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David Niven

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 1, 1910 (116 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger(archive footage)
2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)
2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secretSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)
2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)
2000The Many Faces of DraculaCount Dracula (archive footage)
1997Bogart: The Untold StorySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995Roger Moore: A Matter of ClassSelf (archive footage)
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakeractor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988Gregory Peck: His Own ManSelf (archive footage)
1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star BloopersSelf (archive footage)
1983Curse of the Pink PantherSir Charles Litton
1983Better Late Than NeverNick Cartland
1982Trail of the Pink PantherSir Charles Litton
1980Rough CutChief Insp. Cyril Willis
1980The Sea WolvesCol. W.H. Grice
1980A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquareIvan
1979Escape to AthenaProfessor Blake
1979ABBA in SwitzerlandSelf
1979A Man Called IntrepidSir William Stephenson
1978Death on the NileColonel Race
1978Formula 1 - Speed feverSelf
1978Death on the Nile: Making of FeaturetteSelf / Colonel Race
1977CandleshoePriory
1976No Deposit, No ReturnJ.W. Osborne
1976Murder by DeathDick Charleston
1976Bob Hope's World of ComedySelf (archive footage)
1975Paper Tiger'Major' Walter Bradbury
1975The Remarkable RocketNarrator (voice)
1974VampiraCount Dracula
1974The Canterville GhostSir Simon de Canterville
1974GorillaNarrator
1974Dinah!Self
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1972King, Queen, KnaveCharles Dreyer
1971The StatueAlex Bolt
1971Scotland Yard - the Golden ThreadHost
1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf
1969The BrainColonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
1969The Extraordinary SeamanLt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
1969Before Winter ComesMajor Burnside
1968The Impossible YearsJonathan Kingsley
1968Prudence and the PillGerald Hardcastle
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1967Casino RoyaleJames Bond
1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966Eye of the DevilPhilippe de Montfaucon
1966Where the Spies AreDr. Jason Love
1966All Eyes on Sharon TateSelf - Interviewee
1965Lady LDicky, Lord Lendale
1964Bedtime StoryLawrence Jameson
1964The RoguesAlec Fleming
1963The Pink PantherSir Charles Lytton
196355 Days at PekingSir Arthur Robertson
1963The Shortest DaySoldato inglese (uncredited)
1963Burke's LawHarvey Cleeve
1962The Road to Hong KongLama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1962Guns of DarknessTom Jordan
1962Conquered CityMajor Peter Whitfield
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1961The Guns of NavaroneCpl. John Anthony Miller
1961The Best of EnemiesMaj. Richardson
1961The Dick Powell ShowSelf / Host
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1960Please Don't Eat the DaisiesLarry Mackay
1959Ask Any GirlMiles Doughton
1959Happy AnniversaryChris Walters
1959The David Niven ShowSelf - Host
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonMarcus Dodds
1958Bonjour TristesseRaymond
1958Separate TablesMajor Angus Pollock
1958The All-Star Christmas ShowSelf
1957My Man GodfreyGodfrey Smith
1957Oh, Men! Oh, Women!Alan Coles
1957The Little HutHenry Brittingham-Brett
1957Alcoa TheatreMark Garron
1957Goodyear TheatreJeff Carleton
1957Alcoa TheatrePaul Evans
1957Alcoa TheatreRobert Medhill
1957Alcoa TheatrePaul Martel
1957Alcoa TheatreJeff Carleton
1956Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg
1956The Birds and the BeesPatrick Harris
1956The Silken AffairRoger Tweakham
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreAllen Raikes
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreMilo Brant
1956CinépanoramaSelf
1955The King's ThiefJames - Duke of Brampton
1955The Star and the StoryJohnny
1954The Love LotteryRex Allerton
1954Carrington V.C.Major Charles Carrington
1954Happy Ever AfterJasper O'Leary
1953The Moon Is BlueDavid Slater
1953The OscarsSelf
1952The Lady Says NoBill Shelby
1952Four Star PlayhouseWilliam Langford
1952Four Star PlayhouseDoctor
1952Four Star PlayhouseBingham
1952Four Star PlayhousePhil Weston
1952Four Star PlayhouseMitch
1952Four Star PlayhouseSteve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
1952Four Star PlayhouseDoctor Gentry
1952Four Star PlayhouseTed Parker
1952Four Star PlayhouseAndy
1952Four Star PlayhouseRichard Lilliam
1952Four Star PlayhouseAndy Fields
1952Four Star PlayhouseJohn
1952Four Star PlayhouseRoyal Thurston
1952Four Star PlayhouseHal Winters
1952Four Star PlayhouseGeorge
1952Four Star PlayhouseDeacon
1952Four Star PlayhouseCharles
1952Four Star PlayhouseTony Stewart
1952Four Star PlayhouseWyeth
1952Four Star PlayhouseRobert Louis Stevenson
1952Four Star PlayhouseHenry
1952Four Star PlayhouseUncle Fred
1952Four Star PlayhouseCookie
1952Four Star PlayhouseAdams
1952Four Star PlayhouseMaxwell
1952Four Star PlayhousePhilip
1952Four Star PlayhouseLarkin
1952Four Star PlayhouseFrank
1952Four Star PlayhouseDavid
1952Four Star PlayhouseJim Kenyon
1952Four Star PlayhouseTed
1952Four Star PlayhouseLee
1951Appointment with VenusValentine Moreland
1951Happy Go LovelyB.G. Bruno
1951Soldiers ThreeCapt. Pindenny
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950The Toast of New OrleansJacques Riboudeaux
1950The Elusive PimpernelPercy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSheffield
1950The Jack Benny ProgramDavid Niven
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
1950The Jack Benny ProgramSelf
1950What's My Line?Self
1950What's My Line?Self - Panelist
1949A Kiss for CorlissKenneth Marquis
1949A Kiss in the DarkEric Phillips
1949Breakdowns of 1949Self
1949The BAFTA AwardsHost
1948EnchantmentRoland Dane
1948Bonnie Prince CharliePrince Charles Edward Stuart
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1947The Perfect MarriageDale Williams
1947The Bishop's WifeHenry Brougham
1947The Other LoveDoctor Anthony Stanton
1946A Matter of Life and DeathPeter Carter
1946Magnificent DollAaron Burr
1944The Way AheadLieutenant Jim Perry
1944United StatesNarrator (voice)
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
1942The First of the FewGeoffrey Crisp
1939Wuthering HeightsEdgar Linton
1939Bachelor MotherDavid Merlin
1939Eternally YoursTony "The Great Arturo"
1939The Real GloryLieut. McCool
1939RafflesA.J. Raffles
1938Bluebeard's 8th WifeAlbert De Regnier
1938The Dawn PatrolLt. Scott
1938Four Men and a PrayerChristopher Leigh
1938Three Blind MiceSteve Harrington
1937The Prisoner of ZendaCaptain Fritz von Tarlenheim
1937Dinner at the RitzPaul de Brack
1937We Have Our MomentsJoe Gilling
1936DodsworthCaptain Clyde Lockert
1936Beloved EnemyCaptain Gerald Preston
1936The Charge of the Light BrigadeCaptain Randall
1936Rose MarieTeddy
1936Thank You, Jeeves!Bertie Wooster
1936Palm SpringsGeorge Britell
1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)Self
1935A Feather in Her HatLeo Cartwright
1935Without RegretBill Gage
1935Barbary CoastCockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
1935SplendorClancey Lorrimore
1935Mutiny on the BountyAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1934CleopatraSlave (uncredited)
1932There Goes the BrideBit Role (uncredited)
Production
1984The Night They Saved ChristmasExecutive Producer
1952Four Star PlayhouseProducer
Directing
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDirector