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.
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Acting History
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger as (archive footage)
2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2013Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1997Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self (archive footage)
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self (archive footage)
1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
1983Curse of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton
1983Better Late Than Never as Nick Cartland
1982Trail of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton
1980The Sea Wolves as Col. W.H. Grice
1980Rough Cut as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
1980A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square as Ivan
1979Escape to Athena as Professor Blake
1979A Man Called Intrepid as Sir William Stephenson
1979ABBA in Switzerland as Self
1978Death on the Nile as Colonel Race
1978Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1977Candleshoe as Priory
1976Murder 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
1974Gorilla as Narrator
1974Dinah! as Self
1974Vampira as Count Dracula
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972King, Queen, Knave as Charles Dreyer
1971V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1971Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread as Host
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
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968Prudence and the Pill as Gerald Hardcastle
1967Casino Royale as James Bond
1967Lionpower from MGM
1966Eye of the Devil as Philippe de Montfaucon
1966All Eyes on Sharon Tate as Self - Interviewee
1966Where the Spies Are as Dr. Jason Love
1965Lady L as Dicky, Lord Lendale
1964The Rogues as Alec Fleming
1964Bedtime Story as Lawrence Jameson
1963The 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
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962Guns of Darkness as Tom Jordan
1962The Road to Hong Kong as Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Best of Enemies as Maj. Richardson
1961The Dick Powell Show as Self / Host
1961The Guns of Navarone as Cpl. John Anthony 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
1959The David Niven Show as Self - Host
1959Happy Anniversary as Chris Walters
1958Separate Tables as Major Angus Pollock
1958The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
1958Bonjour Tristesse as Raymond
1957My Man Godfrey as Godfrey Smith
1957Alcoa Theatre as Mark Garron
1957Alcoa Theatre as Paul Evans
1957Alcoa Theatre as Robert Medhill
1957Alcoa Theatre as Paul Martel
1957Alcoa Theatre as Jeff Carleton
1957Goodyear Theatre as Jeff Carleton
1957The Little Hut as Henry Brittingham-Brett
1957Oh, Men! Oh, Women! as Alan Coles
1956Around the World in 80 Days as Phileas Fogg
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Allen Raikes
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Milo Brant
1956The Silken Affair as Roger Tweakham
1956The Birds and the Bees as Patrick Harris
1956Cinépanorama as Self
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
1953The Oscars as Self
1952Four Star Playhouse as Doctor
1952Four Star Playhouse as William Langford
1952Four Star Playhouse as Bingham
1952Four Star Playhouse as Phil Weston
1952Four Star Playhouse as Mitch
1952Four Star Playhouse as Doctor Gentry
1952Four Star Playhouse as Ted Parker
1952Four Star Playhouse as Andy
1952Four Star Playhouse as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
1952Four Star Playhouse as Richard Lilliam
1952Four Star Playhouse as Andy Fields
1952Four Star Playhouse as Royal Thurston
1952Four Star Playhouse as John
1952Four Star Playhouse as Hal Winters
1952Four Star Playhouse as Tony Stewart
1952Four Star Playhouse as George
1952Four Star Playhouse as Deacon
1952Four Star Playhouse as Charles
1952Four Star Playhouse as Robert Louis Stevenson
1952Four Star Playhouse as Wyeth
1952Four Star Playhouse as Uncle Fred
1952Four Star Playhouse as Cookie
1952Four Star Playhouse as Henry
1952Four Star Playhouse as Adams
1952Four Star Playhouse as Maxwell
1952Four Star Playhouse as Larkin
1952Four Star Playhouse as Philip
1952Four Star Playhouse as Jim Kenyon
1952Four Star Playhouse as Frank
1952Four Star Playhouse as David
1952Four Star Playhouse as Ted
1952Four Star Playhouse as Lee
1952The Lady Says No as Bill Shelby
1951Appointment with Venus as Valentine Moreland
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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 Jack Benny Program as Self
1950The Toast of New Orleans as Jacques Riboudeaux
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Sheffield
1949Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
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
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
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
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
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 8th 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
1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1936Palm Springs as George Britell
1936Rose Marie as Teddy
1935Mutiny on the Bounty as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935Splendor as Clancey Lorrimore
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)