Person Details
Birthday: 1910-03-01 10:11:42
Death: 1983-07-29 10:11:42
Aliases: James David Graham Niven , David Nivens
Gender: Male
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 55
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery GuestThe Guns of Navarone
(1961) Cpl. James Arthur MillerAlcoa Theatre
(1957) Paul EvansDeath on the Nile
(1978) Colonel RaceThe Oscars
(1953) SelfWuthering Heights
(1939) Edgar LintonMutiny on the Bounty
(1935) Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)Separate Tables
(1958) David Angus PollockActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
2005 | Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
1997 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1991 | actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1983 | Sir Charles Litton | |
Nick Cartland | ||
1982 | Sir Charles Litton | |
1980 | Col. W.H. Grice | |
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis | ||
1979 | Professor Blake | |
Sir William Stephenson | ||
Ivan | ||
1978 | Colonel Race | |
Self | ||
Self / Colonel Johnny Race | ||
1977 | Priory | |
1976 | Dick Charleston | |
J.W. Osborne | ||
1975 | 'Major' Walter Bradbury | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
1974 | Sir Simon de Canterville | |
Count Dracula | ||
1973 | Self | |
1972 | Charles Dreyer | |
1971 | Self | |
Alex Bolt | ||
1969 | Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N. | |
Major Burnside | ||
Col. Carol Matthews, aka "Le Cerveau" | ||
1968 | Jonathan Kingsley | |
Self - Guest | ||
Gerald Hardcastle | ||
1967 | James Bond | |
1966 | Philippe de Montfaucon | |
Self - Interviewee | ||
Dr. Jason Love | ||
1965 | Dicky, Lord Lendale | |
1964 | Alec Fleming | |
Lawrence Jameson | ||
1963 | Sir Charles Lytton | |
Harvey Cleeve | ||
Sir Arthur Robertson | ||
Soldato inglese (uncredited) | ||
1962 | Major Peter Whitfield | |
Tom Jordan | ||
Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited) | ||
1961 | Maj. Richardson | |
Self / Host | ||
Cpl. James Arthur Miller | ||
1960 | Larry Mackay | |
1959 | Marcus Dodds | |
Miles Doughton | ||
Self - Host | ||
Chris Walters | ||
1958 | David Angus Pollock | |
Raymond | ||
1957 | Godfrey Smith | |
Jeff Carleton | ||
Henry Brittingham-Brett | ||
Alan Coles | ||
Paul Evans | ||
Mark Garron | ||
1956 | Phileas Fogg | |
Allen Raikes | ||
Milo Brant | ||
Roger Tweakham | ||
Patrick Harris | ||
Frank | ||
1955 | James - Duke of Brampton | |
Johnny | ||
1954 | Major Charles Carrington | |
Jasper O'Leary | ||
Rex Allerton | ||
1953 | David Slater | |
Self | ||
1952 | George | |
Deacon | ||
Tony Stewart | ||
Hal Winters | ||
Royal Thurston | ||
John | ||
Ted Parker | ||
Richard Lilliam | ||
Andy | ||
Doctor Gentry | ||
Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle | ||
Bingham | ||
Phil Weston | ||
Mitch | ||
William Langford | ||
Doctor | ||
Charles | ||
Andy Fields | ||
Robert Louis Stevenson | ||
Cookie | ||
Henry | ||
Lee | ||
Ted | ||
Jim Kenyon | ||
David | ||
Frank | ||
Larkin | ||
Philip | ||
Maxwell | ||
Wyeth | ||
Uncle Fred | ||
Adams | ||
Bill Shelby | ||
1951 | Valentine Moreland | |
N/A | ||
Capt. Pindenny | ||
B.G. Bruno | ||
1950 | Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney | |
Self | ||
Jacques Riboudeaux | ||
Self - Guest Panelist | ||
Self - Mystery Guest | ||
Sheffield | ||
1949 | Kenneth Marquis | |
Eric Phillips | ||
Self | ||
1948 | Roland "Rollo" Dane | |
Bonnie Prince Charlie/The Young Pretender | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self | ||
1947 | Bishop Henry Brougham | |
Doctor Anthony Stanton | ||
Dale Williams | ||
1946 | Peter Carter | |
Aaron Burr | ||
1944 | Lieutenant Jim Perry | |
1942 | Geoffrey Crisp | |
1939 | A.J. Raffles | |
Tony "The Great Arturo" | ||
Lt. Terence McCool | ||
David Merlin | ||
Edgar Linton | ||
1938 | Lieutenant Scott | |
Steve Harrington | ||
Christopher Leigh | ||
Albert De Regnier | ||
1937 | Paul de Brack | |
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim | ||
Joe Gilling | ||
1936 | Captain Gerald Preston | |
Captain Randall | ||
Bertie Wooster | ||
Captain Clyde Lockert | ||
Self | ||
George Britell | ||
Teddy | ||
1935 | Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited) | |
Clancey Lorrimore | ||
Leo Cartwright | ||
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) | ||
Bill Gage | ||
1934 | Slave (uncredited) | |
1932 | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1993 | Executive Producer | |
1984 | Executive Producer | |
1956 | Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1956 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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