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David Niven

David Niven

Born: 1910-03-01 • London, England, UK

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
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger poster
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 • (archive footage)
Rat Pack poster
Rat Pack
2022 • Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret poster
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn poster
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 • Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories poster
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 • Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula poster
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • Count Dracula (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story poster
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class poster
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995 • Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 • actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man poster
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988 • Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers poster
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985 • Self (archive footage)
Curse of the Pink Panther poster
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 • Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never poster
Better Late Than Never
1983 • Nick Cartland
Trail of the Pink Panther poster
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 • Sir Charles Litton
The Sea Wolves poster
The Sea Wolves
1980 • Col. W.H. Grice
Rough Cut poster
Rough Cut
1980 • Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square poster
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980 • Ivan
Escape to Athena poster
Escape to Athena
1979 • Professor Blake
ABBA in Switzerland poster
ABBA in Switzerland
1979 • Self
Death on the Nile poster
Death on the Nile
1978 • Colonel Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever poster
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978 • Self
Candleshoe poster
Candleshoe
1977 • Priory
Murder by Death poster
Murder by Death
1976 • Dick Charleston
No Deposit, No Return poster
No Deposit, No Return
1976 • J.W. Osborne
Paper Tiger poster
Paper Tiger
1975 • 'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket poster
The Remarkable Rocket
1975 • Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost poster
The Canterville Ghost
1974 • Sir Simon de Canterville
No Image
Gorilla
1974 • Narrator
Vampira poster
Vampira
1974 • Count Dracula
King, Queen, Knave poster
King, Queen, Knave
1972 • Charles Dreyer
No Image
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
1971 • Host
The Statue poster
The Statue
1971 • Alex Bolt
The Extraordinary Seaman poster
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969 • Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
The Brain poster
The Brain
1969 • Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
Before Winter Comes poster
Before Winter Comes
1969 • Major Burnside
The Impossible Years poster
The Impossible Years
1968 • Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill poster
Prudence and the Pill
1968 • Gerald Hardcastle
Casino Royale poster
Casino Royale
1967 • James Bond
Lionpower from MGM poster
Lionpower from MGM
1967 • Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eye of the Devil poster
Eye of the Devil
1966 • Philippe de Montfaucon
All Eyes on Sharon Tate poster
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966 • Self - Interviewee
Where the Spies Are poster
Where the Spies Are
1966 • Dr. Jason Love
Lady L poster
Lady L
1965 • Dicky, Lord Lendale
Bedtime Story poster
Bedtime Story
1964 • Lawrence Jameson
The Pink Panther poster
The Pink Panther
1963 • Sir Charles Lytton
55 Days at Peking poster
55 Days at Peking
1963 • Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day poster
The Shortest Day
1963 • Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Conquered City poster
Conquered City
1962 • Major Peter Whitfield
Guns of Darkness poster
Guns of Darkness
1962 • Tom Jordan
The Road to Hong Kong poster
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 • Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
The Best of Enemies poster
The Best of Enemies
1961 • Maj. Richardson
The Guns of Navarone poster
The Guns of Navarone
1961 • Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Please Don't Eat the Daisies poster
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960 • Larry Mackay
Ask Any Girl poster
Ask Any Girl
1959 • Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary poster
Happy Anniversary
1959 • Chris Walters
Separate Tables poster
Separate Tables
1958 • Major Angus Pollock
The All-Star Christmas Show poster
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 • Self
Bonjour Tristesse poster
Bonjour Tristesse
1958 • Raymond
My Man Godfrey poster
My Man Godfrey
1957 • Godfrey Smith
The Little Hut poster
The Little Hut
1957 • Henry Brittingham-Brett
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! poster
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957 • Alan Coles
Around the World in 80 Days poster
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • Phileas Fogg
The Silken Affair poster
The Silken Affair
1956 • Roger Tweakham
The Birds and the Bees poster
The Birds and the Bees
1956 • Patrick Harris
The King's Thief poster
The King's Thief
1955 • James - Duke of Brampton
Carrington V.C. poster
Carrington V.C.
1954 • Major Charles Carrington
Happy Ever After poster
Happy Ever After
1954 • Jasper O'Leary
The Love Lottery poster
The Love Lottery
1954 • Rex Allerton
The Moon Is Blue poster
The Moon Is Blue
1953 • David Slater
The Lady Says No poster
The Lady Says No
1952 • Bill Shelby
Appointment with Venus poster
Appointment with Venus
1951 • Valentine Moreland
Soldiers Three poster
Soldiers Three
1951 • Capt. Pindenny
Happy Go Lovely poster
Happy Go Lovely
1951 • B.G. Bruno
The Elusive Pimpernel poster
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 • Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
The Toast of New Orleans poster
The Toast of New Orleans
1950 • Jacques Riboudeaux
Breakdowns of 1949 poster
Breakdowns of 1949
1949 • Self
A Kiss for Corliss poster
A Kiss for Corliss
1949 • Kenneth Marquis
A Kiss in the Dark poster
A Kiss in the Dark
1949 • Eric Phillips
Enchantment poster
Enchantment
1948 • Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie poster
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948 • Prince Charles Edward Stuart
The Bishop's Wife poster
The Bishop's Wife
1947 • Henry Brougham
The Other Love poster
The Other Love
1947 • Doctor Anthony Stanton
The Perfect Marriage poster
The Perfect Marriage
1947 • Dale Williams
A Matter of Life and Death poster
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 • Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll poster
Magnificent Doll
1946 • Aaron Burr
United States poster
United States
1944 • Narrator (voice)
The Way Ahead poster
The Way Ahead
1944 • Lieutenant Jim Perry
The First of the Few poster
The First of the Few
1942 • Geoffrey Crisp
Raffles poster
Raffles
1939 • A.J. Raffles
Eternally Yours poster
Eternally Yours
1939 • Tony "The Great Arturo"
The Real Glory poster
The Real Glory
1939 • Lieut. McCool
Bachelor Mother poster
Bachelor Mother
1939 • David Merlin
Wuthering Heights poster
Wuthering Heights
1939 • Edgar Linton
The Dawn Patrol poster
The Dawn Patrol
1938 • Lt. Scott
Three Blind Mice poster
Three Blind Mice
1938 • Steve Harrington
Four Men and a Prayer poster
Four Men and a Prayer
1938 • Christopher Leigh
Bluebeard's 8th Wife poster
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 • Albert De Regnier
Dinner at the Ritz poster
Dinner at the Ritz
1937 • Paul de Brack
The Prisoner of Zenda poster
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 • Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
We Have Our Moments poster
We Have Our Moments
1937 • Joe Gilling