David Niven

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.

Born

Mar 01, 1910

London, England, UK

Died

Jul 29, 1983

Known For

Acting

Movies

119 acting

1 crew

Popularity

2.3

movie

Known For

Casino Royale

1967

as James Bond

The Pink Panther

1963

as Sir Charles Lytton

Death on the Nile

1978

as Colonel Race

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Phileas Fogg

The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Murder by Death

1976

as Dick Charleston

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Sir Charles Litton

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

as Sir Charles Litton

Wuthering Heights

1939

as Edgar Linton

Casino Royale

1967 • as James Bond

★ 5.2

The Pink Panther

1963 • as Sir Charles Lytton

★ 6.8

Death on the Nile

1978 • as Colonel Race

★ 7.2

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 • as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

★ 7.5

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 • as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

★ 7.4

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 • as Phileas Fogg

★ 6.7

The Guns of Navarone

1961 • as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

★ 7.3

Murder by Death

1976 • as Dick Charleston

★ 7.1

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982 • as Sir Charles Litton

★ 5.1

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983 • as Sir Charles Litton

★ 4.6

Wuthering Heights

1939 • as Edgar Linton

★ 7.2

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 • as Peter Carter

★ 7.8

Separate Tables

1958 • as Angus Pollock

★ 7.0

Cleopatra

1934 • as Slave (uncredited)

★ 6.1

55 Days at Peking

1963 • as Sir Arthur Robertson

★ 6.9

The Bishop's Wife

1947 • as Henry Brougham

★ 7.1

Candleshoe

1977 • as Priory

★ 6.9

Bonjour Tristesse

1958 • as Raymond

★ 6.7

The First of the Few

1942 • as Geoffrey Crisp

★ 6.7

Escape to Athena

1979 • as Professor Blake

★ 5.7

The Sea Wolves

1980 • as Col. W.H. Grice

★ 5.9

The Road to Hong Kong

1962 • as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Conquered City

1962 • as Major Peter Whitfield

★ 5.5

The Brain

1969 • as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

★ 7.3

Rough Cut

1980 • as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

★ 5.8

Eye of the Devil

1966 • as Philippe de Montfaucon

★ 6.1

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 2.0

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950 • as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

★ 6.0

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960 • as Larry Mackay

★ 6.2

The Toast of New Orleans

1950 • as Jacques Riboudeaux

★ 5.2

Lady L

1965 • as Dicky, Lord Lendale

★ 5.8

Bachelor Mother

1939 • as David Merlin

★ 7.2

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Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as Self (archive footage)

Bedtime Story

1964 • as Lawrence Jameson

★ 6.3

Barbary Coast

1935 • as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938 • as Albert De Regnier

★ 7.1

Carrington V.C.

1954 • as Major Charles Carrington

★ 6.2

The Real Glory

1939 • as Lieut. McCool

★ 6.3

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969 • as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

★ 3.4

Where the Spies Are

1966 • as Dr. Jason Love

★ 5.4

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 • as Captain Randall

★ 6.5

My Man Godfrey

1957 • as Godfrey Smith

★ 6.5

Prudence and the Pill

1968 • as Gerald Hardcastle

★ 5.7

Dodsworth

1936 • as Captain Clyde Lockert

★ 7.1

The Best of Enemies

1961 • as Maj. Richardson

★ 6.9

Rat Pack

2022 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 • as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 8.0

No Deposit, No Return

1976 • as J.W. Osborne

★ 6.3

The Moon Is Blue

1953 • as David Slater

★ 6.3

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)

★ 3.5

The Shortest Day

1963 • as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

★ 6.4

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7.7

The Dawn Patrol

1938 • as Lt. Scott

★ 6.8

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Gorilla

1974 • as Narrator

Ask Any Girl

1959 • as Miles Doughton

★ 6.5

Vampira

1974 • as Count Dracula

★ 5.2

The King's Thief

1955 • as James - Duke of Brampton

★ 6.2

The Other Love

1947 • as Doctor Anthony Stanton

★ 6.1

Lionpower from MGM

1967 • as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.7

King, Queen, Knave

1972 • as Charles Dreyer

★ 4.5

Rose Marie

1936 • as Teddy

★ 6.1

United States

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

The Way Ahead

1944 • as Lieutenant Jim Perry

★ 6.5

The Impossible Years

1968 • as Jonathan Kingsley

★ 5.6

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

1980 • as Ivan

★ 6.0

Happy Go Lovely

1951 • as B.G. Bruno

★ 6.1

Beloved Enemy

1936 • as Captain Gerald Preston

★ 6.3

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Magnificent Doll

1946 • as Aaron Burr

★ 6.1

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028 • as Self (archive footage)

The Little Hut

1957 • as Henry Brittingham-Brett

★ 6.4

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

1957 • as Alan Coles

★ 6.2

Eternally Yours

1939 • as Tony

★ 5.9

Soldiers Three

1951 • as Capt. Pindenny

★ 4.5

Enchantment

1948 • as Roland Dane

★ 6.7

Four Men and a Prayer

1938 • as Christopher Leigh

★ 6.5

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7

Guns of Darkness

1962 • as Tom Jordan

★ 6.2

The Silken Affair

1956 • as Roger Tweakham

★ 3.3

We Have Our Moments

1937 • as Joe Gilling

★ 7.2

Breakdowns of 1949

1949 • as Self

★ 6.0

Happy Ever After

1954 • as Jasper O'Leary

★ 5.5

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948 • as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

★ 5.5

The Love Lottery

1954 • as Rex Allerton

★ 5.1

Appointment with Venus

1951 • as Valentine Moreland

★ 5.7

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978 • as Self

★ 7.1

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958 • as Self

★ 6.0

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

1989 • as Self (Archive Footage)

Thank You, Jeeves!

1936 • as Bertie Wooster

★ 6.4

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7

Better Late Than Never

1983 • as Nick Cartland

★ 4.8

Before Winter Comes

1969 • as Major Burnside

★ 6.0

The Birds and the Bees

1956 • as Patrick Harris

★ 7.4

The Lady Says No

1952 • as Bill Shelby

★ 4.6

The Canterville Ghost

1974 • as Sir Simon de Canterville

★ 7.0

A Kiss for Corliss

1949 • as Kenneth Marquis

★ 5.8

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Paper Tiger

1975 • as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

★ 6.2

Splendor

1935 • as Clancey Lorrimore

★ 6.7

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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978 • as Self / Colonel Race

★ 7.0

The Statue

1971 • as Alex Bolt

★ 4.8

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

1966 • as Self - Interviewee

★ 7.4

Raffles

1939 • as A.J. Raffles

★ 6.2

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

2015 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 • as Self

★ 6.0

The Perfect Marriage

1947 • as Dale Williams

★ 5.5

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dinner at the Ritz

1937 • as Paul de Brack

★ 5.8

Happy Anniversary

1959 • as Chris Walters

★ 6.5

ABBA in Switzerland

1979 • as Self

★ 7.8

A Kiss in the Dark

1949 • as Eric Phillips

★ 5.2

There Goes the Bride

1932 • as Bit Role (uncredited)

★ 6.5

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 • as Leo Cartwright

★ 7.0

Palm Springs

1936 • as George Britell

★ 8.0

Three Blind Mice

1938 • as Steve Harrington

★ 6.1

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Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

1971 • as Host

The Remarkable Rocket

1975 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 9.0

Without Regret

1935 • as Bill Gage

★ 10.0