David Niven

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

01 March 1910, 115 years old

Known For

The Pink Panther

Death on the Nile

Murder by Death

The Guns of Navarone

Casino Royale

Around the World in 80 Days

A Matter of Life and Death

Mutiny on the Bounty

Trail of the Pink Panther

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

(archive footage)

2024

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

2022

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2005

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

Count Dracula (archive footage)

2000

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self (archive footage)

1995

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

1991

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage)

1988

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self (archive footage)

1985

Curse of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

1983

Better Late Than Never

Nick Cartland

1983

Trail of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

1982

The Sea Wolves

Col. W.H. Grice

1980

Rough Cut

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

1980

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Ivan

1980

Escape to Athena

Professor Blake

1979

ABBA in Switzerland

Self

1979

Death on the Nile

Colonel Race

1978

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Self

1978

Candleshoe

Priory

1977

Murder by Death

Dick Charleston

1976

No Deposit, No Return

J.W. Osborne

1976

Paper Tiger

'Major' Walter Bradbury

1975

The Remarkable Rocket

Narrator (voice)

1975

The Canterville Ghost

Sir Simon de Canterville

1974

Gorilla

Narrator

1974

Vampira

Count Dracula

1974

King, Queen, Knave

Charles Dreyer

1972

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Host

1971

The Statue

Alex Bolt

1971

The Extraordinary Seaman

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1969

The Brain

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

1969

Before Winter Comes

Major Burnside

1969

The Impossible Years

Jonathan Kingsley

1968

Prudence and the Pill

Gerald Hardcastle

1968

Casino Royale

James Bond

1967

Lionpower from MGM

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

1967

Eye of the Devil

Philippe de Montfaucon

1966

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Self - Interviewee

1966

Where the Spies Are

Dr. Jason Love

1966

Lady L

Dicky, Lord Lendale

1965

Bedtime Story

Lawrence Jameson

1964

The Pink Panther

Sir Charles Lytton

1963

55 Days at Peking

Sir Arthur Robertson

1963

The Shortest Day

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

1963

Conquered City

Major Peter Whitfield

1962

Guns of Darkness

Tom Jordan

1962

The Road to Hong Kong

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

1962

The Best of Enemies

Maj. Richardson

1961

The Guns of Navarone

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

1961

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Larry Mackay

1960

Ask Any Girl

Miles Doughton

1959

Happy Anniversary

Chris Walters

1959

Separate Tables

Major Angus Pollock

1958

The All-Star Christmas Show

Self

1958

Bonjour Tristesse

Raymond

1958

My Man Godfrey

Godfrey Smith

1957

The Little Hut

Henry Brittingham-Brett

1957

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Alan Coles

1957

Around the World in 80 Days

Phileas Fogg

1956

The Silken Affair

Roger Tweakham

1956

The Birds and the Bees

Patrick Harris

1956

The King's Thief

James - Duke of Brampton

1955

Carrington V.C.

Major Charles Carrington

1954

Happy Ever After

Jasper O'Leary

1954

The Love Lottery

Rex Allerton

1954

The Moon Is Blue

David Slater

1953

The Lady Says No

Bill Shelby

1952

Appointment with Venus

Valentine Moreland

1951

Soldiers Three

Capt. Pindenny

1951

Happy Go Lovely

B.G. Bruno

1951

The Elusive Pimpernel

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

Jacques Riboudeaux

1950

Breakdowns of 1949

Self

1949

A Kiss for Corliss

Kenneth Marquis

1949

A Kiss in the Dark

Eric Phillips

1949

Enchantment

Roland Dane

1948

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

1948

The Bishop's Wife

Henry Brougham

1947

The Other Love

Doctor Anthony Stanton

1947

The Perfect Marriage

Dale Williams

1947

A Matter of Life and Death

Peter Carter

1946

Magnificent Doll

Aaron Burr

1946

United States

Narrator (voice)

1944

The Way Ahead

Lieutenant Jim Perry

1944

The First of the Few

Geoffrey Crisp

1942

Raffles

A.J. Raffles

1939

Eternally Yours

Tony "The Great Arturo"

1939

The Real Glory

Lieut. McCool

1939

Bachelor Mother

David Merlin

1939

Wuthering Heights

Edgar Linton

1939

The Dawn Patrol

Lt. Scott

1938

Three Blind Mice

Steve Harrington

1938

Four Men and a Prayer

Christopher Leigh

1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Albert De Regnier

1938

Dinner at the Ritz

Paul de Brack

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

1937

We Have Our Moments

Joe Gilling

1937

Beloved Enemy

Captain Gerald Preston

1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Captain Randall

1936

Thank You, Jeeves!

Bertie Wooster

1936

Dodsworth

Captain Clyde Lockert

1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

1936

Palm Springs

George Britell

1936

Rose Marie

Teddy

1936

Splendor

Clancey Lorrimore

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

1935

A Feather in Her Hat

Leo Cartwright

1935

Barbary Coast

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

1935

Without Regret

Bill Gage

1935

Cleopatra

Slave (uncredited)

1934

There Goes the Bride

Bit Role (uncredited)

1932