
David Niven
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1910
- Died
- July 29, 1983 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- London, 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.
Known For
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Filmography

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Movie · as (archive footage)

Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Sir Charles Litton

Better Late Than Never
Movie · as Nick Cartland

Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Sir Charles Litton

Rough Cut
Movie · as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

The Sea Wolves
Movie · as Col. W.H. Grice

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Movie · as Ivan

Escape to Athena
Movie · as Professor Blake

ABBA in Switzerland
Movie · as Self

A Man Called Intrepid
TV · as Sir William Stephenson · 3 eps

Death on the Nile
Movie · as Colonel Race

Formula 1 - Speed fever
Movie · as Self
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Movie · as Self / Colonel Race

Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Candleshoe
Movie · as Priory

No Deposit, No Return
Movie · as J.W. Osborne

Murder by Death
Movie · as Dick Charleston
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)

Paper Tiger
Movie · as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

The Remarkable Rocket
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Vampira
Movie · as Count Dracula

The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Sir Simon de Canterville
Gorilla
Movie · as Narrator

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

King, Queen, Knave
Movie · as Charles Dreyer

The Statue
Movie · as Alex Bolt
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
Movie · as Host
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Brain
Movie · as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

The Extraordinary Seaman
Movie · as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Before Winter Comes
Movie · as Major Burnside

The Impossible Years
Movie · as Jonathan Kingsley

Prudence and the Pill
Movie · as Gerald Hardcastle

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

Casino Royale
Movie · as James Bond

Lionpower from MGM
Movie · as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eye of the Devil
Movie · as Philippe de Montfaucon

Where the Spies Are
Movie · as Dr. Jason Love

All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Movie · as Self - Interviewee

Lady L
Movie · as Dicky, Lord Lendale

Bedtime Story
Movie · as Lawrence Jameson

The Rogues
TV · as Alec Fleming · 30 eps

The Pink Panther
Movie · as Sir Charles Lytton

55 Days at Peking
Movie · as Sir Arthur Robertson

The Shortest Day
Movie · as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Burke's Law
TV · as Harvey Cleeve · 1 ep

The Road to Hong Kong
Movie · as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

Guns of Darkness
Movie · as Tom Jordan

Conquered City
Movie · as Major Peter Whitfield

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Guns of Navarone
Movie · as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

The Best of Enemies
Movie · as Maj. Richardson

The Dick Powell Show
TV · as Self / Host · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie · as Larry Mackay

Ask Any Girl
Movie · as Miles Doughton

Happy Anniversary
Movie · as Chris Walters

The David Niven Show
TV · as Self - Host · 13 eps

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Marcus Dodds · 1 ep

Bonjour Tristesse
Movie · as Raymond

Separate Tables
Movie · as Angus Pollock

The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie · as Self

My Man Godfrey
Movie · as Godfrey Smith

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Movie · as Alan Coles

The Little Hut
Movie · as Henry Brittingham-Brett

Alcoa Theatre
TV · as Mark Garron, Paul Evans, Robert Medhill, Paul Martel, Jeff Carleton · 1 ep
Goodyear Theatre
TV · as Jeff Carleton · 1 ep

Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Phileas Fogg

The Birds and the Bees
Movie · as Patrick Harris

The Silken Affair
Movie · as Roger Tweakham

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Allen Raikes, Milo Brant · 1 ep

Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The King's Thief
Movie · as James - Duke of Brampton

The Star and the Story
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep

The Love Lottery
Movie · as Rex Allerton

Carrington V.C.
Movie · as Major Charles Carrington

Happy Ever After
Movie · as Jasper O'Leary

The Moon Is Blue
Movie · as David Slater

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Lady Says No
Movie · as Bill Shelby

Four Star Playhouse
TV · as William Langford, Doctor, Bingham, Phil Weston, Mitch, Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle, Doctor Gentry, Ted Parker, Andy, Richard Lilliam, Andy Fields, John, Royal Thurston, Hal Winters, George, Deacon, Charles, Tony Stewart, Wyeth, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry, Uncle Fred, Cookie, Adams, Maxwell, Philip, Larkin, Frank, David, Jim Kenyon, Lee · 1 ep

Appointment with Venus
Movie · as Valentine Moreland

Happy Go Lovely
Movie · as B.G. Bruno

Soldiers Three
Movie · as Capt. Pindenny

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep

The Toast of New Orleans
Movie · as Jacques Riboudeaux

The Elusive Pimpernel
Movie · as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Sheffield · 1 ep

The Jack Benny Program
TV · as David Niven · 2 eps

The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 8 eps

A Kiss for Corliss
Movie · as Kenneth Marquis

A Kiss in the Dark
Movie · as Eric Phillips

Breakdowns of 1949
Movie · as Self

The BAFTA Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

Enchantment
Movie · as Roland Dane

Bonnie Prince Charlie
Movie · as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Perfect Marriage
Movie · as Dale Williams

The Bishop's Wife
Movie · as Henry Brougham

The Other Love
Movie · as Doctor Anthony Stanton

A Matter of Life and Death
Movie · as Peter Carter

Magnificent Doll
Movie · as Aaron Burr

The Way Ahead
Movie · as Lieutenant Jim Perry

United States
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

The First of the Few
Movie · as Geoffrey Crisp

Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Edgar Linton

Bachelor Mother
Movie · as David Merlin

Eternally Yours
Movie · as Tony

The Real Glory
Movie · as Lieut. McCool

Raffles
Movie · as A.J. Raffles

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Movie · as Albert De Regnier

The Dawn Patrol
Movie · as Lt. Scott

Four Men and a Prayer
Movie · as Christopher Leigh

Three Blind Mice
Movie · as Steve Harrington

The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Dinner at the Ritz
Movie · as Paul de Brack

We Have Our Moments
Movie · as Joe Gilling

Dodsworth
Movie · as Captain Clyde Lockert

Beloved Enemy
Movie · as Captain Gerald Preston

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie · as Captain Randall

Rose Marie
Movie · as Teddy

Thank You, Jeeves!
Movie · as Bertie Wooster

Palm Springs
Movie · as George Britell

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie · as Self

A Feather in Her Hat
Movie · as Leo Cartwright

Without Regret
Movie · as Bill Gage

Barbary Coast
Movie · as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Splendor
Movie · as Clancey Lorrimore

Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie · as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Cleopatra
Movie · as Slave (uncredited)

There Goes the Bride
Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)





