David Niven

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 140

Gender Male

Birthday March 1, 1910

Day of Death July 29, 1983 (73 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As

James David Graham Niven
David Nivens
Дейвид Нивен
Дэвид Нивен
大卫·尼文

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David Niven

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

as (archive footage)

2022

as Self (archive footage)

2013

(1 episode) as Self (archive footage)

2005

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2000		Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
2000		The Many Faces of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1997

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995

as Self (archive footage)

1991

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

1985

as Self (archive footage)

1983		Curse of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton
1983		Better Late Than Never as Nick Cartland

1982

as Sir Charles Litton

1980		The Sea Wolves as Col. W.H. Grice
1980		Rough Cut as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
1980		A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square as Ivan

1979		A Man Called Intrepid (3 episodes) as Sir William Stephenson
1979		Escape to Athena as Professor Blake
1979		A Man Called Intrepid as Sir William Stephenson
1979		ABBA in Switzerland as Self

1978		Death on the Nile as Colonel Race
1978		Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self

1977

as Priory

1976		Murder by Death as Dick Charleston
1976		No Deposit, No Return as J.W. Osborne

1975		Paper Tiger as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
1975		The Remarkable Rocket as Narrator (voice)

1974		The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville
1974		Gorilla as Narrator
1974		Dinah! (2 episodes) as Self
1974		Vampira as Count Dracula

1973

(1 episode) as Self

1972

as Charles Dreyer

1971		V.I.P. Schaukel (2 episodes) as Self
1971		Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread as Host
1971		The Statue as Alex Bolt

1969		The Extraordinary Seaman as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
1969		The Brain as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
1969		Before Winter Comes as Major Burnside

1968		The Impossible Years as Jonathan Kingsley
1968		The Dick Cavett Show (2 episodes) as Self - Guest
1968		Prudence and the Pill as Gerald Hardcastle

1967

as James Bond

1966		Eye of the Devil as Philippe de Montfaucon
1966		All Eyes on Sharon Tate as Self - Interviewee
1966		Where the Spies Are as Dr. Jason Love

1965

as Dicky, Lord Lendale

1964		The Rogues (30 episodes) as Alec Fleming
1964		Bedtime Story as Lawrence Jameson

1963		The Pink Panther as Sir Charles Lytton
1963		Burke's Law (1 episode) as Harvey Cleeve
1963		55 Days at Peking as Sir Arthur Robertson
1963		The Shortest Day as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

1962		Conquered City as Major Peter Whitfield
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (3 episodes) as Self
1962		Guns of Darkness as Tom Jordan
1962		The Road to Hong Kong as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

1961		The Mike Douglas Show (4 episodes) as Self
1961		The Best of Enemies as Maj. Richardson
1961		The Dick Powell Show (1 episode) as Self / Host
1961		The Guns of Navarone as Cpl. James Arthur Miller

1960

as Larry Mackay

1959		The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 episode) as Marcus Dodds
1959		Ask Any Girl as Miles Doughton
1959		The David Niven Show (13 episodes) as Self - Host
1959		Happy Anniversary as Chris Walters

1958		Separate Tables as David Angus Pollock
1958		Bonjour Tristesse as Raymond

1957		My Man Godfrey as Godfrey Smith
1957		Alcoa Theatre (1 episode) as Jeff Carleton (1 episode) as Paul Martel (1 episode) as Robert Medhill (1 episode) as Paul Evans (1 episode) as Mark Garron
1957		Goodyear Theatre (1 episode) as Jeff Carleton
1957		The Little Hut as Henry Brittingham-Brett
1957		Oh, Men! Oh, Women! as Alan Coles

1956		Around the World in Eighty Days as Phileas Fogg
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Milo Brant (1 episode) as Allen Raikes
1956		The Silken Affair as Roger Tweakham
1956		The Birds and the Bees as Patrick Harris
1956		Cinépanorama (1 episode) as Self

1955		The King's Thief as James - Duke of Brampton
1955		The Star and the Story (1 episode) as Johnny

1954		Carrington V.C. as Major Charles Carrington
1954		Happy Ever After as Jasper O'Leary
1954		The Love Lottery as Rex Allerton

1953		The Moon Is Blue as David Slater
1953		The Oscars (3 episodes) as Self

1952		Four Star Playhouse (1 episode) as Lee (1 episode) as Ted (1 episode) as Jim Kenyon (1 episode) as David (1 episode) as Frank (1 episode) as Larkin (1 episode) as Philip (1 episode) as Maxwell (1 episode) as Adams (1 episode) as Cookie (1 episode) as Uncle Fred (1 episode) as Henry (1 episode) as Robert Louis Stevenson (1 episode) as Wyeth (1 episode) as Tony Stewart (1 episode) as Charles (1 episode) as Deacon (1 episode) as George (1 episode) as Hal Winters (1 episode) as Royal Thurston (1 episode) as John (1 episode) as Andy Fields (1 episode) as Richard Lilliam (1 episode) as Andy (1 episode) as Ted Parker (1 episode) as Doctor Gentry (1 episode) as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle (1 episode) as Mitch (1 episode) as Phil Weston (1 episode) as Bingham (1 episode) as Doctor (1 episode) as William Langford
1952		The Lady Says No as Bill Shelby

1951		Appointment with Venus as Valentine Moreland
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode)
1951		Soldiers Three as Capt. Pindenny
1951		Happy Go Lovely as B.G. Bruno

1950		The Elusive Pimpernel as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
1950		The Jack Benny Program (1 episode) as Self (1 episode) as David Niven
1950		The Toast of New Orleans as Jacques Riboudeaux
1950		The Bob Hope Show (3 episodes) as Self
1950		What's My Line? (7 episodes) as Self - Panelist (1 episode) as Self
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents (1 episode) as Sheffield

1949		Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
1949		A Kiss for Corliss as Kenneth Marquis
1949		The BAFTA Awards (1 episode) as Host
1949		A Kiss in the Dark as Eric Phillips

1948		Enchantment as Roland Dane
1948		Bonnie Prince Charlie as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show (1 episode) as Self

1947		The Bishop's Wife as Henry Brougham
1947		The Other Love as Doctor Anthony Stanton
1947		The Perfect Marriage as Dale Williams

1946		A Matter of Life and Death as Peter Carter
1946		Magnificent Doll as Aaron Burr

1944		United States as Narrator (voice)
1944		The Way Ahead as Lieutenant Jim Perry

1942

as Geoffrey Crisp

1939		Raffles as A.J. Raffles
1939		Eternally Yours as Tony "The Great Arturo"
1939		The Real Glory as Lieut. McCool
1939		Bachelor Mother as David Merlin
1939		Wuthering Heights as Edgar Linton

1938		The Dawn Patrol as Lt. Scott
1938		Three Blind Mice as Steve Harrington
1938		Four Men and a Prayer as Christopher Leigh
1938		Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Albert De Regnier

1937		Dinner at the Ritz as Paul de Brack
1937		The Prisoner of Zenda as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
1937		We Have Our Moments as Joe Gilling

1936		Beloved Enemy as Captain Gerald Preston
1936		The Charge of the Light Brigade as Captain Randall
1936		Thank You, Jeeves! as Bertie Wooster
1936		Dodsworth as Captain Clyde Lockert
1936		Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1936		Palm Springs as George Britell
1936		Rose Marie as Teddy

1935		Mutiny on the Bounty as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935		Splendor as Clancey Lorrimore
1935		A Feather in Her Hat as Leo Cartwright
1935		Barbary Coast as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
1935		Without Regret as Bill Gage

1934

as Slave (uncredited)

1932

as Bit Role (uncredited)

Production

1984

… Executive Producer

1952

(1 episode) … Producer

Directing

1956

(1 episode) … Director

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