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Aliases: James David Graham Niven , David Nivens , Дейвид Нивен , Дэвид Нивен , 大卫·尼文

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 57

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

Robert Montgomery Presents
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4

Robert Montgomery Presents

(1950) Sheffield
Burke's Law
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6

Burke's Law

(1963) Harvey Cleeve
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
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6
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
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6

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

(1959) Marcus Dodds
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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5
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Death on the Nile
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7

Death on the Nile

(1978) Colonel Race
Mutiny on the Bounty
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7

Mutiny on the Bounty

(1935) Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 (archive footage)
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)
1995 Self (archive footage)
1991 actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988 Self (archive footage)
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
Self
Count Dracula
1973 Self
1972 Charles Dreyer
1971 Self
Host
Alex Bolt
1969 Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « Le Cerveau »
Major Burnside
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
Self
Tom Jordan
Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1961 Self
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
Mark Garron
Jeff Carleton
Paul Evans
Robert Medhill
Paul Martel
Jeff Carleton
Henry Brittingham-Brett
Alan Coles
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 Doctor
William Langford
Mitch
Phil Weston
Bingham
Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
Doctor Gentry
Ted Parker
Andy
Richard Lilliam
Andy Fields
John
Royal Thurston
Hal Winters
Tony Stewart
George
Deacon
Charles
Robert Louis Stevenson
Henry
Wyeth
Uncle Fred
Cookie
Adams
Maxwell
Philip
Larkin
Frank
David
Jim Kenyon
Ted
Lee
Bill Shelby
1951 Valentine Moreland
N/A
Capt. Pindenny
B.G. Bruno
1950 Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
David Niven
Self
Jacques Riboudeaux
Self
Self - Mystery Guest
Self - Panelist
Sheffield
1949 Self
Kenneth Marquis
Eric Phillips
1948 Roland 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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