David Niven
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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
Filmography
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never
1983
as Nick Cartland
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Sir Charles Litton
Rough Cut
1980
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
The Sea Wolves
1980
as Col. W.H. Grice
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980
as Ivan
Escape to Athena
1979
as Professor Blake
ABBA in Switzerland
1979
as Self
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Sir William Stephenson
Death on the Nile
1978
as Colonel Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Candleshoe
1977
as Priory
No Deposit, No Return
1976
as J.W. Osborne
Murder by Death
1976
as Dick Charleston
Paper Tiger
1975
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Vampira
1974
as Count Dracula
The Canterville Ghost
1974
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Gorilla
1974
as Narrator
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
King, Queen, Knave
1972
as Charles Dreyer
The Statue
1971
as Alex Bolt
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
1971
as Host
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Brain
1969
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Major Burnside
The Impossible Years
1968
as Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Gerald Hardcastle
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Casino Royale
1967
as James Bond
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Philippe de Montfaucon
Where the Spies Are
1966
as Dr. Jason Love
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966
as Self - Interviewee
Lady L
1965
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
Bedtime Story
1964
as Lawrence Jameson
The Rogues
1964
as Alec Fleming
The Pink Panther
1963
as Sir Charles Lytton
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day
1963
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963
as Harvey Cleeve
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Tom Jordan
Conquered City
1962
as Major Peter Whitfield
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
The Best of Enemies
1961
as Maj. Richardson
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Self / Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as Larry Mackay
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary
1959
as Chris Walters
The David Niven Show
1959
as Self - Host
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Marcus Dodds
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
as Raymond
Separate Tables
1958
as Major Angus Pollock
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Godfrey Smith
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Alan Coles
The Little Hut
1957
as Henry Brittingham-Brett
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Mark Garron
Goodyear Theatre
1957
as Jeff Carleton
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Paul Evans
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Robert Medhill
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Paul Martel
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Jeff Carleton
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Phileas Fogg
The Birds and the Bees
1956
as Patrick Harris
The Silken Affair
1956
as Roger Tweakham
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Allen Raikes
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Milo Brant
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
The King's Thief
1955
as James - Duke of Brampton
The Star and the Story
1955
as Johnny
The Love Lottery
1954
as Rex Allerton
Carrington V.C.
1954
as Major Charles Carrington
Happy Ever After
1954
as Jasper O'Leary
The Moon Is Blue
1953
as David Slater
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Lady Says No
1952
as Bill Shelby
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Doctor
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as William Langford
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mitch
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Phil Weston
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Bingham
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Doctor Gentry
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Ted Parker
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Andy
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Richard Lilliam
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Andy Fields
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as John
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Royal Thurston
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Hal Winters
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Tony Stewart
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as George
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Deacon
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Charles
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Robert Louis Stevenson
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Henry
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Wyeth
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Uncle Fred
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Cookie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Adams
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Maxwell
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Philip
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Larkin
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Frank
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as David
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Jim Kenyon
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Ted
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lee
Appointment with Venus
1951
as Valentine Moreland
Happy Go Lovely
1951
as B.G. Bruno
Soldiers Three
1951
as Capt. Pindenny
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Jacques Riboudeaux
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Sheffield
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as David Niven
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
A Kiss for Corliss
1949
as Kenneth Marquis
A Kiss in the Dark
1949
as Eric Phillips
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
Enchantment
1948
as Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Perfect Marriage
1947
as Dale Williams
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Henry Brougham
The Other Love
1947
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Aaron Burr
The Way Ahead
1944
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
United States
1944
as Narrator (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The First of the Few
1942
as Geoffrey Crisp
Wuthering Heights
1939
as Edgar Linton
Bachelor Mother
1939
as David Merlin
Eternally Yours
1939
as Tony "The Great Arturo"
The Real Glory
1939
as Lieut. McCool
Raffles
1939
as A.J. Raffles
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
as Albert De Regnier
The Dawn Patrol
1938
as Lt. Scott
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Christopher Leigh
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Steve Harrington
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Dinner at the Ritz
1937
as Paul de Brack
We Have Our Moments
1937
as Joe Gilling
Dodsworth
1936
as Captain Clyde Lockert
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Captain Gerald Preston
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Captain Randall
Rose Marie
1936
as Teddy
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936
as Bertie Wooster
Palm Springs
1936
as George Britell
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Leo Cartwright
Without Regret
1935
as Bill Gage
Barbary Coast
1935
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Splendor
1935
as Clancey Lorrimore
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1934
as Slave (uncredited)
There Goes the Bride
1932
as Bit Role (uncredited)