David Niven

ActorProducerDirector Mar 1 (died age 73) London, England, UK 1932–2024 (92 year career)

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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

Film

The Guns of Navarone

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Film

Murder by Death

Dick Charleston

Film

Death on the Nile

Colonel Race

Film

The Pink Panther

Sir Charles Lytton

Film

A Matter of Life and Death

Peter Carter

Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Phileas Fogg

Film

The Brain

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

Filmography

Acting (143)

Movies (115)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

as (archive footage)

7.7

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019

6.8

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.8

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

3.5

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

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

7.7

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985

as Self (archive footage)

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

as Sir Charles Litton

4.6

Better Late Than Never

1983

as Nick Cartland

3.8

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Sir Charles Litton

5.2

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

1980

as Ivan

6.1

Rough Cut

1980

as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

The Sea Wolves

as Col. W.H. Grice

Escape to Athena

as Professor Blake

ABBA in Switzerland

as Self

Death on the Nile

as Colonel Race

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978

as Self

7.0

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978

as Self / Colonel Race

Candleshoe

as Priory

Murder by Death

as Dick Charleston

No Deposit, No Return

1976

as J.W. Osborne

6.2

Paper Tiger

1975

as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

6.1

The Remarkable Rocket

1975

as Narrator (voice)

Vampira

1974

as Count Dracula

5.0

The Canterville Ghost

1974

as Sir Simon de Canterville

6.0

Gorilla

1974

as Narrator

King, Queen, Knave

1972

as Charles Dreyer

4.1

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

1971

as Host

The Statue

1971

as Alex Bolt

4.3

The Brain

1969

as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

7.3

Before Winter Comes

1969

as Major Burnside

5.9

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969

as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

2.6

Prudence and the Pill

as Gerald Hardcastle

The Impossible Years

as Jonathan Kingsley

Casino Royale

as James Bond

Lionpower from MGM

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

4.5

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

1966

as Self - Interviewee

7.0

Eye of the Devil

1966

as Philippe de Montfaucon

Where the Spies Are

as Dr. Jason Love

Lady L

as Dicky, Lord Lendale

Bedtime Story

as Lawrence Jameson

The Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Lytton

6.8

55 Days at Peking

1963

as Sir Arthur Robertson

6.9

The Shortest Day

1963

as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

6.2

Conquered City

1962

as Major Peter Whitfield

4.3

The Road to Hong Kong

1962

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

Guns of Darkness

as Tom Jordan

The Guns of Navarone

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

7.3

The Best of Enemies

1961

as Maj. Richardson

6.9

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as Larry Mackay

Happy Anniversary

as Chris Walters

Ask Any Girl

as Miles Doughton

Separate Tables

as Major Angus Pollock

7.0

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

as Raymond

6.7

The All-Star Christmas Show

as Self

My Man Godfrey

as Godfrey Smith

The Little Hut

as Henry Brittingham-Brett

6.5

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

1957

as Alan Coles

5.8

Around the World in 80 Days

as Phileas Fogg

The Silken Affair

as Roger Tweakham

The Birds and the Bees

1956

as Patrick Harris

6.8

The King's Thief

1955

as James - Duke of Brampton

Happy Ever After

as Jasper O'Leary

The Love Lottery

as Rex Allerton

Carrington V.C.

as Major Charles Carrington

The Moon Is Blue

as David Slater

The Lady Says No

as Bill Shelby

Appointment with Venus

1951

as Valentine Moreland

Soldiers Three

as Capt. Pindenny

Happy Go Lovely

as B.G. Bruno

The Toast of New Orleans

1950

as Jacques Riboudeaux

4.9

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950

as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

A Kiss for Corliss

as Kenneth Marquis

Breakdowns of 1949

as Self

A Kiss in the Dark

as Eric Phillips

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948

as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Enchantment

as Roland Dane

The Perfect Marriage

as Dale Williams

The Other Love

as Doctor Anthony Stanton

6.0

The Bishop's Wife

1947

as Henry Brougham

7.1

A Matter of Life and Death

as Peter Carter

Magnificent Doll

as Aaron Burr

The Way Ahead

as Lieutenant Jim Perry

6.5

United States

1944

as Narrator (voice)

The First of the Few

as Geoffrey Crisp

Wuthering Heights

as Edgar Linton

Bachelor Mother

as David Merlin

Raffles

as A.J. Raffles

Eternally Yours

as Tony "The Great Arturo"

The Real Glory

as Lieut. McCool

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Albert De Regnier

The Dawn Patrol

as Lt. Scott

Three Blind Mice

as Steve Harrington

Four Men and a Prayer

as Christopher Leigh

Dinner at the Ritz

as Paul de Brack

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937

as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

We Have Our Moments

as Joe Gilling

Dodsworth

as Captain Clyde Lockert

7.1

Rose Marie

1936

as Teddy

6.2

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

as Captain Randall

6.5

Beloved Enemy

1936

as Captain Gerald Preston

6.1

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

Thank You, Jeeves!

as Bertie Wooster

Palm Springs

as George Britell

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Splendor

as Clancey Lorrimore

Barbary Coast

as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

6.4

Without Regret

1935

as Bill Gage

A Feather in Her Hat

1935

as Leo Cartwright

6.8

Cleopatra

1934

as Slave (uncredited)

6.0

There Goes the Bride

1932

as Bit Role (uncredited)

6.4

Television (28)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

as Sir William Stephenson

Dinah!

1974

as Self

6.7

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Rogues

as Alec Fleming

Burke's Law

as Harvey Cleeve

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Self / Host

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Marcus Dodds

6.3

The David Niven Show

1959

as Self - Host

Alcoa Theatre

as Mark Garron

Goodyear Theatre

as Jeff Carleton

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Allen Raikes

Cinépanorama

as Self

The Star and the Story

as Johnny

The Oscars

as Self

Four Star Playhouse

as Doctor

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Sheffield

What's My Line?

as Self

The Jack Benny Program

as David Niven

The BAFTA Awards

as Host

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (3)

Movies (1)

The Night They Saved Christmas

1984

Executive Producer

5.6

Television (2)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Director

Four Star Playhouse

Producer