David Niven

Personal Info

Birthday

March 1, 1910

Day of Death

1983-07-29

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

James David Graham Niven

David Nivens

Дейвид Нивен

Дэвид Нивен

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David Niven

Biography

James David Graham Niven, 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

Robert Montgomery Presents

Four Star Playhouse

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Jack Benny Program

Burke's Law

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The BAFTA Awards

Alcoa Theatre

Filmography

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