David Niven
Known for acting · Born 1 March 1910 · Died 29 July 1983 · aged 73 · London, England, UK
152 credits
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
The Pink Panther
1963
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Casino Royale
1967
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Wuthering Heights
1939
The Brain
1969
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Murder by Death
1976
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
55 Days at Peking
1963
Acting (149)
2028Charmed Lives: A Family RomanceSelf (archive footage)Film
2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger(archive footage)Film
2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secretSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2015Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a DamnSelf (archive footage)Film
2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)Series
2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf - Actor (archive footage)Film
2004ParkinsonSelf - Guest (archive footage)Series
2000The Many Faces of DraculaCount Dracula (archive footage)Film
2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)Film
1997Bogart: The Untold StorySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1995Roger Moore: A Matter of ClassSelf (archive footage)Film
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakeractor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...Self (archive footage)Film
1988Gregory Peck: His Own ManSelf (archive footage)Film
1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star BloopersSelf (archive footage)Film
1983Curse of the Pink PantherSir Charles LittonFilm
1983Better Late Than NeverNick CartlandFilm
1982Trail of the Pink PantherSir Charles LittonFilm
1980The Sea WolvesCol. W.H. GriceFilm
1980Rough CutChief Insp. Cyril WillisFilm
1980A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareIvanFilm
1979Escape to AthenaProfessor BlakeFilm
1979ABBA in SwitzerlandSelfFilm
1979A Man Called IntrepidSir William Stephenson · 3 episodesSeries
1978Death on the NileColonel RaceFilm
1978Formula 1 - Speed feverSelfFilm
1978Death on the Nile: Making of FeaturetteSelf / Colonel RaceFilm
1978Ciné regardsSelfSeries
1977CandleshoePrioryFilm
1976Murder by DeathDick CharlestonFilm
1976No Deposit, No ReturnJ.W. OsborneFilm
1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy(archive footage)Film
1975Paper Tiger'Major' Walter BradburyFilm
1975The Remarkable RocketNarrator (voice)Film
1974VampiraCount DraculaFilm
1974The Canterville GhostSir Simon de CantervilleFilm
1974Dinah!Self · 2 episodesSeries
1974GorillaNarratorFilm
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...SelfSeries
1972King, Queen, KnaveCharles DreyerFilm
1971The StatueAlex BoltFilm
1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1971Scotland Yard - the Golden ThreadHostFilm
1969The BrainColonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'Film
1969Before Winter ComesMajor BurnsideFilm
1969The Extraordinary SeamanLt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.Film
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1968Prudence and the PillGerald HardcastleFilm
1968The Impossible YearsJonathan KingsleyFilm
1967Casino RoyaleJames BondFilm
1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1966Eye of the DevilPhilippe de MontfauconFilm
1966Where the Spies AreDr. Jason LoveFilm
1966All Eyes on Sharon TateSelf - IntervieweeFilm
1965Lady LDicky, Lord LendaleFilm
1964Bedtime StoryLawrence JamesonFilm
1964The RoguesAlec Fleming · 30 episodesSeries
1963The Pink PantherSir Charles LyttonFilm
196355 Days at PekingSir Arthur RobertsonFilm
1963The Shortest DaySoldato inglese (uncredited)Film
1963Burke's LawHarvey CleeveSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1962The Road to Hong KongLama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)Film
1962Guns of DarknessTom JordanFilm
1962Conquered CityMajor Peter WhitfieldFilm
1961The Guns of NavaroneCpl. John Anthony MillerFilm
1961The Best of EnemiesMaj. RichardsonFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1961The Dick Powell ShowSelf / HostSeries
1960Please Don't Eat the DaisiesLarry MackayFilm
1959Ask Any GirlMiles DoughtonFilm
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonMarcus DoddsSeries
1959Happy AnniversaryChris WaltersFilm
1959The David Niven ShowSelf - Host · 13 episodesSeries
1958Bonjour TristesseRaymondFilm
1958Separate TablesAngus PollockFilm
1958The All-Star Christmas ShowSelfFilm
1957My Man GodfreyGodfrey SmithFilm
1957The Little HutHenry Brittingham-BrettFilm
1957Alcoa TheatreMark Garron, Paul Evans, Robert Medhill, Paul Martel, Jeff CarletonSeries
1957Goodyear TheatreJeff CarletonSeries
1957Oh, Men! Oh, Women!Alan ColesFilm
1956Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas FoggFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreAllen Raikes, Milo BrantSeries
1956The Birds and the BeesPatrick HarrisFilm
1956The Silken AffairRoger TweakhamFilm
1956CinépanoramaSelfSeries
1955The King's ThiefJames - Duke of BramptonFilm
1955The Star and the StoryJohnnySeries
1954Carrington V.C.Major Charles CarringtonFilm
1954The Love LotteryRex AllertonFilm
1954Happy Ever AfterJasper O'LearyFilm
1953The OscarsSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1953The Moon Is BlueDavid SlaterFilm
1952The Lady Says NoBill ShelbyFilm
1952Four Star PlayhouseWilliam 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, LeeSeries
1951Happy Go LovelyB.G. BrunoFilm
1951Appointment with VenusValentine MorelandFilm
1951Soldiers ThreeCapt. PindennyFilm
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries
1950What's My Line?Self · 8 episodesSeries
1950The Jack Benny ProgramDavid Niven · 2 episodesSeries
1950The Toast of New OrleansJacques RiboudeauxFilm
1950The Elusive PimpernelPercy "Scarlet Pimpernel" BlakeneyFilm
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSheffieldSeries
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1949A Kiss in the DarkEric PhillipsFilm
1949A Kiss for CorlissKenneth MarquisFilm
1949The BAFTA AwardsHostSeries
1949Breakdowns of 1949SelfFilm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
1948EnchantmentRoland DaneFilm
1948Bonnie Prince CharliePrince Charles Edward StuartFilm
1947The Bishop's WifeHenry BroughamFilm
1947The Other LoveDoctor Anthony StantonFilm
1947The Perfect MarriageDale WilliamsFilm
1946A Matter of Life and DeathPeter CarterFilm
1946Magnificent DollAaron BurrFilm
1944The Way AheadLieutenant Jim PerryFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
1944United StatesNarrator (voice)Film
1942The First of the FewGeoffrey CrispFilm
1939Wuthering HeightsEdgar LintonFilm
1939Bachelor MotherDavid MerlinFilm
1939The Real GloryLieut. McCoolFilm
1939Eternally YoursTonyFilm
1939RafflesA.J. RafflesFilm
1938Bluebeard's 8th WifeAlbert De RegnierFilm
1938The Dawn PatrolLt. ScottFilm
1938Four Men and a PrayerChristopher LeighFilm
1938Three Blind MiceSteve HarringtonFilm
1937The Prisoner of ZendaCaptain Fritz von TarlenheimFilm
1937Dinner at the RitzPaul de BrackFilm
1937We Have Our MomentsJoe GillingFilm
1936DodsworthCaptain Clyde LockertFilm
1936The Charge of the Light BrigadeCaptain RandallFilm
1936Rose MarieTeddyFilm
1936Beloved EnemyCaptain Gerald PrestonFilm
1936Thank You, Jeeves!Bertie WoosterFilm
1936Palm SpringsGeorge BritellFilm
1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)SelfFilm
1935Mutiny on the BountyAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)Film
1935Barbary CoastCockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)Film
1935SplendorClancey LorrimoreFilm
1935A Feather in Her HatLeo CartwrightFilm
1935Without RegretBill GageFilm
1934CleopatraSlave (uncredited)Film
1932There Goes the BrideBit Role (uncredited)Film
Directing (1)
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDirectorSeries
Production (2)
1984The Night They Saved ChristmasExecutive ProducerFilm
1952Four Star PlayhouseProducerSeries