David Niven

Known for: Acting

Born: 1910-03-01 – 1983-07-29 (aged 73)

From: London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (146)

MOVIE★ 7.7
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 6.2
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
MOVIE
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
as Self (Archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 2.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.6
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Sir Charles Litton
MOVIE★ 4.8
Better Late Than Never
1983
as Nick Cartland
MOVIE★ 5.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Sir Charles Litton
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Sea Wolves
1980
as Col. W.H. Grice
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rough Cut
1980
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980
as Ivan
MOVIE★ 5.8
Escape to Athena
1979
as Professor Blake
TV★ 7.0
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Sir William Stephenson
MOVIE★ 7.8
ABBA in Switzerland
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Death on the Nile
1978
as Colonel Race
MOVIE★ 7.0
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Self / Colonel Race
MOVIE★ 7.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Candleshoe
1977
as Priory
MOVIE
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Murder by Death
1976
as Dick Charleston
MOVIE★ 6.3
No Deposit, No Return
1976
as J.W. Osborne
MOVIE★ 6.3
Paper Tiger
1975
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Remarkable Rocket
1975
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Canterville Ghost
1974
as Sir Simon de Canterville
MOVIE
Gorilla
1974
as Narrator
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Vampira
1974
as Count Dracula
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
King, Queen, Knave
1972
as Charles Dreyer
TV★ 8.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
MOVIE
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
1971
as Host
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Statue
1971
as Alex Bolt
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Brain
1969
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
MOVIE★ 6.0
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Major Burnside
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Impossible Years
1968
as Jonathan Kingsley
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.7
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Gerald Hardcastle
MOVIE★ 5.3
Casino Royale
1967
as James Bond
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Philippe de Montfaucon
MOVIE★ 7.4
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE★ 5.4
Where the Spies Are
1966
as Dr. Jason Love
MOVIE★ 5.8
Lady L
1965
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
TV★ 8.0
The Rogues
1964
as Alec Fleming
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bedtime Story
1964
as Lawrence Jameson
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Pink Panther
1963
as Sir Charles Lytton
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Harvey Cleeve
MOVIE★ 6.9
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Sir Arthur Robertson
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Shortest Day
1963
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Conquered City
1962
as Major Peter Whitfield
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Tom Jordan
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Best of Enemies
1961
as Maj. Richardson
TV★ 5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Self / Host
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
MOVIE★ 6.2
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as Larry Mackay
TV★ 6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Marcus Dodds
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Miles Doughton
TV★ 8.0
The David Niven Show
1959
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.5
Happy Anniversary
1959
as Chris Walters
MOVIE★ 7.1
Separate Tables
1958
as Major Angus Pollock
MOVIE★ 6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
as Raymond
MOVIE★ 6.5
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Godfrey Smith
TV★ 7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Mark Garron
TV★ 6.8
Goodyear Theatre
1957
as Jeff Carleton
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Little Hut
1957
as Henry Brittingham-Brett
MOVIE★ 6.2
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Alan Coles
MOVIE★ 6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Phileas Fogg
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Allen Raikes
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Silken Affair
1956
as Roger Tweakham
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Birds and the Bees
1956
as Patrick Harris
TV★ 8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The King's Thief
1955
as James - Duke of Brampton
TV★ 7.5
The Star and the Story
1955
as Johnny
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carrington V.C.
1954
as Major Charles Carrington
MOVIE★ 5.5
Happy Ever After
1954
as Jasper O'Leary
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Love Lottery
1954
as Rex Allerton
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Moon Is Blue
1953
as David Slater
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Lady Says No
1952
as Bill Shelby
MOVIE★ 5.7
Appointment with Venus
1951
as Valentine Moreland
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MOVIE★ 4.5
Soldiers Three
1951
as Capt. Pindenny
MOVIE★ 6.1
Happy Go Lovely
1951
as B.G. Bruno
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
TV★ 7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as David Niven
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Jacques Riboudeaux
TV★ 7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Sheffield
MOVIE★ 6.0
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Kiss for Corliss
1949
as Kenneth Marquis
TV★ 10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
MOVIE★ 5.2
A Kiss in the Dark
1949
as Eric Phillips
MOVIE★ 6.8
Enchantment
1948
as Roland Dane
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Henry Brougham
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Other Love
1947
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Perfect Marriage
1947
as Dale Williams
MOVIE★ 7.8
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Peter Carter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Aaron Burr
MOVIE
United States
1944
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Way Ahead
1944
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE★ 6.7
The First of the Few
1942
as Geoffrey Crisp
MOVIE★ 6.2
Raffles
1939
as A.J. Raffles
MOVIE★ 5.9
Eternally Yours
1939
as Tony
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Real Glory
1939
as Lieut. McCool
MOVIE★ 7.2
Bachelor Mother
1939
as David Merlin
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wuthering Heights
1939
as Edgar Linton
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Dawn Patrol
1938
as Lt. Scott
MOVIE★ 6.1
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Steve Harrington
MOVIE★ 6.5
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Christopher Leigh
MOVIE★ 7.1
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
as Albert De Regnier
MOVIE★ 5.8
Dinner at the Ritz
1937
as Paul de Brack
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
MOVIE★ 7.2
We Have Our Moments
1937
as Joe Gilling
MOVIE★ 6.3
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Captain Gerald Preston
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Captain Randall
MOVIE★ 6.4
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936
as Bertie Wooster
MOVIE★ 7.1
Dodsworth
1936
as Captain Clyde Lockert
MOVIE★ 6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Palm Springs
1936
as George Britell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Rose Marie
1936
as Teddy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Splendor
1935
as Clancey Lorrimore
MOVIE★ 7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Leo Cartwright
MOVIE★ 6.4
Barbary Coast
1935
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Without Regret
1935
as Bill Gage
MOVIE★ 6.1
Cleopatra
1934
as Slave (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
There Goes the Bride
1932
as Bit Role (uncredited)