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

2.5

movie

Known For

Death on the Nile

1978

as Colonel Race

Casino Royale

1967

as James Bond

The Pink Panther

1963

as Sir Charles Lytton

The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Phileas Fogg

Murder by Death

1976

as Dick Charleston

Wuthering Heights

1939

as Edgar Linton

Escape to Athena

1979

as Professor Blake

55 Days at Peking

1963

as Sir Arthur Robertson

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

as Peter Carter

Death on the Nile

1978 • as Colonel Race

★ 7.1

Casino Royale

1967 • as James Bond

★ 5.3

The Pink Panther

1963 • as Sir Charles Lytton

★ 6.8

The Guns of Navarone

1961 • as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

★ 7.3

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 • as Phileas Fogg

★ 6.7

Murder by Death

1976 • as Dick Charleston

★ 7.1

Wuthering Heights

1939 • as Edgar Linton

★ 7.2

Escape to Athena

1979 • as Professor Blake

★ 5.7

55 Days at Peking

1963 • as Sir Arthur Robertson

★ 6.9

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 • as Peter Carter

★ 7.8

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982 • as Sir Charles Litton

★ 5.1

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 • as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

★ 7.4

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983 • as Sir Charles Litton

★ 4.6

Bonjour Tristesse

1958 • as Raymond

★ 6.7

The Sea Wolves

1980 • as Col. W.H. Grice

★ 5.9

The Bishop's Wife

1947 • as Henry Brougham

★ 7.1

Candleshoe

1977 • as Priory

★ 6.9

The Brain

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

★ 7.3

Separate Tables

1958 • as Angus Pollock

★ 7.0

Rough Cut

1980 • as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

★ 5.9

Bedtime Story

1964 • as Lawrence Jameson

★ 6.3

The Road to Hong Kong

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

★ 5.8

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960 • as Larry Mackay

★ 6.2

Cleopatra

1934 • as Slave (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Bachelor Mother

1939 • as David Merlin

★ 7.2

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 • as Captain Randall

★ 6.5

Conquered City

1962 • as Major Peter Whitfield

★ 5.5

The Real Glory

1939 • as Lieut. McCool

★ 6.3

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 • as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

★ 7.5

Eye of the Devil

1966 • as Philippe de Montfaucon

★ 6.1

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Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as Self (archive footage)

My Man Godfrey

1957 • as Godfrey Smith

★ 6.5

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938 • as Albert De Regnier

★ 7.1

Dodsworth

1936 • as Captain Clyde Lockert

★ 7.1

No Deposit, No Return

1976 • as J.W. Osborne

★ 6.3

The Moon Is Blue

1953 • as David Slater

★ 6.3

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

★ 8.0

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 2.0

The Best of Enemies

1961 • as Maj. Richardson

★ 6.9

Rat Pack

2022 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

The Other Love

1947 • as Doctor Anthony Stanton

★ 6.1

Where the Spies Are

1966 • as Dr. Jason Love

★ 5.4

The Toast of New Orleans

1950 • as Jacques Riboudeaux

★ 5.2

The Shortest Day

1963 • as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Vampira

1974 • as Count Dracula

★ 5.2

Barbary Coast

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

★ 6.4

The King's Thief

1955 • as James - Duke of Brampton

★ 6.2

Lionpower from MGM

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

★ 6.3

King, Queen, Knave

1972 • as Charles Dreyer

★ 4.5

Lady L

1965 • as Dicky, Lord Lendale

★ 5.8

The Way Ahead

1944 • as Lieutenant Jim Perry

★ 6.6

The Dawn Patrol

1938 • as Lt. Scott

★ 6.8

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

1980 • as Ivan

★ 6.0

Prudence and the Pill

1968 • as Gerald Hardcastle

★ 5.7

Ask Any Girl

1959 • as Miles Doughton

★ 6.5

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7

Soldiers Three

1951 • as Capt. Pindenny

★ 4.5

Happy Ever After

1954 • as Jasper O'Leary

★ 5.5

Eternally Yours

1939 • as Tony

★ 5.9

Rose Marie

1936 • as Teddy

★ 6.2

Happy Go Lovely

1951 • as B.G. Bruno

★ 6.1

Magnificent Doll

1946 • as Aaron Burr

★ 6.1

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7.7

A Kiss for Corliss

1949 • as Kenneth Marquis

★ 5.8

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028 • as Self (archive footage)

The Extraordinary Seaman

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

★ 3.4

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Little Hut

1957 • as Henry Brittingham-Brett

★ 6.4

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

1957 • as Alan Coles

★ 6.2

Guns of Darkness

1962 • as Tom Jordan

★ 6.2

Paper Tiger

1975 • as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

★ 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

ABBA in Switzerland

1979 • as Self

★ 7.8

The Silken Affair

1956 • as Roger Tweakham

★ 3.3

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950 • as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

★ 6.0

Appointment with Venus

1951 • as Valentine Moreland

★ 5.7

The First of the Few

1942 • as Geoffrey Crisp

★ 6.7

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Gorilla

1974 • as Narrator

Palm Springs

1936 • as George Britell

★ 8.0

The Impossible Years

1968 • as Jonathan Kingsley

★ 5.6

Before Winter Comes

1969 • as Major Burnside

★ 6.0

Beloved Enemy

1936 • as Captain Gerald Preston

★ 6.3

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

1989 • as Self (Archive Footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Enchantment

1948 • as Roland Dane

★ 6.8

The Love Lottery

1954 • as Rex Allerton

★ 5.1

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

2015 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958 • as Self

★ 6.0

Happy Anniversary

1959 • as Chris Walters

★ 6.5

Four Men and a Prayer

1938 • as Christopher Leigh

★ 6.5

Breakdowns of 1949

1949 • as Self

★ 6.0

Carrington V.C.

1954 • as Major Charles Carrington

★ 6.1

The Canterville Ghost

1974 • as Sir Simon de Canterville

★ 7.0

Raffles

1939 • as A.J. Raffles

★ 6.2

Three Blind Mice

1938 • as Steve Harrington

★ 6.1

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978 • as Self

★ 7.1

We Have Our Moments

1937 • as Joe Gilling

★ 7.2

The Statue

1971 • as Alex Bolt

★ 4.8

Thank You, Jeeves!

1936 • as Bertie Wooster

★ 6.4

The Perfect Marriage

1947 • as Dale Williams

★ 5.5

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948 • as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

★ 5.5

United States

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

Splendor

1935 • as Clancey Lorrimore

★ 6.7

Better Late Than Never

1983 • as Nick Cartland

★ 4.8

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 • as Self

★ 6.0

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 • as Leo Cartwright

★ 7.0

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)

★ 3.5

The Birds and the Bees

1956 • as Patrick Harris

★ 7.4

A Kiss in the Dark

1949 • as Eric Phillips

★ 5.2

Without Regret

1935 • as Bill Gage

★ 10.0

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7

The Lady Says No

1952 • as Bill Shelby

★ 4.6

There Goes the Bride

1932 • as Bit Role (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Dinner at the Ritz

1937 • as Paul de Brack

★ 5.8

movie

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

1971 • as Host

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

1966 • as Self - Interviewee

★ 7.4

movie

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978 • as Self / Colonel Race

★ 7.0

The Remarkable Rocket

1975 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 9.0