Powell Show

TV • 1961

Self / Host

Dinah!

TV • 1974

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV • 1962

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

TV • 1961

Self

Alcoa Theatre

TV • 1957

Jeff Carleton

Cinépanorama

TV • 1956

Self

The Dick Cavett Show

TV • 1968

Self - Guest

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self - Panelist

A Man Called Intrepid

TV • 1979

Sir William Stephenson

The BAFTA Awards

TV • 1949

Host

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Nominee