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

Sir Charles Lytton

The Pink Panther

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Philippe de Montfaucon

Eye of the Devil

Edgar Linton

Wuthering Heights

Raymond

Bonjour Tristesse

Phileas Fogg

Around the World in 80 Days

Self (archive footage)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Colonel Race

Death on the Nile

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

The Guns of Navarone

Dr. Jason Love

Where the Spies Are

J.W. Osborne

No Deposit, No Return

Dick Charleston

Murder by Death

Captain Clyde Lockert

Dodsworth

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

The Road to Hong Kong

Albert De Regnier

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

James Bond

Casino Royale

Roland Dane

Enchantment

Jonathan Kingsley

The Impossible Years

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

Le Cerveau

Sir Charles Litton

Trail of the Pink Panther

Sir Arthur Robertson

55 Days at Peking

Peter Carter

A Matter of Life and Death

Lawrence Jameson

Bedtime Story

Lieutenant Jim Perry

The Way Ahead

David Merlin

Bachelor Mother

Professor Blake

Escape to Athena

Sir Charles Litton

Curse of the Pink Panther

Priory

Candleshoe

Rex Allerton

The Love Lottery

Major Angus Pollock

Separate Tables

Major Charles Carrington

Carrington V.C.

Dale Williams

The Perfect Marriage

Narrator (voice)

United States

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

The Prisoner of Zenda

Captain Gerald Preston

Beloved Enemy

Teddy

Rose Marie

Captain Randall

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Geoffrey Crisp

The First of the Few

Lt. Scott

The Dawn Patrol

Maj. Richardson

The Best of Enemies

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

Rough Cut

Larry Mackay

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Henry Brougham

The Bishop's Wife

Godfrey Smith

My Man Godfrey

Col. W.H. Grice

The Sea Wolves

Paul de Brack

Dinner at the Ritz

Jacques Riboudeaux

The Toast of New Orleans

Bertie Wooster

Thank You, Jeeves!

David Slater

The Moon Is Blue

Dicky, Lord Lendale

Lady L

Miles Doughton

Ask Any Girl

Tony "The Great Arturo"

Eternally Yours

Gerald Hardcastle

Prudence and the Pill

Chris Walters

Happy Anniversary

Count Dracula

Vampira

James - Duke of Brampton

The King's Thief

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

The Extraordinary Seaman

Alan Coles

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Valentine Moreland

Appointment with Venus

Ivan

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Bill Shelby

The Lady Says No

'Major' Walter Bradbury

Paper Tiger

Doctor Anthony Stanton

The Other Love

Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

B.G. Bruno

Happy Go Lovely

Lieut. McCool

The Real Glory

Christopher Leigh

Four Men and a Prayer

Count Dracula (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

Patrick Harris

The Birds and the Bees

Henry Brittingham-Brett

The Little Hut

Alex Bolt

The Statue

A.J. Raffles

Raffles

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

The Elusive Pimpernel

Capt. Pindenny

Soldiers Three

Major Burnside

Before Winter Comes

Kenneth Marquis

A Kiss for Corliss

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Eric Phillips

A Kiss in the Dark

Aaron Burr

Magnificent Doll

Leo Cartwright

A Feather in Her Hat

Joe Gilling

We Have Our Moments

Steve Harrington

Three Blind Mice

Jasper O'Leary

Happy Ever After

Tom Jordan

Guns of Darkness

Charles Dreyer

King, Queen, Knave

Bill Gage

Without Regret

George Britell

Palm Springs

Major Peter Whitfield

La città prigioniera

Self

ABBA in Switzerland

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Barbary Coast

Clancey Lorrimore

Splendor

Nick Cartland

Better Late Than Never

Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack

Bit Role (uncredited)

There Goes the Bride

(archive footage)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Self (archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Host

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Self (archive footage)

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Sir Simon de Canterville

The Canterville Ghost

Self

Breakdowns of 1949

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

Formula 1 - Febbre della velocità

Roger Tweakham

The Silken Affair

actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Narrator (voice)

The Remarkable Rocket

Self - Interviewee

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Il giorno più corto

Slave (uncredited)

Cleopatra

Narrator

Gorilla

Self

The All-Star Christmas Show

Lionpower from MGM

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-03-01

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

James David Graham Niven