
David Niven
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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
Credits

The Pink Panther (1963)
as Sir Charles Lytton

Casino Royale (1967)
as James Bond

Wuthering Heights (1939)
as Edgar Linton

Death on the Nile (1978)
as Colonel Race

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Phileas Fogg

55 Days at Peking (1963)
as Sir Arthur Robertson

Murder by Death (1976)
as Dick Charleston

Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
as Raymond

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
as Peter Carter

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Sir Charles Litton

Escape to Athena (1979)
as Professor Blake

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as Sir Charles Litton

Separate Tables (1958)
as Major Angus Pollock

The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Col. W.H. Grice

Rough Cut (1980)
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

The Brain (1969)
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

Cleopatra (1934)
as Slave (uncredited)

The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Henry Brougham

Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Aaron Burr

My Man Godfrey (1957)
as Godfrey Smith

Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Carrington V.C. (1954)
as Major Charles Carrington

Rose Marie (1936)
as Teddy

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
as Captain Randall

Dodsworth (1936)
as Captain Clyde Lockert

Barbary Coast (1935)
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

The First of the Few (1942)
as Geoffrey Crisp

The Way Ahead (1944)
as Lieutenant Jim Perry

The Shortest Day (1963)
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
as Larry Mackay

The Statue (1971)
as Alex Bolt

Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Miles Doughton

Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Philippe de Montfaucon

Bachelor Mother (1939)
as David Merlin

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

The King's Thief (1955)
as James - Duke of Brampton

Bedtime Story (1964)
as Lawrence Jameson

Candleshoe (1977)
as Priory

Lady L (1965)
as Dicky, Lord Lendale

No Deposit, No Return (1976)
as J.W. Osborne

Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Captain Gerald Preston

The Canterville Ghost (1974)
as Sir Simon de Canterville

Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
as Albert De Regnier

Vampira (1974)
as Count Dracula

Conquered City (1962)
as Major Peter Whitfield

Soldiers Three (1951)
as Capt. Pindenny

Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)

Enchantment (1948)
as Roland Dane

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Dr. Jason Love

Prudence and the Pill (1968)
as Gerald Hardcastle

Happy Ever After (1954)
as Jasper O'Leary

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
as Christopher Leigh
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)
as Lt. Scott

The Moon Is Blue (1953)
as David Slater

The Best of Enemies (1961)
as Maj. Richardson

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)
as Ivan

Happy Go Lovely (1951)
as B.G. Bruno

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995)
as Self (archive footage)

Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)
as Self

Eternally Yours (1939)
as Tony "The Great Arturo"

The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

King, Queen, Knave (1972)
as Charles Dreyer

Raffles (1939)
as A.J. Raffles

A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
as Eric Phillips

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Leo Cartwright

The Love Lottery (1954)
as Rex Allerton

The Other Love (1947)
as Doctor Anthony Stanton

A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
as Kenneth Marquis

The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
as Jacques Riboudeaux

The Real Glory (1939)
as Lieut. McCool

Before Winter Comes (1969)
as Major Burnside

Splendor (1935)
as Clancey Lorrimore

Paper Tiger (1975)
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (Archive Footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)

The Little Hut (1957)
as Henry Brittingham-Brett

The Perfect Marriage (1947)
as Dale Williams

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
as (archive footage)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

The Silken Affair (1956)
as Roger Tweakham

Three Blind Mice (1938)
as Steve Harrington

Better Late Than Never (1983)
as Nick Cartland

There Goes the Bride (1932)
as Bit Role (uncredited)

Appointment with Venus (1951)
as Valentine Moreland

ABBA in Switzerland (1979)
as Self

Palm Springs (1936)
as George Britell

The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self

Happy Anniversary (1959)
as Chris Walters

Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
as Alan Coles
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)
as Self / Colonel Race

The Impossible Years (1968)
as Jonathan Kingsley

The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self

Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
as Bertie Wooster

We Have Our Moments (1937)
as Joe Gilling

Guns of Darkness (1962)
as Tom Jordan

The Birds and the Bees (1956)
as Patrick Harris
Gorilla (1974)
as Narrator

Without Regret (1935)
as Bill Gage

Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
as Paul de Brack

The Lady Says No (1952)
as Bill Shelby

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread (1971)
as Host

All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)
as Self - Interviewee

United States (1944)
as Narrator (voice)

The Remarkable Rocket (1975)
as Narrator (voice)





