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

2.6

movie

Known For

The Pink Panther

1963

as Sir Charles Lytton

Casino Royale

1967

as James Bond

The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Sir Charles Litton

Escape to Athena

1979

as Professor Blake

Death on the Nile

1978

as Colonel Race

Murder by Death

1976

as Dick Charleston

Wuthering Heights

1939

as Edgar Linton

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

as Peter Carter

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Phileas Fogg

The Pink Panther

1963 • as Sir Charles Lytton

★ 6.9

Casino Royale

1967 • as James Bond

★ 5.2

The Guns of Navarone

1961 • as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

★ 7.3

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982 • as Sir Charles Litton

★ 5.1

Escape to Athena

1979 • as Professor Blake

★ 5.7

Death on the Nile

1978 • as Colonel Race

★ 7.2

Murder by Death

1976 • as Dick Charleston

★ 7.1

Wuthering Heights

1939 • as Edgar Linton

★ 7.2

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 • as Peter Carter

★ 7.7

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 • as Phileas Fogg

★ 6.7

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938 • as Albert De Regnier

★ 7.0

Candleshoe

1977 • as Priory

★ 6.9

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 • as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

★ 7.4

The Bishop's Wife

1947 • as Henry Brougham

★ 7.1

55 Days at Peking

1963 • as Sir Arthur Robertson

★ 6.9

The Sea Wolves

1980 • as Col. W.H. Grice

★ 5.9

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 • as Captain Randall

★ 6.5

My Man Godfrey

1957 • as Godfrey Smith

★ 6.5

Ask Any Girl

1959 • as Miles Doughton

★ 6.5

Vampira

1974 • as Count Dracula

★ 5.1

Separate Tables

1958 • as Angus Pollock

★ 7.1

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983 • as Sir Charles Litton

★ 4.6

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960 • as Larry Mackay

★ 6.2

The Road to Hong Kong

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

★ 5.8

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 • as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

★ 7.5

Dodsworth

1936 • as Captain Clyde Lockert

★ 7.1

The Moon Is Blue

1953 • as David Slater

★ 6.3

Bedtime Story

1964 • as Lawrence Jameson

★ 6.3

Lady L

1965 • as Dicky, Lord Lendale

★ 5.8

The Brain

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

★ 7.3

Where the Spies Are

1966 • as Dr. Jason Love

★ 5.4

The Real Glory

1939 • as Lieut. McCool

★ 6.3

We Have Our Moments

1937 • as Joe Gilling

★ 7.1

Bonjour Tristesse

1958 • as Raymond

★ 6.7

Raffles

1939 • as A.J. Raffles

★ 6.2

Eye of the Devil

1966 • as Philippe de Montfaucon

★ 6.1

The Shortest Day

1963 • as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Rough Cut

1980 • as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

★ 5.8

Cleopatra

1934 • as Slave (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

★ 8.0

The Impossible Years

1968 • as Jonathan Kingsley

★ 5.6

Beloved Enemy

1936 • as Captain Gerald Preston

★ 6.3

King, Queen, Knave

1972 • as Charles Dreyer

★ 4.5

The Best of Enemies

1961 • as Maj. Richardson

★ 6.9

Bachelor Mother

1939 • as David Merlin

★ 7.2

Before Winter Comes

1969 • as Major Burnside

★ 6.0

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.6

Rat Pack

2022 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

The King's Thief

1955 • as James - Duke of Brampton

★ 6.2

The Perfect Marriage

1947 • as Dale Williams

★ 5.5

Four Men and a Prayer

1938 • as Christopher Leigh

★ 6.5

Happy Ever After

1954 • as Jasper O'Leary

★ 5.5

No Deposit, No Return

1976 • as J.W. Osborne

★ 6.3

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

1957 • as Alan Coles

★ 6.2

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978 • as Self

★ 7.1

The Little Hut

1957 • as Henry Brittingham-Brett

★ 6.4

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7.7

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950 • as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

★ 6.0

ABBA in Switzerland

1979 • as Self

★ 7.8

A Kiss for Corliss

1949 • as Kenneth Marquis

★ 5.8

The Statue

1971 • as Alex Bolt

★ 4.8

The Birds and the Bees

1956 • as Patrick Harris

★ 7.4

Palm Springs

1936 • as George Britell

★ 8.0

The Other Love

1947 • as Doctor Anthony Stanton

★ 6.1

The First of the Few

1942 • as Geoffrey Crisp

★ 6.7

The Toast of New Orleans

1950 • as Jacques Riboudeaux

★ 5.2

The Dawn Patrol

1938 • as Lt. Scott

★ 6.8

A Kiss in the Dark

1949 • as Eric Phillips

★ 5.2

Lionpower from MGM

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

★ 6.3

Prudence and the Pill

1968 • as Gerald Hardcastle

★ 5.7

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

1980 • as Ivan

★ 6.0

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948 • as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

★ 5.5

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 • as Self

★ 6.0

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

1966 • as Self - Interviewee

★ 7.4

Better Late Than Never

1983 • as Nick Cartland

★ 4.8

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rose Marie

1936 • as Teddy

★ 6.1

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7

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Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as (archive footage)

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 • as Leo Cartwright

★ 7.0

Barbary Coast

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

★ 6.4

Dinner at the Ritz

1937 • as Paul de Brack

★ 5.8

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

1989 • as Self (archive footage)

Soldiers Three

1951 • as Capt. Pindenny

★ 4.5

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

There Goes the Bride

1932 • as Bit Role (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.2

The Remarkable Rocket

1975 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 9.0

Eternally Yours

1939 • as Tony

★ 5.9

Magnificent Doll

1946 • as Aaron Burr

★ 6.1

The Lady Says No

1952 • as Bill Shelby

★ 4.6

United States

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

Enchantment

1948 • as Roland Dane

★ 6.7

Conquered City

1962 • as Major Peter Whitfield

★ 6.0

The Love Lottery

1954 • as Rex Allerton

★ 5.1

The Extraordinary Seaman

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

★ 3.4

The Way Ahead

1944 • as Lieutenant Jim Perry

★ 6.5

The Canterville Ghost

1974 • as Sir Simon de Canterville

★ 7.0

Three Blind Mice

1938 • as Steve Harrington

★ 6.1

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)

★ 3.5

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958 • as Self

★ 6.0

Carrington V.C.

1954 • as Major Charles Carrington

★ 6.2

Happy Go Lovely

1951 • as B.G. Bruno

★ 6.1

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Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

1971 • as Host

Splendor

1935 • as Clancey Lorrimore

★ 6.7

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 2.0

Paper Tiger

1975 • as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

★ 6.2

Without Regret

1935 • as Bill Gage

★ 10.0

The Silken Affair

1956 • as Roger Tweakham

★ 3.3

Thank You, Jeeves!

1936 • as Bertie Wooster

★ 6.4

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028 • as Self (archive footage)

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Gorilla

1974 • as Narrator

Breakdowns of 1949

1949 • as Self

★ 6.0

Happy Anniversary

1959 • as Chris Walters

★ 6.5

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

2015 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Guns of Darkness

1962 • as Tom Jordan

★ 6.2

Appointment with Venus

1951 • as Valentine Moreland

★ 5.7

movie

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978 • as Self / Colonel Race

★ 7.0