David Niven
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Sheffield
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
1950
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Allen Raikes
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Milo Brant
1956
Four Star Playhouse
Doctor
1952
Four Star Playhouse
William Langford
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Mitch
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Phil Weston
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Bingham
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Doctor Gentry
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Ted Parker
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Andy
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Richard Lilliam
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Andy Fields
1952
Four Star Playhouse
John
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Royal Thurston
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Hal Winters
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Tony Stewart
1952
Four Star Playhouse
George
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Deacon
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Charles
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Robert Louis Stevenson
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Henry
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Wyeth
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Uncle Fred
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Cookie
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Adams
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Maxwell
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Philip
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Larkin
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Frank
1952
Four Star Playhouse
David
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Jim Kenyon
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Ted
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Lee
1952
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Burke's Law
Harvey Cleeve
1963
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Jack Benny Program
David Niven
1950
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Self
1950
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Mark Garron
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Paul Evans
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Robert Medhill
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Paul Martel
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Jeff Carleton
1957
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
The Rogues
Alec Fleming
1964
Series
The BAFTA Awards
Host
1949
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Marcus Dodds
1959
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Series
The Dick Powell Show
Self / Host
1961
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Casino Royale
James Bond
1967
Film
Death on the Nile
Colonel Race
1978
Film
The Pink Panther
Sir Charles Lytton
1963
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg
1956
Film
The Guns of Navarone
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
1961
Film
Wuthering Heights
Edgar Linton
1939
Series
The Star and the Story
Johnny
1955
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Film
Where the Spies Are
Dr. Jason Love
1966
Goodyear Theatre
Jeff Carleton
1957
Film
55 Days at Peking
Sir Arthur Robertson
1963
Film
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Albert De Regnier
1938
Film
A Matter of Life and Death
Peter Carter
1946
Film
Mutiny on the Bounty
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Brain
Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
1969
Film
Murder by Death
Dick Charleston
1976
Film
Bachelor Mother
David Merlin
1939
Film
The Sea Wolves
Col. W.H. Grice
1980
Film
Escape to Athena
Professor Blake
1979
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Bonjour Tristesse
Raymond
1958
Film
Curse of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton
1983
Film
Rough Cut
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
1980
Film
Dodsworth
Captain Clyde Lockert
1936
Film
Trail of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton
1982
Film
Barbary Coast
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
1935
Film
My Man Godfrey
Godfrey Smith
1957
Film
Prudence and the Pill
Gerald Hardcastle
1968
Film
Candleshoe
Priory
1977
Film
The Prisoner of Zenda
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
1937
Film
Soldiers Three
Capt. Pindenny
1951
Series
The David Niven Show
Self - Host
1959
Film
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Brougham
1947
Film
Bedtime Story
Lawrence Jameson
1964
Film
Separate Tables
Major Angus Pollock
1958
Film
The Way Ahead
Lieutenant Jim Perry
1944
Film
Cleopatra
Slave (uncredited)
1934
Film
Rose Marie
Teddy
1936
Series
A Man Called Intrepid
Sir William Stephenson
1979
Film
The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams
1947
Film
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Film
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Larry Mackay
1960
Film
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2005
Film
Enchantment
Roland Dane
1948
Film
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
Film
The First of the Few
Geoffrey Crisp
1942
Film
A Kiss for Corliss
Kenneth Marquis
1949
Film
The Extraordinary Seaman
Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
1969
Film
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Captain Randall
1936
Film
Raffles
A.J. Raffles
1939
Film
The Impossible Years
Jonathan Kingsley
1968
Film
Eye of the Devil
Philippe de Montfaucon
1966
Film
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Ivan
1980
Film
Magnificent Doll
Aaron Burr
1946
Film
No Deposit, No Return
J.W. Osborne
1976
Film
Splendor
Clancey Lorrimore
1935
Film
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
1995
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(archive footage)
2024
Film
The Road to Hong Kong
Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1962
Film
The Real Glory
Lieut. McCool
1939
Film
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
The Shortest Day
Soldato inglese (uncredited)
1963
Film
The Best of Enemies
Maj. Richardson
1961
Film
Lady L
Dicky, Lord Lendale
1965
Film
Beloved Enemy
Captain Gerald Preston
1936
Film
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
Film
Paper Tiger
'Major' Walter Bradbury
1975
Film
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1978
Film
The Love Lottery
Rex Allerton
1954
Film
We Have Our Moments
Joe Gilling
1937
Film
The Statue
Alex Bolt
1971
Film
The Dawn Patrol
Lt. Scott
1938
Film
The King's Thief
James - Duke of Brampton
1955
Film
Carrington V.C.
Major Charles Carrington
1954
Film
The Other Love
Doctor Anthony Stanton
1947
Film
Eternally Yours
Tony "The Great Arturo"
1939
Film
The Moon Is Blue
David Slater
1953
Film
The Little Hut
Henry Brittingham-Brett
1957
Film
The Birds and the Bees
Patrick Harris
1956
Film
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Happy Ever After
Jasper O'Leary
1954
Film
Before Winter Comes
Major Burnside
1969
Film
A Feather in Her Hat
Leo Cartwright
1935
Film
Vampira
Count Dracula
1974
Film
Happy Anniversary
Chris Walters
1959
Film
The Toast of New Orleans
Jacques Riboudeaux
1950
Film
Three Blind Mice
Steve Harrington
1938
Film
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
The Elusive Pimpernel
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
1950
Film
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
1974
Film
Four Men and a Prayer
Christopher Leigh
1938
Film
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
Host
1971
Film
King, Queen, Knave
Charles Dreyer
1972
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936
Film
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
1949
Film
Palm Springs
George Britell
1936
Film
The Lady Says No
Bill Shelby
1952
Film
There Goes the Bride
Bit Role (uncredited)
1932
Film
A Kiss in the Dark
Eric Phillips
1949
Film
Ask Any Girl
Miles Doughton
1959
Film
Happy Go Lovely
B.G. Bruno
1951
Film
Conquered City
Major Peter Whitfield
1962
Film
The Many Faces of Dracula
Count Dracula (archive footage)
2000
Film
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Film
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1948
Film
Without Regret
Bill Gage
1935
Film
Thank You, Jeeves!
Bertie Wooster
1936
Film
United States
Narrator (voice)
1944
Film
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Alan Coles
1957
Film
Guns of Darkness
Tom Jordan
1962
Film
Appointment with Venus
Valentine Moreland
1951
Film
The Silken Affair
Roger Tweakham
1956
Film
Better Late Than Never
Nick Cartland
1983
Film
ABBA in Switzerland
Self
1979
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Self / Colonel Race
1978
Film
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Self - Interviewee
1966
Film
Dinner at the Ritz
Paul de Brack
1937
Film
The Remarkable Rocket
Narrator (voice)
1975
Gorilla
Narrator
1974