David Niven

David Niven

Birthday: 1910-02-28
Deathday: 1983-07-29
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Also know as: James David Graham 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.

Filmography

Conquered City

1962

As Major Peter Whitfield

The Pink Panther

1963

As Sir Charles Lytton

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

As Raymond

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

As Phileas Fogg

Eye of the Devil

1966

As Philippe de Montfaucon

Wuthering Heights

1939

As Edgar Linton

Death on the Nile

1978

As Colonel Race

The Guns of Navarone

1961

As Cpl. James Arthur Miller

Where the Spies Are

1966

As Dr. Jason Love

No Deposit, No Return

1976

As J.W. Osborne

Murder by Death

1976

As Dick Charleston

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978

As Self / Colonel Johnny Race

Dodsworth

1936

As Captain Clyde Lockert

The Road to Hong Kong

1962

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

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938

As Albert De Regnier

Casino Royale

1967

As James Bond

Enchantment

1948

As Roland "Rollo" Dane

The Brain

1969

As Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « Le Cerveau »

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

As Sir Charles Litton

The Impossible Years

1968

As Jonathan Kingsley

55 Days at Peking

1963

As Sir Arthur Robertson

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

As Peter Carter

Bedtime Story

1964

As Lawrence Jameson

The Way Ahead

1944

As Lieutenant Jim Perry

Escape to Athena

1979

As Professor Blake

Bachelor Mother

1939

As David Merlin

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

As Sir Charles Litton

Candleshoe

1977

As Priory

The Love Lottery

1954

As Rex Allerton

Carrington V.C.

1954

As Major Charles Carrington

Separate Tables

1958

As David Angus Pollock

The Perfect Marriage

1947

As Dale Williams

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937

As Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Rose Marie

1936

As Teddy

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

As Captain Randall

Beloved Enemy

1936

As Captain Gerald Preston

The First of the Few

1942

As Geoffrey Crisp

The Dawn Patrol

1938

As Lt. Scott

The Best of Enemies

1961

As Maj. Richardson

Rough Cut

1980

As Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

Dinner at the Ritz

1937

As Paul de Brack

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960

As Larry Mackay

The Bishop's Wife

1947

As Henry Brougham

The Sea Wolves

1980

As Col. W.H. Grice

Lady L

1965

As Dicky, Lord Lendale

My Man Godfrey

1957

As Godfrey Smith

The Moon Is Blue

1953

As David Slater

The Toast of New Orleans

1950

As Jacques Riboudeaux

Thank You, Jeeves!

1936

As Bertie Wooster

Eternally Yours

1939

As Tony "The Great Arturo"

Ask Any Girl

1959

As Miles Doughton

Prudence and the Pill

1968

As Gerald Hardcastle

Vampira

1974

As Count Dracula

Happy Anniversary

1959

As Chris Walters

The King's Thief

1955

As James - Duke of Brampton

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969

As Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

1957

As Alan Coles

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

1980

As Ivan

Paper Tiger

1975

As 'Major' Walter Bradbury

The Other Love

1947

As Doctor Anthony Stanton

Appointment with Venus

1951

As Valentine Moreland

The Lady Says No

1952

As Bill Shelby

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

As Self - Actor (archive footage)

Happy Go Lovely

1951

As B.G. Bruno

The Real Glory

1939

As Lieut. McCool

Four Men and a Prayer

1938

As Christopher Leigh

The Birds and the Bees

1956

As Patrick Harris

The Statue

1971

As Alex Bolt

The Little Hut

1957

As Henry Brittingham-Brett

Raffles

1939

As A.J. Raffles

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950

As Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Soldiers Three

1951

As Capt. Pindenny

Before Winter Comes

1969

As Major Burnside

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948

As Prince Charles Edward Stuart

A Kiss in the Dark

1949

As Eric Phillips

Magnificent Doll

1946

As Aaron Burr

A Feather in Her Hat

1935

As Leo Cartwright

A Kiss for Corliss

1949

As Kenneth Marquis

We Have Our Moments

1937

As Joe Gilling

Three Blind Mice

1938

As Steve Harrington

Happy Ever After

1954

As Jasper O'Leary

King, Queen, Knave

1972

As Charles Dreyer

Without Regret

1935

As Bill Gage

Guns of Darkness

1962

As Tom Jordan

Palm Springs

1936

As George Britell

Barbary Coast

1935

As Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Splendor

1935

As Clancey Lorrimore

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

As Sir William Stephenson

Better Late Than Never

1983

As Nick Cartland

There Goes the Bride

1932

As Bit Role (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

As Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost

1974

As Sir Simon de Canterville

Breakdowns of 1949

1949

As Self

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936

As Self

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978

As Self

The Silken Affair

1956

As Roger Tweakham

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

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

The Remarkable Rocket

1975

As Narrator (voice)

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

1966

As Self - Interviewee

The Shortest Day

1963

As Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Cleopatra

1934

As Slave (uncredited)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

As Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985

As Self (archive footage)

United States

1944

As Narrator (voice)

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

As Count Dracula (archive footage)

ABBA in Switzerland

1979

As Self

Rat Pack

2022

As Self (archive footage)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

As

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988

As Self (archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

1995

As Self (archive footage)

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

1971

As Host

Production

The Night They Saved Christmas

1984

As Executive Producer