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