David Niven

Born

March 1, 1910

Died

July 29, 1983 (73 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

IMDb

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

6.8

Casino Royale

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

(archive footage)

7.5

2024

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

9.0

2022

Talking Pictures

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

5.0

2013

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.8

2005

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

Count Dracula (archive footage)

3.5

2000

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

0.0

1997

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self (archive footage)

6.0

1995

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

7.7

1991

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage)

6.7

1988

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self (archive footage)

0.0

1985

Curse of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

4.6

1983

Better Late Than Never

Nick Cartland

3.8

1983

Trail of the Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton

5.2

1982

The Sea Wolves

Col. W.H. Grice

5.9

1980

Rough Cut

Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

5.8

1980

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Ivan

6.4

1980

A Man Called Intrepid

Sir William Stephenson · (3 episodes)

0.0

1979

Escape to Athena

Professor Blake

5.7

1979

A Man Called Intrepid

Sir William Stephenson

7.0

1979

ABBA in Switzerland

Self

7.8

1979

Death on the Nile

Colonel Race

7.1

1978

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Self

7.0

1978

Candleshoe

Priory

6.9

1977

Murder by Death

Dick Charleston

7.2

1976

No Deposit, No Return

J.W. Osborne

6.2

1976

Paper Tiger

'Major' Walter Bradbury

5.7

1975

The Remarkable Rocket

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1975

The Canterville Ghost

Sir Simon de Canterville

6.0

1974

Gorilla

Narrator

0.0

1974

Dinah!

Self · (2 episodes)

6.7

1974

Vampira

Count Dracula

5.3

1974

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self · (1 episode)

6.3

1973

King, Queen, Knave

Charles Dreyer

4.4

1972

V.I.P. Schaukel

Self · (2 episodes)

6.0

1971

Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

Host

0.0

1971

The Statue

Alex Bolt

4.7

1971

The Extraordinary Seaman

Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

2.6

1969

The Brain

Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

7.3

1969

Before Winter Comes

Major Burnside

5.9

1969

The Impossible Years

Jonathan Kingsley

5.7

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · (2 episodes)

6.8

1968

Prudence and the Pill

Gerald Hardcastle

5.7

1968

Casino Royale

James Bond

5.2

1967

Lionpower from MGM

4.5

1967

Eye of the Devil

Philippe de Montfaucon

6.2

1966

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Self - Interviewee

7.0

1966

Where the Spies Are

Dr. Jason Love

5.2

1966

Lady L

Dicky, Lord Lendale

5.8

1965

The Rogues

Alec Fleming · (30 episodes)

7.2

1964

Bedtime Story

Lawrence Jameson

6.2

1964

The Pink Panther

Sir Charles Lytton

6.8

1963

Burke's Law

Harvey Cleeve · (1 episode)

6.0

1963

55 Days at Peking

Sir Arthur Robertson

7.0

1963

The Shortest Day

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

6.2

1963

Conquered City

Major Peter Whitfield

4.3

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (3 episodes)

7.5

1962

Guns of Darkness

Tom Jordan

6.0

1962

The Road to Hong Kong

Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

5.7

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · (4 episodes)

5.4

1961

The Best of Enemies

Maj. Richardson

6.9

1961

The Dick Powell Show

Self / Host · (1 episode)

5.5

1961

The Guns of Navarone

Cpl. James Arthur Miller

7.3

1961

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Larry Mackay

6.1

1960

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Marcus Dodds · (1 episode)

6.3

1959

Ask Any Girl

Miles Doughton

6.2

1959

The David Niven Show

Self - Host · (13 episodes)

0.0

1959

Happy Anniversary

Chris Walters

5.8

1959

Separate Tables

David Angus Pollock

7.0

1958

The All-Star Christmas Show

6.0

1958

Bonjour Tristesse

Raymond

6.6

1958

My Man Godfrey

Godfrey Smith

6.3

1957

Alcoa Theatre

Mark Garron · (1 episode)

6.5

1957

Goodyear Theatre

Jeff Carleton · (1 episode)

6.8

1957

Alcoa Theatre

Paul Evans · (1 episode)

6.5

1957

Alcoa Theatre

Robert Medhill · (1 episode)

6.5

1957

Alcoa Theatre

Paul Martel · (1 episode)

6.5

1957

Alcoa Theatre

Jeff Carleton · (1 episode)

6.5

1957

The Little Hut

Henry Brittingham-Brett

6.5

1957

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Alan Coles

5.8

1957

Around the World in Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg

6.6

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Allen Raikes · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Milo Brant · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

The Silken Affair

Roger Tweakham

1.0

1956

The Birds and the Bees

Patrick Harris

6.8

1956

Cinépanorama

Self · (1 episode)

8.0

1956

The King's Thief

James - Duke of Brampton

6.2

1955

The Star and the Story

Johnny · (1 episode)

7.0

1955

Carrington V.C.

Major Charles Carrington

5.9

1954

Happy Ever After

Jasper O'Leary

5.2

1954

The Love Lottery

Rex Allerton

4.8

1954

The Moon Is Blue

David Slater

6.3

1953

The Oscars

Self · (3 episodes)

7.1

1953

Four Star Playhouse

William Langford · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Doctor · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Bingham · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Phil Weston · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Mitch · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Doctor Gentry · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Ted Parker · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Andy · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Richard Lilliam · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Andy Fields · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

John · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Royal Thurston · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Hal Winters · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

George · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Deacon · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Charles · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Tony Stewart · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Wyeth · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Robert Louis Stevenson · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Henry · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Uncle Fred · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Cookie · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Adams · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Maxwell · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Philip · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Larkin · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Frank · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

David · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Jim Kenyon · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Ted · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Lee · (1 episode)

6.3

1952

The Lady Says No

Bill Shelby

4.5

1952

Appointment with Venus

Valentine Moreland

5.1

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(1 episode)

7.3

1951

Soldiers Three

Capt. Pindenny

4.4

1951

Happy Go Lovely

B.G. Bruno

5.9

1951

The Elusive Pimpernel

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

6.0

1950

The Jack Benny Program

David Niven · (1 episode)

7.8

1950

The Jack Benny Program

Self · (1 episode)

7.8

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

Jacques Riboudeaux

5.2

1950

The Bob Hope Show

Self · (3 episodes)

7.0

1950

What's My Line?

Self · (1 episode)

6.9

1950

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist · (7 episodes)

6.9

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Sheffield · (1 episode)

5.6

1950

Breakdowns of 1949

Self

6.0

1949

A Kiss for Corliss

Kenneth Marquis

4.7

1949

The BAFTA Awards

Host · (1 episode)

10.0

1949

A Kiss in the Dark

Eric Phillips

4.7

1949

Enchantment

Roland Dane

6.4

1948

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

4.7

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.8

1948

The Bishop's Wife

Henry Brougham

7.0

1947

The Other Love

Doctor Anthony Stanton

6.0

1947

The Perfect Marriage

Dale Williams

4.0

1947

A Matter of Life and Death

Peter Carter

7.8

1946

Magnificent Doll

Aaron Burr

5.9

1946

United States

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1944

The Way Ahead

Lieutenant Jim Perry

6.5

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner · (1 episode)

7.2

1944

The First of the Few

Geoffrey Crisp

6.7

1942

Raffles

A.J. Raffles

6.0

1939

Eternally Yours

Tony "The Great Arturo"

5.7

1939

The Real Glory

Lieut. McCool

6.3

1939

Bachelor Mother

David Merlin

7.1

1939

Wuthering Heights

Edgar Linton

7.2

1939

The Dawn Patrol

Lt. Scott

6.8

1938

Three Blind Mice

Steve Harrington

6.0

1938

Four Men and a Prayer

Christopher Leigh

6.3

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Albert De Regnier

7.0

1938

Dinner at the Ritz

Paul de Brack

5.5

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

7.4

1937

We Have Our Moments

Joe Gilling

5.8

1937

Beloved Enemy

Captain Gerald Preston

6.1

1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Captain Randall

6.5

1936

Thank You, Jeeves!

Bertie Wooster

6.0

1936

Dodsworth

Captain Clyde Lockert

7.1

1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

6.0

1936

Palm Springs

George Britell

0.0

1936

Rose Marie

Teddy

6.2

1936

Splendor

Clancey Lorrimore

6.3

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

7.4

1935

A Feather in Her Hat

Leo Cartwright

6.8

1935

Barbary Coast

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

6.6

1935

Without Regret

Bill Gage

0.0

1935

Cleopatra

Slave (uncredited)

6.1

1934

There Goes the Bride

Bit Role (uncredited)

6.4

1932