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

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 52

TV Involvements: 20


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

The Rogues
Average
8

The Rogues

(1964) Alec Fleming
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
5
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
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6

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

(1959) Marcus Dodds
Robert Montgomery Presents
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5

Robert Montgomery Presents

(1950) Sheffield
The Bob Hope Show
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8

The Bob Hope Show

(1950) Self
Alcoa Theatre
Average
6

Alcoa Theatre

(1957) Paul Martel
The Star and the Story
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0

The Star and the Story

(1955) Johnny
The David Niven Show
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0

The David Niven Show

(1959) Self - Host

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self (archive footage)
2013 Self (archive footage)
2005 Self - Actor (archive footage)
2000 Self (archive footage)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991 actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985 Self (archive footage)
1983 Sir Charles Litton
Nick Cartland
1982 Sir Charles Litton
1980 Col. W.H. Grice
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
Ivan
1979 Professor Blake
Sir William Stephenson
Self
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
Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « 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
Robert Medhill
Paul Martel
Mark Garron
1956 Phileas Fogg
Allen Raikes
Milo Brant
Roger Tweakham
Patrick Harris
Self
1955 James - Duke of Brampton
Johnny
1954 Major Charles Carrington
Jasper O'Leary
Rex Allerton
1953 David Slater
Self
1952 Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
Doctor Gentry
Bingham
Ted Parker
David
Andy
Phil Weston
Mitch
William Langford
Richard Lilliam
Doctor
Andy Fields
Frank
Cookie
Lee
Adams
Robert Louis Stevenson
Henry
Philip
George
Larkin
Wyeth
Uncle Fred
Deacon
Tony Stewart
Hal Winters
Ted
Jim Kenyon
Maxwell
John
Royal Thurston
Charles
Bill Shelby
1951 Valentine Moreland
N/A
Capt. Pindenny
B.G. Bruno
1950 Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Self
David Niven
Jacques Riboudeaux
Self
Self - Panelist
Self - Mystery Guest
Sheffield
1949 Self
Kenneth Marquis
Eric Phillips
1948 Roland "Rollo" Dane
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Self
Self (archive footage)
1947 Henry Brougham
Doctor Anthony Stanton
Dale Williams
1946 Peter Carter
Aaron Burr
1944 Narrator (voice)
Lieutenant Jim Perry
1942 Geoffrey Crisp
1939 A.J. Raffles
Tony "The Great Arturo"
Lieut. McCool
David Merlin
Edgar Linton
1938 Lt. 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 Clancey Lorrimore
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
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
1984 Executive Producer
1952 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1956 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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