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
Casino Royale (1967)
as James Bond
The Pink Panther (1963)
as Sir Charles Lytton
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Colonel Race
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Phileas Fogg
Rough Cut (1980)
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as Sir Charles Litton
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
as Peter Carter
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Sir Charles Litton
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
as Albert De Regnier
55 Days at Peking (1963)
as Sir Arthur Robertson
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
Murder by Death (1976)
as Dick Charleston
Wuthering Heights (1939)
as Edgar Linton
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Philippe de Montfaucon
Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Dr. Jason Love
Separate Tables (1958)
as Angus Pollock
The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Col. W.H. Grice
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escape to Athena (1979)
as Professor Blake
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Henry Brougham
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028)
as Self (archive footage)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Conquered City (1962)
as Major Peter Whitfield
The Brain (1969)
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
My Man Godfrey (1957)
as Godfrey Smith
Cleopatra (1934)
as Slave (uncredited)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
as Captain Randall
King, Queen, Knave (1972)
as Charles Dreyer
The King's Thief (1955)
as James - Duke of Brampton
A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
as Kenneth Marquis
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
as Larry Mackay
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
as Raymond
Candleshoe (1977)
as Priory
Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)
as Self
Gorilla (1974)
as Narrator
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
The Silken Affair (1956)
as Roger Tweakham
The Canterville Ghost (1974)
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Happy Go Lovely (1951)
as B.G. Bruno
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
as Gerald Hardcastle
The Real Glory (1939)
as Lieut. McCool
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)
as Self / Colonel Race
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
as David Slater
We Have Our Moments (1937)
as Joe Gilling
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
as Jacques Riboudeaux
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Miles Doughton
Lady L (1965)
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
The First of the Few (1942)
as Geoffrey Crisp
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
as (archive footage)
The Best of Enemies (1961)
as Maj. Richardson
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
as Alan Coles
Bachelor Mother (1939)
as David Merlin
Bedtime Story (1964)
as Lawrence Jameson
Dodsworth (1936)
as Captain Clyde Lockert
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
Vampira (1974)
as Count Dracula
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
as J.W. Osborne
The Shortest Day (1963)
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Leo Cartwright
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
as Bertie Wooster
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)
as Ivan
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Aaron Burr
United States (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
as Lt. Scott
The Impossible Years (1968)
as Jonathan Kingsley
ABBA in Switzerland (1979)
as Self
The Little Hut (1957)
as Henry Brittingham-Brett
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread (1971)
as Host
Happy Ever After (1954)
as Jasper O'Leary
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Enchantment (1948)
as Roland Dane
Before Winter Comes (1969)
as Major Burnside
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Soldiers Three (1951)
as Capt. Pindenny
Rose Marie (1936)
as Teddy
Raffles (1939)
as A.J. Raffles
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Tony
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
as Paul de Brack
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
as Christopher Leigh
There Goes the Bride (1932)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Love Lottery (1954)
as Rex Allerton
The Other Love (1947)
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Captain Gerald Preston
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Happy Anniversary (1959)
as Chris Walters
Palm Springs (1936)
as George Britell
Carrington V.C. (1954)
as Major Charles Carrington
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Statue (1971)
as Alex Bolt
Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Blind Mice (1938)
as Steve Harrington
Better Late Than Never (1983)
as Nick Cartland
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Appointment with Venus (1951)
as Valentine Moreland
Paper Tiger (1975)
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
as Eric Phillips
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
as Dale Williams
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lady Says No (1952)
as Bill Shelby
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Without Regret (1935)
as Bill Gage
All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)
as Self - Interviewee
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
as Patrick Harris
Guns of Darkness (1962)
as Tom Jordan
Splendor (1935)
as Clancey Lorrimore
The Remarkable Rocket (1975)
as Narrator (voice)