David Niven

Acting

Born: 1910-03-01 in London, England, UK

Died: 1983-07-29

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.

Acting

The Pink Panther

Sir Charles Lytton

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self (archive footage)

Eye of the Devil

Philippe de Montfaucon

Wuthering Heights

Edgar Linton

Bonjour Tristesse

Raymond

Around the World in 80 Days

Phileas Fogg

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage)

Death on the Nile

Colonel Race

The Guns of Navarone

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Where the Spies Are

Dr. Jason Love

No Deposit, No Return

J.W. Osborne

Murder by Death

Dick Charleston

Dodsworth

Captain Clyde Lockert

The Road to Hong Kong

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Albert De Regnier

Casino Royale

James Bond

Enchantment

Roland Dane

The Impossible Years

Jonathan Kingsley

The Brain

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

Trail of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

55 Days at Peking

Sir Arthur Robertson

A Matter of Life and Death

Peter Carter

Bedtime Story

Lawrence Jameson

The Way Ahead

Lieutenant Jim Perry

Bachelor Mother

David Merlin

Escape to Athena

Professor Blake

Curse of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

Candleshoe

Priory

The Love Lottery

Rex Allerton

Separate Tables

Major Angus Pollock

Carrington V.C.

Major Charles Carrington

The Perfect Marriage

Dale Williams

United States

Narrator (voice)

The Prisoner of Zenda

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Beloved Enemy

Captain Gerald Preston

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Captain Randall

Rose Marie

Teddy

The First of the Few

Geoffrey Crisp

The Dawn Patrol

Lt. Scott

The Best of Enemies

Maj. Richardson

Rough Cut

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Larry Mackay

The Bishop's Wife

Henry Brougham

My Man Godfrey

Godfrey Smith

The Sea Wolves

Col. W.H. Grice

Dinner at the Ritz

Paul de Brack

The Toast of New Orleans

Jacques Riboudeaux

Thank You, Jeeves!

Bertie Wooster

The Moon Is Blue

David Slater

Lady L

Dicky, Lord Lendale

Ask Any Girl

Miles Doughton

Eternally Yours

Tony "The Great Arturo"

Prudence and the Pill

Gerald Hardcastle

Happy Anniversary

Chris Walters

Vampira

Count Dracula

The King's Thief

James - Duke of Brampton

The Extraordinary Seaman

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Alan Coles

Appointment with Venus

Valentine Moreland

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Ivan

The Lady Says No

Bill Shelby

Paper Tiger

'Major' Walter Bradbury

The Other Love

Doctor Anthony Stanton

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Happy Go Lovely

B.G. Bruno

The Real Glory

Lieut. McCool

Four Men and a Prayer

Christopher Leigh

The Many Faces of Dracula

Count Dracula (archive footage)

The Birds and the Bees

Patrick Harris

The Little Hut

Henry Brittingham-Brett

The Statue

Alex Bolt

Raffles

A.J. Raffles

The Elusive Pimpernel

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Soldiers Three

Capt. Pindenny

Before Winter Comes

Major Burnside

A Kiss for Corliss

Kenneth Marquis

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

A Kiss in the Dark

Eric Phillips

Magnificent Doll

Aaron Burr

A Feather in Her Hat

Leo Cartwright

We Have Our Moments

Joe Gilling

Three Blind Mice

Steve Harrington

Happy Ever After

Jasper O'Leary

Guns of Darkness

Tom Jordan

King, Queen, Knave

Charles Dreyer

Without Regret

Bill Gage

Palm Springs

George Britell

Conquered City

Major Peter Whitfield

ABBA in Switzerland

Self

Splendor

Clancey Lorrimore

Barbary Coast

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Better Late Than Never

Nick Cartland

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

There Goes the Bride

Bit Role (uncredited)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

(archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self (archive footage)

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Host

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost

Sir Simon de Canterville

Breakdowns of 1949

Self

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Self

The Silken Affair

Roger Tweakham

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Remarkable Rocket

Narrator (voice)

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Self - Interviewee

The Shortest Day

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Cleopatra

Slave (uncredited)

Gorilla

Narrator

The All-Star Christmas Show

Self

Lionpower from MGM

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

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Pink Panther

Sir Charles Lytton

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self (archive footage)

Eye of the Devil

Philippe de Montfaucon

Wuthering Heights

Edgar Linton

Bonjour Tristesse

Raymond

Around the World in 80 Days

Phileas Fogg

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage)

Death on the Nile

Colonel Race

The Guns of Navarone

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Where the Spies Are

Dr. Jason Love

No Deposit, No Return

J.W. Osborne

Murder by Death

Dick Charleston

Dodsworth

Captain Clyde Lockert

The Road to Hong Kong

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Albert De Regnier

Casino Royale

James Bond

Enchantment

Roland Dane

The Impossible Years

Jonathan Kingsley

The Brain

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

Trail of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

55 Days at Peking

Sir Arthur Robertson

A Matter of Life and Death

Peter Carter

Bedtime Story

Lawrence Jameson

The Way Ahead

Lieutenant Jim Perry

Bachelor Mother

David Merlin

Escape to Athena

Professor Blake

Curse of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

Candleshoe

Priory

The Love Lottery

Rex Allerton

Separate Tables

Major Angus Pollock

Carrington V.C.

Major Charles Carrington

The Perfect Marriage

Dale Williams

United States

Narrator (voice)

The Prisoner of Zenda

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Beloved Enemy

Captain Gerald Preston

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Captain Randall

Rose Marie

Teddy

The First of the Few

Geoffrey Crisp

The Dawn Patrol

Lt. Scott

The Best of Enemies

Maj. Richardson

Rough Cut

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Larry Mackay

The Bishop's Wife

Henry Brougham

My Man Godfrey

Godfrey Smith

The Sea Wolves

Col. W.H. Grice

Dinner at the Ritz

Paul de Brack

The Toast of New Orleans

Jacques Riboudeaux

Thank You, Jeeves!

Bertie Wooster

The Moon Is Blue

David Slater

Lady L

Dicky, Lord Lendale

Ask Any Girl

Miles Doughton

Eternally Yours

Tony "The Great Arturo"

Prudence and the Pill

Gerald Hardcastle

Happy Anniversary

Chris Walters

Vampira

Count Dracula

The King's Thief

James - Duke of Brampton

The Extraordinary Seaman

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Alan Coles

Appointment with Venus

Valentine Moreland

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Ivan

The Lady Says No

Bill Shelby

Paper Tiger

'Major' Walter Bradbury

The Other Love

Doctor Anthony Stanton

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Happy Go Lovely

B.G. Bruno

The Real Glory

Lieut. McCool

Four Men and a Prayer

Christopher Leigh

The Many Faces of Dracula

Count Dracula (archive footage)

The Birds and the Bees

Patrick Harris

The Little Hut

Henry Brittingham-Brett

The Statue

Alex Bolt

Raffles

A.J. Raffles

The Elusive Pimpernel

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Soldiers Three

Capt. Pindenny

Before Winter Comes

Major Burnside

A Kiss for Corliss

Kenneth Marquis

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

A Kiss in the Dark

Eric Phillips

Magnificent Doll

Aaron Burr

A Feather in Her Hat

Leo Cartwright

We Have Our Moments

Joe Gilling

Three Blind Mice

Steve Harrington

Happy Ever After

Jasper O'Leary

Guns of Darkness

Tom Jordan

King, Queen, Knave

Charles Dreyer

Without Regret

Bill Gage

Palm Springs

George Britell

Conquered City

Major Peter Whitfield

ABBA in Switzerland

Self

Splendor

Clancey Lorrimore

Barbary Coast

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Better Late Than Never

Nick Cartland

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

There Goes the Bride

Bit Role (uncredited)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

(archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self (archive footage)

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Host

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost

Sir Simon de Canterville

Breakdowns of 1949

Self

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Self

The Silken Affair

Roger Tweakham

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Remarkable Rocket

Narrator (voice)

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Self - Interviewee

The Shortest Day

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Cleopatra

Slave (uncredited)

Gorilla

Narrator

The All-Star Christmas Show

Self

Lionpower from MGM

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

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Other Credits

The Night They Saved Christmas

Executive Producer

The Night They Saved Christmas

Executive Producer