David Niven

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
March 1, 1910 (73 years old)
Died
July 29, 1983
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Popular Genres
Comedy Romance Drama
Career Span
1932 – 2024

David Niven

6 wins
76 nominations
6 Oscars
112 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Mar 1, 1910
From
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1932 – 2024

Award Recognition

6
Wins
76
Nominations
6
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2024

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger as (archive footage)

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2000

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

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self (archive footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited) Award

1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self (archive footage)

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)

1983

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

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton Award

1980

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

1979

Escape to Athena as Professor Blake Award
A Man Called Intrepid as Sir William Stephenson
ABBA in Switzerland as Self

1978

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

1977

Candleshoe as Priory

1976

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

1975

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

1974

Vampira as Count Dracula
Gorilla as Narrator
The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville

1972

King, Queen, Knave as Charles Dreyer

1971

The Statue as Alex Bolt
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread as Host

1969

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

1968

The Impossible Years as Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill as Gerald Hardcastle

1967

Casino Royale as James Bond Award

1966

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

1965

Lady L as Dicky, Lord Lendale

1964

Bedtime Story as Lawrence Jameson

1963

The Pink Panther as Sir Charles Lytton Award
55 Days at Peking as Sir Arthur Robertson Award
The Shortest Day as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

1962

The Road to Hong Kong as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
Guns of Darkness as Tom Jordan
Conquered City as Major Peter Whitfield

1961

The Guns of Navarone as Cpl. James Arthur Miller Award
The Best of Enemies as Maj. Richardson

1960

Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Larry Mackay Award

1959

Ask Any Girl as Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary as Chris Walters

1958

Separate Tables as David Angus Pollock Award
Bonjour Tristesse as Raymond

1957

My Man Godfrey as Godfrey Smith
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! as Alan Coles
The Little Hut as Henry Brittingham-Brett

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days as Phileas Fogg
The Birds and the Bees as Patrick Harris
The Silken Affair as Roger Tweakham

1955

The King's Thief as James - Duke of Brampton

1954

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

1953

The Moon Is Blue as David Slater

1952

The Lady Says No as Bill Shelby

1951

Appointment with Venus as Valentine Moreland
Happy Go Lovely as B.G. Bruno
Soldiers Three as Capt. Pindenny

1950

The Elusive Pimpernel as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
The Toast of New Orleans as Jacques Riboudeaux

1949

A Kiss for Corliss as Kenneth Marquis
Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
A Kiss in the Dark as Eric Phillips

1948

Enchantment as Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

1947

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

1946

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

1944

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

1942

The First of the Few as Geoffrey Crisp

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

Cleopatra as Slave (uncredited)

1932

There Goes the Bride as Bit Role (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Death on the Nile
The Pink Panther
The Guns of Navarone
Murder by Death
Trail of the Pink Panther
A Matter of Life and Death
Escape to Athena
Curse of the Pink Panther
Wuthering Heights
Casino Royale

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