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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-03-01 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2013

Talking Pictures 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)
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)

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
Better Late Than Never as Nick Cartland

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton

1980

Rough Cut as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
The Sea Wolves as Col. W.H. Grice

1979

Escape to Athena as Professor Blake
A Man Called Intrepid as Sir William Stephenson
A Man Called Intrepid as Sir William Stephenson

1978

Death on the Nile as Colonel Race

1977

Candleshoe as Priory

1976

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

1975

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

1974

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

1973

1972

King, Queen, Knave as Charles Dreyer

1971

The Statue as Alex Bolt

1969

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

1968

The Impossible Years as Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill as Gerald Hardcastle
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

Casino Royale as James Bond

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
The Rogues as Alec Fleming

1963

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

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
The Best of Enemies as Maj. Richardson
The Dick Powell Show as Self / Host

1960

1959

Ask Any Girl as Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary as Chris Walters
The David Niven Show as Self - Host

1958

Separate Tables as David Angus Pollock

1957

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

1956

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

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

1953

The Moon Is Blue as David Slater
The Oscars as Self

1952

The Lady Says No as Bill Shelby
Four Star Playhouse as William Langford
Four Star Playhouse as Phil Weston
Four Star Playhouse as Doctor Gentry
Four Star Playhouse as Ted Parker
Four Star Playhouse as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
Four Star Playhouse as Richard Lilliam
Four Star Playhouse as Andy Fields
Four Star Playhouse as Royal Thurston
Four Star Playhouse as Hal Winters
Four Star Playhouse as Tony Stewart
Four Star Playhouse as Robert Louis Stevenson
Four Star Playhouse as Uncle Fred
Four Star Playhouse as Jim Kenyon

1951

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

1950

The Toast of New Orleans as Jacques Riboudeaux
The Elusive Pimpernel as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
The Jack Benny Program as David Niven
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

A Kiss for Corliss as Kenneth Marquis
A Kiss in the Dark as Eric Phillips

1948

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

1947

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

1946

Magnificent Doll as Aaron Burr

1944

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

1942

The First of the Few as Geoffrey Crisp

1939

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

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
Dinner at the Ritz as Paul de Brack
We Have Our Moments as Joe Gilling

1936

Dodsworth as Captain Clyde Lockert
Beloved Enemy as Captain Gerald Preston
Rose Marie as Teddy
Thank You, Jeeves! as Bertie Wooster
Palm Springs as George Britell

1935

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

1934

Cleopatra as Slave (uncredited)

1932

There Goes the Bride as Bit Role (uncredited)

Production

1984

The Night They Saved Christmas as Executive Producer

1952

Directing