David Niven
Born in London, England, UK — Mar 01 1910• Died Jul 29 1983
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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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David Niven's Credits
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Sheffield
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Allen Raikes
Burke's Law
Harvey Cleeve
Four Star Playhouse
Doctor
Dinah!
Self
What's My Line?
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Jack Benny Program
David Niven
Alcoa Theatre
Mark Garron
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Marcus Dodds
The Rogues
Alec Fleming
The BAFTA Awards
Host
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Pink Panther
Sir Charles Lytton
Death on the Nile
Colonel Race
Casino Royale
James Bond
Wuthering Heights
Edgar Linton
The Guns of Navarone
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The King's Thief
James - Duke of Brampton
Murder by Death
Dick Charleston
My Man Godfrey
Godfrey Smith
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Star and the Story
Johnny
Curse of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton
Mutiny on the Bounty
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Dodsworth
Captain Clyde Lockert
A Matter of Life and Death
Peter Carter
Bonjour Tristesse
Raymond
The Way Ahead
Lieutenant Jim Perry
Trail of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton
Candleshoe
Priory
The Prisoner of Zenda
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Albert De Regnier
55 Days at Peking
Sir Arthur Robertson
Rough Cut
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
A Man Called Intrepid
Sir William Stephenson
Lady L
Dicky, Lord Lendale
Separate Tables
Major Angus Pollock
Escape to Athena
Professor Blake
Goodyear Theatre
Jeff Carleton
The Real Glory
Lieut. McCool
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Brougham
The Dawn Patrol
Lt. Scott
The Statue
Alex Bolt
Paper Tiger
'Major' Walter Bradbury
Vampira
Count Dracula
The Sea Wolves
Col. W.H. Grice
Happy Go Lovely
B.G. Bruno
Bedtime Story
Lawrence Jameson
The Moon Is Blue
David Slater
The Road to Hong Kong
Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Captain Randall
Carrington V.C.
Major Charles Carrington
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Enchantment
Roland Dane
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
Prudence and the Pill
Gerald Hardcastle
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The Toast of New Orleans
Jacques Riboudeaux
King, Queen, Knave
Charles Dreyer
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
The Little Hut
Henry Brittingham-Brett
Cleopatra
Slave (uncredited)
Conquered City
Major Peter Whitfield
Beloved Enemy
Captain Gerald Preston
Eternally Yours
Tony "The Great Arturo"
Rose Marie
Teddy
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Larry Mackay
Four Men and a Prayer
Christopher Leigh
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Better Late Than Never
Nick Cartland
Eye of the Devil
Philippe de Montfaucon
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
The First of the Few
Geoffrey Crisp
The David Niven Show
Self - Host
Palm Springs
George Britell
The Extraordinary Seaman
Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Ivan
The Elusive Pimpernel
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Barbary Coast
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
There Goes the Bride
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Night They Saved Christmas
Production
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
A Feather in Her Hat
Leo Cartwright
Happy Ever After
Jasper O'Leary
A Kiss for Corliss
Kenneth Marquis
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
The Lady Says No
Bill Shelby
Before Winter Comes
Major Burnside
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Splendor
Clancey Lorrimore
The Shortest Day
Soldato inglese (uncredited)
United States
Narrator (voice)
The Brain
Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
Ask Any Girl
Miles Doughton
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
The Love Lottery
Rex Allerton
The Silken Affair
Roger Tweakham
We Have Our Moments
Joe Gilling
Appointment with Venus
Valentine Moreland
Gorilla
Narrator
No Deposit, No Return
J.W. Osborne
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
Guns of Darkness
Tom Jordan
Thank You, Jeeves!
Bertie Wooster
Soldiers Three
Capt. Pindenny
Three Blind Mice
Steve Harrington
The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams
Where the Spies Are
Dr. Jason Love
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Alan Coles
The Other Love
Doctor Anthony Stanton
Bachelor Mother
David Merlin
Magnificent Doll
Aaron Burr
The Best of Enemies
Maj. Richardson
A Kiss in the Dark
Eric Phillips
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self (archive footage)
Dinner at the Ritz
Paul de Brack
The Birds and the Bees
Patrick Harris
Raffles
A.J. Raffles
Without Regret
Bill Gage
The Impossible Years
Jonathan Kingsley
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
ABBA in Switzerland
Self
Happy Anniversary
Chris Walters
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Self - Interviewee
The Remarkable Rocket
Narrator (voice)
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
Host
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Self / Colonel Race
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)