Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1910-03-01
- Day of Death1983-07-29 (73 years)
- Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
- Also Known AsJames David Graham NivenDavid NivensДейвид НивенДэвид Нивен大卫·尼文
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.
Acting Career
- 1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
As: Sir Charles Litton
- 1983
Better Late Than Never
As: Nick Cartland
- 1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
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
As: Sir William Stephenson
- 1979
Escape to Athena
As: Professor Blake
1979A Man Called Intrepid
As: Sir William Stephenson
- 1978
Death on the Nile
As: Colonel Race
1977Candleshoe
As: Priory
- 1976
Murder by Death
As: Dick Charleston
1976No Deposit, No Return
As: J.W. Osborne
1975Paper Tiger
As: 'Major' Walter Bradbury
1975The Remarkable Rocket
As: Narrator (voice)
1974The Canterville Ghost
As: Sir Simon de Canterville
1974Vampira
As: Count Dracula
1972King, Queen, Knave
As: Charles Dreyer
1971The Statue
As: Alex Bolt
1969The Extraordinary Seaman
As: Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
1969The Brain
As: Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
1969Before Winter Comes
As: Major Burnside
1968The Impossible Years
As: Jonathan Kingsley
1968Prudence and the Pill
As: Gerald Hardcastle
- 1967
Casino Royale
As: James Bond
1966Eye of the Devil
As: Philippe de Montfaucon
1966Where the Spies Are
As: Dr. Jason Love
1965Lady L
As: Dicky, Lord Lendale
1964The Rogues
As: Alec Fleming
1964Bedtime Story
As: Lawrence Jameson
- 1963
The Pink Panther
As: Sir Charles Lytton
1963Burke's Law
As: Harvey Cleeve
196355 Days at Peking
As: Sir Arthur Robertson
1963The Shortest Day
As: Soldato inglese (uncredited)
1962Conquered City
As: Major Peter Whitfield
1962Guns of Darkness
As: Tom Jordan
1962The Road to Hong Kong
As: Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1961The Best of Enemies
As: Maj. Richardson
- 1961
The Guns of Navarone
As: Cpl. James Arthur Miller
1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies
As: Larry Mackay
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As: Marcus Dodds
1959Ask Any Girl
As: Miles Doughton
1959Happy Anniversary
As: Chris Walters
1958Separate Tables
As: David Angus Pollock
1958Bonjour Tristesse
As: Raymond
1957My Man Godfrey
As: Godfrey Smith
1957Alcoa Theatre
As: Mark Garron
- 1957
Alcoa Theatre
As: Paul Evans
- 1957
Alcoa Theatre
As: Robert Medhill
- 1957
Alcoa Theatre
As: Paul Martel
- 1957
Alcoa Theatre
As: Jeff Carleton
1957The Little Hut
As: Henry Brittingham-Brett
1957Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
As: Alan Coles
1956Around the World in Eighty Days
As: Phileas Fogg
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Allen Raikes
- 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Milo Brant
1956The Silken Affair
As: Roger Tweakham
1956The Birds and the Bees
As: Patrick Harris
1955The King's Thief
As: James - Duke of Brampton
1955The Star and the Story
As: Johnny
1954Carrington V.C.
As: Major Charles Carrington
1954Happy Ever After
As: Jasper O'Leary
1954The Love Lottery
As: Rex Allerton
1953The Moon Is Blue
As: David Slater
1952The Lady Says No
As: Bill Shelby
1951Appointment with Venus
As: Valentine Moreland
1951Soldiers Three
As: Capt. Pindenny
1951Happy Go Lovely
As: B.G. Bruno
1950The Elusive Pimpernel
As: Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
1950The Jack Benny Program
As: David Niven
1950The Toast of New Orleans
As: Jacques Riboudeaux
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
As: Sheffield
1949A Kiss for Corliss
As: Kenneth Marquis
1949The BAFTA Awards
As: Host
1949A Kiss in the Dark
As: Eric Phillips
1948Enchantment
As: Roland Dane
1948Bonnie Prince Charlie
As: Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1947The Bishop's Wife
As: Henry Brougham
1947The Other Love
As: Doctor Anthony Stanton
1947The Perfect Marriage
As: Dale Williams
1946A Matter of Life and Death
As: Peter Carter
1946Magnificent Doll
As: Aaron Burr
1944United States
As: Narrator (voice)
1944The Way Ahead
As: Lieutenant Jim Perry
1942The First of the Few
As: Geoffrey Crisp
1939Raffles
As: A.J. Raffles
1939Eternally Yours
As: Tony "The Great Arturo"
1939The Real Glory
As: Lieut. McCool
1939Bachelor Mother
As: David Merlin
1939Wuthering Heights
As: Edgar Linton
1938The Dawn Patrol
As: Lt. Scott
1938Three Blind Mice
As: Steve Harrington
1938Four Men and a Prayer
As: Christopher Leigh
1938Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
As: Albert De Regnier
1937Dinner at the Ritz
As: Paul de Brack
1937The Prisoner of Zenda
As: Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
1937We Have Our Moments
As: Joe Gilling
1936Beloved Enemy
As: Captain Gerald Preston
1936The Charge of the Light Brigade
As: Captain Randall
1936Thank You, Jeeves!
As: Bertie Wooster
1936Dodsworth
As: Captain Clyde Lockert
1936Palm Springs
As: George Britell
1936Rose Marie
As: Teddy
1935Splendor
As: Clancey Lorrimore
1935Mutiny on the Bounty
As: Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935A Feather in Her Hat
As: Leo Cartwright
1935Barbary Coast
As: Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
1935Without Regret
As: Bill Gage
1934Cleopatra
As: Slave (uncredited)
1932There Goes the Bride
As: Bit Role (uncredited)