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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 1, 1910
Died
July 29, 1983
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- James David Graham Niven
- David Nivens
- Дейвид Нивен
- Дэвид Нивен
- 大卫·尼文
David Niven
2.0 Popularity
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
7.6
(archive footage)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
7.8
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
3.5
Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
0.0
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
7.7
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
Credits
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as (archive footage)
2024
7.6
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2005
7.8
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
2000
3.5
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
0.0
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1995
6.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.7
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Litton
1983
4.6
Better Late Than Never
as Nick Cartland
1983
3.8
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Litton
1982
5.2
The Sea Wolves
as Col. W.H. Grice
1980
5.8
Rough Cut
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
1980
5.8
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
as Ivan
1980
6.1
Escape to Athena
as Professor Blake
1979
5.7
A Man Called Intrepid
as Sir William Stephenson
1979
0.0
ABBA in Switzerland
as Self
1979
7.8
Death on the Nile
as Colonel Race
1978
7.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
1978
7.0
Candleshoe
as Priory
1977
6.9
Murder by Death
as Dick Charleston
1976
7.2
No Deposit, No Return
as J.W. Osborne
1976
6.2
Paper Tiger
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
1975
6.1
The Remarkable Rocket
as Narrator (voice)
1975
0.0
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
1974
6.0
🎬
Gorilla
as Narrator
1974
0.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Vampira
as Count Dracula
1974
5.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
King, Queen, Knave
as Charles Dreyer
1972
4.1
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
🎬
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
as Host
1971
0.0
The Statue
as Alex Bolt
1971
4.3
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
1969
2.6
The Brain
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
1969
7.3
Before Winter Comes
as Major Burnside
1969
5.9
The Impossible Years
as Jonathan Kingsley
1968
5.1
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Prudence and the Pill
as Gerald Hardcastle
1968
5.4
Casino Royale
as James Bond
1967
5.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.5
Eye of the Devil
as Philippe de Montfaucon
1966
6.2
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
as Self - Interviewee
1966
7.0
Where the Spies Are
as Dr. Jason Love
1966
5.2
Lady L
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
1965
5.7
The Rogues
as Alec Fleming
1964
7.2
Bedtime Story
as Lawrence Jameson
1964
6.2
The Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Lytton
1963
6.8
Burke's Law
as Harvey Cleeve
1963
6.0
55 Days at Peking
as Sir Arthur Robertson
1963
7.0
The Shortest Day
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
1963
6.2
Conquered City
as Major Peter Whitfield
1962
4.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Guns of Darkness
as Tom Jordan
1962
6.0
The Road to Hong Kong
as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Best of Enemies
as Maj. Richardson
1961
6.9
The Dick Powell Show
as Self / Host
1961
5.5
The Guns of Navarone
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
1961
7.3
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Larry Mackay
1960
6.1
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Marcus Dodds
1959
6.3
Ask Any Girl
as Miles Doughton
1959
6.2
The David Niven Show
as Self - Host
1959
0.0
Happy Anniversary
as Chris Walters
1959
5.8
Separate Tables
as Major Angus Pollock
1958
7.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
Bonjour Tristesse
as Raymond
1958
6.6
My Man Godfrey
as Godfrey Smith
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Mark Garron
1957
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
as Paul Evans
1957
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
as Robert Medhill
1957
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
as Paul Martel
1957
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
as Jeff Carleton
1957
6.5
🎬
Goodyear Theatre
as Jeff Carleton
1957
6.8
The Little Hut
as Henry Brittingham-Brett
1957
6.5
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Alan Coles
1957
5.8
Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg
1956
6.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Allen Raikes
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Milo Brant
1956
6.0
The Silken Affair
as Roger Tweakham
1956
1.0
The Birds and the Bees
as Patrick Harris
1956
6.8
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The King's Thief
as James - Duke of Brampton
1955
6.3
The Star and the Story
as Johnny
1955
7.0
Carrington V.C.
as Major Charles Carrington
1954
6.0
Happy Ever After
as Jasper O'Leary
1954
5.2
The Love Lottery
as Rex Allerton
1954
4.8
The Moon Is Blue
as David Slater
1953
6.2
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Doctor
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as William Langford
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Bingham
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Phil Weston
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mitch
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Doctor Gentry
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Ted Parker
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Andy
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Richard Lilliam
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Andy Fields
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Royal Thurston
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as John
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Hal Winters
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Tony Stewart
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as George
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Deacon
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Charles
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Robert Louis Stevenson
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Wyeth
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Uncle Fred
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Cookie
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Henry
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Adams
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Maxwell
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Larkin
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Philip
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Jim Kenyon
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Frank
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as David
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Ted
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Lee
1952
6.7
The Lady Says No
as Bill Shelby
1952
4.5
Appointment with Venus
as Valentine Moreland
1951
5.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Soldiers Three
as Capt. Pindenny
1951
3.8
Happy Go Lovely
as B.G. Bruno
1951
5.9
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
1950
5.9
The Jack Benny Program
as David Niven
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Self
1950
7.8
The Toast of New Orleans
as Jacques Riboudeaux
1950
4.9
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Sheffield
1950
5.6
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
1949
6.0
A Kiss for Corliss
as Kenneth Marquis
1949
4.7
The BAFTA Awards
as Host
1949
10.0
A Kiss in the Dark
as Eric Phillips
1949
4.7
Enchantment
as Roland Dane
1948
6.4
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1948
4.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Bishop's Wife
as Henry Brougham
1947
7.1
The Other Love
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
1947
6.0
The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams
1947
4.0
A Matter of Life and Death
as Peter Carter
1946
7.8
Magnificent Doll
as Aaron Burr
1946
5.9
United States
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
The Way Ahead
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
1944
6.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
The First of the Few
as Geoffrey Crisp
1942
6.7
Raffles
as A.J. Raffles
1939
6.0
Eternally Yours
as Tony "The Great Arturo"
1939
5.7
The Real Glory
as Lieut. McCool
1939
6.3
Bachelor Mother
as David Merlin
1939
7.1
Wuthering Heights
as Edgar Linton
1939
7.2
The Dawn Patrol
as Lt. Scott
1938
6.8
Three Blind Mice
as Steve Harrington
1938
6.0
Four Men and a Prayer
as Christopher Leigh
1938
6.3
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Albert De Regnier
1938
7.0
Dinner at the Ritz
as Paul de Brack
1937
5.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
1937
7.5
We Have Our Moments
as Joe Gilling
1937
5.8
Beloved Enemy
as Captain Gerald Preston
1936
6.1
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Captain Randall
1936
6.5
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Bertie Wooster
1936
6.0
Dodsworth
as Captain Clyde Lockert
1936
7.1
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0
Palm Springs
as George Britell
1936
0.0
Rose Marie
as Teddy
1936
6.2
Splendor
as Clancey Lorrimore
1935
6.3
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935
7.3
A Feather in Her Hat
as Leo Cartwright
1935
6.8
Barbary Coast
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
1935
6.5
Without Regret
as Bill Gage
1935
0.0
Cleopatra
as Slave (uncredited)
1934
6.0
There Goes the Bride
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1932
6.4