David Niven

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

2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance poster

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger poster

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Movie · as (archive footage)

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret poster

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn poster

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures poster

Talking Pictures

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn poster

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

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

2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories poster

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula poster

The Many Faces of Dracula

Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1997
Bogart: The Untold Story poster

Bogart: The Untold Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class poster

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

1989
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... poster

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man poster

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers poster

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1983
Curse of the Pink Panther poster

Curse of the Pink Panther

Movie · as Sir Charles Litton

1983
Better Late Than Never poster

Better Late Than Never

Movie · as Nick Cartland

1982
Trail of the Pink Panther poster

Trail of the Pink Panther

Movie · as Sir Charles Litton

1980
Rough Cut poster

Rough Cut

Movie · as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

1980
The Sea Wolves poster

The Sea Wolves

Movie · as Col. W.H. Grice

1980
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square poster

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Movie · as Ivan

1979
Escape to Athena poster

Escape to Athena

Movie · as Professor Blake

1979
ABBA in Switzerland poster

ABBA in Switzerland

Movie · as Self

1979
A Man Called Intrepid poster

A Man Called Intrepid

TV · as Sir William Stephenson · 3 eps

1978
Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile

Movie · as Colonel Race

1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever poster

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Movie · as Self

1978
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

Movie · as Self / Colonel Race

1978
Ciné regards poster

Ciné regards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Candleshoe poster

Candleshoe

Movie · as Priory

1976
No Deposit, No Return poster

No Deposit, No Return

Movie · as J.W. Osborne

1976
Murder by Death poster

Murder by Death

Movie · as Dick Charleston

1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Movie · as (archive footage)

1975
Paper Tiger poster

Paper Tiger

Movie · as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

1975
The Remarkable Rocket poster

The Remarkable Rocket

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1974
Vampira poster

Vampira

Movie · as Count Dracula

1974
The Canterville Ghost poster

The Canterville Ghost

Movie · as Sir Simon de Canterville

1974
Gorilla

Gorilla

Movie · as Narrator

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
King, Queen, Knave poster

King, Queen, Knave

Movie · as Charles Dreyer

1971
The Statue poster

The Statue

Movie · as Alex Bolt

1971
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Movie · as Host

1971
V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1969
The Brain poster

The Brain

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

1969
The Extraordinary Seaman poster

The Extraordinary Seaman

Movie · as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1969
Before Winter Comes poster

Before Winter Comes

Movie · as Major Burnside

1968
The Impossible Years poster

The Impossible Years

Movie · as Jonathan Kingsley

1968
Prudence and the Pill poster

Prudence and the Pill

Movie · as Gerald Hardcastle

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1967
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

Movie · as James Bond

1967
Lionpower from MGM poster

Lionpower from MGM

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

1966
Eye of the Devil poster

Eye of the Devil

Movie · as Philippe de Montfaucon

1966
Where the Spies Are poster

Where the Spies Are

Movie · as Dr. Jason Love

1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate poster

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1965
Lady L poster

Lady L

Movie · as Dicky, Lord Lendale

1964
Bedtime Story poster

Bedtime Story

Movie · as Lawrence Jameson

1964
The Rogues poster

The Rogues

TV · as Alec Fleming · 30 eps

1963
The Pink Panther poster

The Pink Panther

Movie · as Sir Charles Lytton

1963
55 Days at Peking poster

55 Days at Peking

Movie · as Sir Arthur Robertson

1963
The Shortest Day poster

The Shortest Day

Movie · as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Harvey Cleeve · 1 ep

1962
The Road to Hong Kong poster

The Road to Hong Kong

Movie · as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

1962
Guns of Darkness poster

Guns of Darkness

Movie · as Tom Jordan

1962
Conquered City poster

Conquered City

Movie · as Major Peter Whitfield

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1961
The Guns of Navarone poster

The Guns of Navarone

Movie · as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

1961
The Best of Enemies poster

The Best of Enemies

Movie · as Maj. Richardson

1961
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

TV · as Self / Host · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies poster

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Movie · as Larry Mackay

1959
Ask Any Girl poster

Ask Any Girl

Movie · as Miles Doughton

1959
Happy Anniversary poster

Happy Anniversary

Movie · as Chris Walters

1959
The David Niven Show poster

The David Niven Show

TV · as Self - Host · 13 eps

1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV · as Marcus Dodds · 1 ep

1958
Bonjour Tristesse poster

Bonjour Tristesse

Movie · as Raymond

1958
Separate Tables poster

Separate Tables

Movie · as Angus Pollock

1958
The All-Star Christmas Show poster

The All-Star Christmas Show

Movie · as Self

1957
My Man Godfrey poster

My Man Godfrey

Movie · as Godfrey Smith

1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! poster

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Movie · as Alan Coles

1957
The Little Hut poster

The Little Hut

Movie · as Henry Brittingham-Brett

1957
Alcoa Theatre poster

Alcoa Theatre

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

1957
Goodyear Theatre

Goodyear Theatre

TV · as Jeff Carleton · 1 ep

1956
Around the World in 80 Days poster

Around the World in 80 Days

Movie · as Phileas Fogg

1956
The Birds and the Bees poster

The Birds and the Bees

Movie · as Patrick Harris

1956
The Silken Affair poster

The Silken Affair

Movie · as Roger Tweakham

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Allen Raikes, Milo Brant · 1 ep

1956
Cinépanorama poster

Cinépanorama

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1955
The King's Thief poster

The King's Thief

Movie · as James - Duke of Brampton

1955
The Star and the Story poster

The Star and the Story

TV · as Johnny · 1 ep

1954
The Love Lottery poster

The Love Lottery

Movie · as Rex Allerton

1954
Carrington V.C. poster

Carrington V.C.

Movie · as Major Charles Carrington

1954
Happy Ever After poster

Happy Ever After

Movie · as Jasper O'Leary

1953
The Moon Is Blue poster

The Moon Is Blue

Movie · as David Slater

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
The Lady Says No poster

The Lady Says No

Movie · as Bill Shelby

1952
Four Star Playhouse poster

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

1951
Appointment with Venus poster

Appointment with Venus

Movie · as Valentine Moreland

1951
Happy Go Lovely poster

Happy Go Lovely

Movie · as B.G. Bruno

1951
Soldiers Three poster

Soldiers Three

Movie · as Capt. Pindenny

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · 1 ep

1950
The Toast of New Orleans poster

The Toast of New Orleans

Movie · as Jacques Riboudeaux

1950
The Elusive Pimpernel poster

The Elusive Pimpernel

Movie · as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV · as Sheffield · 1 ep

1950
The Jack Benny Program poster

The Jack Benny Program

TV · as David Niven · 2 eps

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 8 eps

1949
A Kiss for Corliss poster

A Kiss for Corliss

Movie · as Kenneth Marquis

1949
A Kiss in the Dark poster

A Kiss in the Dark

Movie · as Eric Phillips

1949
Breakdowns of 1949 poster

Breakdowns of 1949

Movie · as Self

1949
The BAFTA Awards poster

The BAFTA Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1948
Enchantment poster

Enchantment

Movie · as Roland Dane

1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie poster

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Movie · as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
The Perfect Marriage poster

The Perfect Marriage

Movie · as Dale Williams

1947
The Bishop's Wife poster

The Bishop's Wife

Movie · as Henry Brougham

1947
The Other Love poster

The Other Love

Movie · as Doctor Anthony Stanton

1946
A Matter of Life and Death poster

A Matter of Life and Death

Movie · as Peter Carter

1946
Magnificent Doll poster

Magnificent Doll

Movie · as Aaron Burr

1944
The Way Ahead poster

The Way Ahead

Movie · as Lieutenant Jim Perry

1944
United States poster

United States

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1942
The First of the Few poster

The First of the Few

Movie · as Geoffrey Crisp

1939
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

Movie · as Edgar Linton

1939
Bachelor Mother poster

Bachelor Mother

Movie · as David Merlin

1939
Eternally Yours poster

Eternally Yours

Movie · as Tony

1939
The Real Glory poster

The Real Glory

Movie · as Lieut. McCool

1939
Raffles poster

Raffles

Movie · as A.J. Raffles

1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife poster

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Movie · as Albert De Regnier

1938
The Dawn Patrol poster

The Dawn Patrol

Movie · as Lt. Scott

1938
Four Men and a Prayer poster

Four Men and a Prayer

Movie · as Christopher Leigh

1938
Three Blind Mice poster

Three Blind Mice

Movie · as Steve Harrington

1937
The Prisoner of Zenda poster

The Prisoner of Zenda

Movie · as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

1937
Dinner at the Ritz poster

Dinner at the Ritz

Movie · as Paul de Brack

1937
We Have Our Moments poster

We Have Our Moments

Movie · as Joe Gilling

1936
Dodsworth poster

Dodsworth

Movie · as Captain Clyde Lockert

1936
Beloved Enemy poster

Beloved Enemy

Movie · as Captain Gerald Preston

1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade poster

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Movie · as Captain Randall

1936
Rose Marie poster

Rose Marie

Movie · as Teddy

1936
Thank You, Jeeves! poster

Thank You, Jeeves!

Movie · as Bertie Wooster

1936
Palm Springs poster

Palm Springs

Movie · as George Britell

1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) poster

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Movie · as Self

1935
A Feather in Her Hat poster

A Feather in Her Hat

Movie · as Leo Cartwright

1935
Without Regret poster

Without Regret

Movie · as Bill Gage

1935
Barbary Coast poster

Barbary Coast

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

1935
Splendor poster

Splendor

Movie · as Clancey Lorrimore

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty poster

Mutiny on the Bounty

Movie · as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

1934
Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra

Movie · as Slave (uncredited)

1932
There Goes the Bride poster

There Goes the Bride

Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)