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
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Colonel Race
Casino Royale (1967)
as James Bond
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
The Pink Panther (1963)
as Sir Charles Lytton
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Phileas Fogg
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
as Edgar Linton
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
as Peter Carter
55 Days at Peking (1963)
as Sir Arthur Robertson
The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Col. W.H. Grice
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as Sir Charles Litton
Conquered City (1962)
as Major Peter Whitfield
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
as Albert De Regnier
Murder by Death (1976)
as Dick Charleston
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Philippe de Montfaucon
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
as Raymond
Rough Cut (1980)
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
Escape to Athena (1979)
as Professor Blake
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Sir Charles Litton
The Brain (1969)
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
Happy Go Lovely (1951)
as B.G. Bruno
My Man Godfrey (1957)
as Godfrey Smith
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
as Gerald Hardcastle
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
as David Slater
Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Dr. Jason Love
King, Queen, Knave (1972)
as Charles Dreyer
United States (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
Vampira (1974)
as Count Dracula
The Shortest Day (1963)
as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Glory (1939)
as Lieut. McCool
Separate Tables (1958)
as Major Angus Pollock
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
as Christopher Leigh
Cleopatra (1934)
as Slave (uncredited)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
as Alan Coles
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
as Larry Mackay
Lady L (1965)
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
The Best of Enemies (1961)
as Maj. Richardson
Dodsworth (1936)
as Captain Clyde Lockert
The Canterville Ghost (1974)
as Sir Simon de Canterville
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
as Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
The King's Thief (1955)
as James - Duke of Brampton
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Miles Doughton
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
as Captain Randall
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
as Bertie Wooster
Bedtime Story (1964)
as Lawrence Jameson
The First of the Few (1942)
as Geoffrey Crisp
Gorilla (1974)
as Narrator
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
as Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)
as Ivan
The Little Hut (1957)
as Henry Brittingham-Brett
A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
as Kenneth Marquis
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
as J.W. Osborne
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Before Winter Comes (1969)
as Major Burnside
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028)
as Self (archive footage)
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
as Jacques Riboudeaux
We Have Our Moments (1937)
as Joe Gilling
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)
as Self / Colonel Race
The Statue (1971)
as Alex Bolt
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Henry Brougham
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Silken Affair (1956)
as Roger Tweakham
Candleshoe (1977)
as Priory
Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)
as Self
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
as Lt. Scott
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
as Patrick Harris
Better Late Than Never (1983)
as Nick Cartland
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Tony
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
as Eric Phillips
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
ABBA in Switzerland (1979)
as Self
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Enchantment (1948)
as Roland Dane
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread (1971)
as Host
The Other Love (1947)
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
Paper Tiger (1975)
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
Rose Marie (1936)
as Teddy
The Love Lottery (1954)
as Rex Allerton
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
as (archive footage)
Guns of Darkness (1962)
as Tom Jordan
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lady Says No (1952)
as Bill Shelby
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Happy Ever After (1954)
as Jasper O'Leary
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
as David Merlin
Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Aaron Burr
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Leo Cartwright
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
as Dale Williams
All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)
as Self - Interviewee
The Remarkable Rocket (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
as Paul de Brack
Three Blind Mice (1938)
as Steve Harrington
Appointment with Venus (1951)
as Valentine Moreland
The Impossible Years (1968)
as Jonathan Kingsley
Happy Anniversary (1959)
as Chris Walters
Carrington V.C. (1954)
as Major Charles Carrington
There Goes the Bride (1932)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Without Regret (1935)
as Bill Gage
Splendor (1935)
as Clancey Lorrimore
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Raffles (1939)
as A.J. Raffles
Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Captain Gerald Preston
Soldiers Three (1951)
as Capt. Pindenny
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Palm Springs (1936)
as George Britell