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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Robert Montgomery Presents

What's My Line?

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

All Movies (117)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger2024 · as (archive footage)
Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret2019 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn2005 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula2000 · as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story1997 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class1995 · as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...1989 · as Self (Archive Footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man1988 · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers1985 · as Self (archive footage)
Curse of the Pink Panther1983 · as Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never1983 · as Nick Cartland
Trail of the Pink Panther1982 · as Sir Charles Litton
The Sea Wolves1980 · as Col. W.H. Grice
Rough Cut1980 · as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square1980 · as Ivan
Escape to Athena1979 · as Professor Blake
ABBA in Switzerland1979 · as Self
Death on the Nile1978 · as Colonel Race
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette1978 · as Self / Colonel Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever1978 · as Self
Candleshoe1977 · as Priory
Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
Murder by Death1976 · as Dick Charleston
No Deposit, No Return1976 · as J.W. Osborne
Paper Tiger1975 · as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket1975 · as Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost1974 · as Sir Simon de Canterville
Gorilla1974 · as Narrator
Vampira1974 · as Count Dracula
King, Queen, Knave1972 · as Charles Dreyer
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread1971 · as Host
The Statue1971 · as Alex Bolt
The Extraordinary Seaman1969 · as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
The Brain1969 · as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
Before Winter Comes1969 · as Major Burnside
The Impossible Years1968 · as Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill1968 · as Gerald Hardcastle
Casino Royale1967 · as James Bond
Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eye of the Devil1966 · as Philippe de Montfaucon
All Eyes on Sharon Tate1966 · as Self - Interviewee
Where the Spies Are1966 · as Dr. Jason Love
Lady L1965 · as Dicky, Lord Lendale
Bedtime Story1964 · as Lawrence Jameson
The Pink Panther1963 · as Sir Charles Lytton
55 Days at Peking1963 · as Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day1963 · as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Conquered City1962 · as Major Peter Whitfield
Guns of Darkness1962 · as Tom Jordan
The Road to Hong Kong1962 · as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
The Best of Enemies1961 · as Maj. Richardson
The Guns of Navarone1961 · as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Please Don't Eat the Daisies1960 · as Larry Mackay
Ask Any Girl1959 · as Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary1959 · as Chris Walters
Separate Tables1958 · as Major Angus Pollock
The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
Bonjour Tristesse1958 · as Raymond
My Man Godfrey1957 · as Godfrey Smith
The Little Hut1957 · as Henry Brittingham-Brett
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!1957 · as Alan Coles
Around the World in 80 Days1956 · as Phileas Fogg
The Silken Affair1956 · as Roger Tweakham
The Birds and the Bees1956 · as Patrick Harris
The King's Thief1955 · as James - Duke of Brampton
Carrington V.C.1954 · as Major Charles Carrington
Happy Ever After1954 · as Jasper O'Leary
The Love Lottery1954 · as Rex Allerton
The Moon Is Blue1953 · as David Slater
The Lady Says No1952 · as Bill Shelby
Appointment with Venus1951 · as Valentine Moreland
Soldiers Three1951 · as Capt. Pindenny
Happy Go Lovely1951 · as B.G. Bruno
The Elusive Pimpernel1950 · as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
The Toast of New Orleans1950 · as Jacques Riboudeaux
Breakdowns of 19491949 · as Self
A Kiss for Corliss1949 · as Kenneth Marquis
A Kiss in the Dark1949 · as Eric Phillips
Enchantment1948 · as Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie1948 · as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
The Bishop's Wife1947 · as Henry Brougham
The Other Love1947 · as Doctor Anthony Stanton
The Perfect Marriage1947 · as Dale Williams
A Matter of Life and Death1946 · as Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll1946 · as Aaron Burr
United States1944 · as Narrator (voice)
The Way Ahead1944 · as Lieutenant Jim Perry
The First of the Few1942 · as Geoffrey Crisp
Raffles1939 · as A.J. Raffles
Eternally Yours1939 · as Tony "The Great Arturo"
The Real Glory1939 · as Lieut. McCool
Bachelor Mother1939 · as David Merlin
Wuthering Heights1939 · as Edgar Linton
The Dawn Patrol1938 · as Lt. Scott
Three Blind Mice1938 · as Steve Harrington
Four Men and a Prayer1938 · as Christopher Leigh
Bluebeard's 8th Wife1938 · as Albert De Regnier
Dinner at the Ritz1937 · as Paul de Brack
The Prisoner of Zenda1937 · as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
We Have Our Moments1937 · as Joe Gilling
Beloved Enemy1936 · as Captain Gerald Preston
The Charge of the Light Brigade1936 · as Captain Randall
Thank You, Jeeves!1936 · as Bertie Wooster
Dodsworth1936 · as Captain Clyde Lockert
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)1936 · as Self
Palm Springs1936 · as George Britell
Rose Marie1936 · as Teddy
Splendor1935 · as Clancey Lorrimore
Mutiny on the Bounty1935 · as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat1935 · as Leo Cartwright
Barbary Coast1935 · as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Without Regret1935 · as Bill Gage
Cleopatra1934 · as Slave (uncredited)
There Goes the Bride1932 · as Bit Role (uncredited)

All TV Shows (65)

Talking Pictures2013 · as Self (archive footage)
A Man Called Intrepid1979 · as Sir William Stephenson
Dinah!1974 · as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
The Rogues1964 · as Alec Fleming
Burke's Law1963 · as Harvey Cleeve
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Self / Host
The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Marcus Dodds
The David Niven Show1959 · as Self - Host
Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Mark Garron
Goodyear Theatre1957 · as Jeff Carleton
Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Paul Evans
Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Robert Medhill
Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Paul Martel
Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Jeff Carleton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Allen Raikes
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Milo Brant
Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
The Star and the Story1955 · as Johnny
The Oscars1953 · as Self
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Doctor
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as William Langford
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Bingham
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Phil Weston
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Mitch
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Doctor Gentry
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Ted Parker
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Andy
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Richard Lilliam
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Andy Fields
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Royal Thurston
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as John
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Hal Winters
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Tony Stewart
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as George
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Deacon
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Charles
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Robert Louis Stevenson
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Wyeth
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Uncle Fred
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Cookie
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Henry
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Adams
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Maxwell
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Larkin
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Philip
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Jim Kenyon
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Frank
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as David
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Ted
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Lee
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
The Jack Benny Program1950 · as David Niven
The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
What's My Line?1950 · as Self
What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Panelist
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Sheffield
The BAFTA Awards1949 · as Host
The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee