David Niven

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.

Career Overview

David Niven has 129 screen credits in a career dating back to 1932. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Pink Panther with 3 titles. Signature works include The Pink Panther, Casino Royale, Around the World in 80 Days. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

129

Birth Date

1910-03-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The Pink Panther
• 

  Casino Royale
• 

  Around the World in 80 Days
• 

  Wuthering Heights
• 

  The Guns of Navarone
• 

  Curse of the Pink Panther

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Pink Panther (3 titles)
• The Pink Panther (Original) Collection (3 titles)
• Agatha Christie Poirot Film Series (1 titles)
• Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) Collection (1 titles)
• March Forward Film Series (1 titles)
• Road to... Collection (1 titles)
• Navarone Collection (1 titles)
• Ealing comedies (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Michael Trubshawe (3 collaborations)
• Peter Sellers (2 collaborations)
• Capucine (2 collaborations)
• Robert Wagner (2 collaborations)
• Colin Gordon (2 collaborations)
• John Le Mesurier (2 collaborations)
• Charles Boyer (2 collaborations)
• George Raft (2 collaborations)
• Graham Stark (2 collaborations)
• Percy Herbert (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (126 credits)

  • Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2028
  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Rat Pack

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Many Faces of Dracula

    Count Dracula (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Bogart: The Untold Story

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

    Self (Archive Footage)

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Gregory Peck: His Own Man

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Curse of the Pink Panther

    Sir Charles Litton

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Better Late Than Never

    Nick Cartland

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Trail of the Pink Panther

    Sir Charles Litton

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Sea Wolves

    Col. W.H. Grice

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Rough Cut

    Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    Ivan

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Escape to Athena

    Professor Blake

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • ABBA in Switzerland

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Death on the Nile

    Colonel Race

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

    Self / Colonel Race

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Formula 1 - Speed fever

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Candleshoe

    Priory

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Bob Hope's World of Comedy

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Murder by Death

    Dick Charleston

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • No Deposit, No Return

    J.W. Osborne

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Paper Tiger

    'Major' Walter Bradbury

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Remarkable Rocket

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Canterville Ghost

    Sir Simon de Canterville

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Gorilla

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Vampira

    Count Dracula

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • King, Queen, Knave

    Charles Dreyer

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread

    Host

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Statue

    Alex Bolt

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Extraordinary Seaman

    Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Brain

    Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Before Winter Comes

    Major Burnside

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Impossible Years

    Jonathan Kingsley

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Prudence and the Pill

    Gerald Hardcastle

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - David Niven, Joan Hackett, Billy Eckstine, John Marley (1972) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - David Niven, Lynn Redgrave (1972) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • Casino Royale

    James Bond

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Lionpower from MGM

    Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • All Eyes on Sharon Tate

    Self - Interviewee

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Where the Spies Are

    Dr. Jason Love

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Lady L

    Dicky, Lord Lendale

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Bedtime Story

    Lawrence Jameson

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Pink Panther

    Sir Charles Lytton

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • 55 Days at Peking

    Sir Arthur Robertson

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Shortest Day

    Soldato inglese (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Burke's Law

    - Who Killed Billy Jo? (1963) ... Harvey Cleeve actor actors
    1963
  • Conquered City

    Major Peter Whitfield

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Guns of Darkness

    Tom Jordan

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Road to Hong Kong

    Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 152 (1981) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 212 (1975) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 76 (1972) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Best of Enemies

    Maj. Richardson

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Guns of Navarone

    Cpl. John Anthony Miller

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Mike Douglas Show

    - Episode 78 (1977) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 60 (1976) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 34 (1975) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 108 (1972) ... Self actor actors
    1961
  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies

    Larry Mackay

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Ask Any Girl

    Miles Doughton

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Happy Anniversary

    Chris Walters

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Separate Tables

    Major Angus Pollock

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The All-Star Christmas Show

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Bonjour Tristesse

    Raymond

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • My Man Godfrey

    Godfrey Smith

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Little Hut

    Henry Brittingham-Brett

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

    Alan Coles

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Phileas Fogg

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Silken Affair

    Roger Tweakham

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Birds and the Bees

    Patrick Harris

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - The Accuser (1958) ... Milo Brant actor actors

    - Village of Fear (1957) ... Allen Raikes actor actors
    1956
  • The King's Thief

    James - Duke of Brampton

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Carrington V.C.

    Major Charles Carrington

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Happy Ever After

    Jasper O'Leary

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Love Lottery

    Rex Allerton

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Moon Is Blue

    David Slater

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Oscars

    - The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974) ... Self actor actors

    - The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966) ... Self actor actors

    - The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) ... Self actor actors
    1953
  • The Lady Says No

    Bill Shelby

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Four Star Playhouse

    - Second Chance (1956) ... Lee actor actors

    - Touch and Go (1956) ... Ted actor actors

    - The Rites of Spring (1956) ... Jim Kenyon actor actors

    - Red Wine (1956) ... David actor actors

    - Safe Keeping (1956) ... Frank actor actors
    1952
  • Appointment with Venus

    Valentine Moreland

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Soldiers Three

    Capt. Pindenny

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Happy Go Lovely

    B.G. Bruno

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Elusive Pimpernel

    Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Toast of New Orleans

    Jacques Riboudeaux

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    - The Sheffield Story (1952) ... Sheffield actor actors
    1950
  • What's My Line?

    - Episode 496 (1960) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 494 (1959) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 449 (1959) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 434 (1958) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 433 (1958) ... Self - Panelist actor actors
    1950
  • Breakdowns of 1949

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Kiss for Corliss

    Kenneth Marquis

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Kiss in the Dark

    Eric Phillips

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Enchantment

    Roland Dane

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Prince Charles Edward Stuart

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Bishop's Wife

    Henry Brougham

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Other Love

    Doctor Anthony Stanton

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Perfect Marriage

    Dale Williams

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • A Matter of Life and Death

    Peter Carter

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Magnificent Doll

    Aaron Burr

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • United States

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Way Ahead

    Lieutenant Jim Perry

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Golden Globe Awards

    - The 16th Golden Globe Awards (1959) ... Self - Nominee actor actors
    1944
  • The First of the Few

    Geoffrey Crisp

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Raffles

    A.J. Raffles

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Eternally Yours

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Real Glory

    Lieut. McCool

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Bachelor Mother

    David Merlin

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Wuthering Heights

    Edgar Linton

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Dawn Patrol

    Lt. Scott

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Three Blind Mice

    Steve Harrington

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Four Men and a Prayer

    Christopher Leigh

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    Albert De Regnier

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Dinner at the Ritz

    Paul de Brack

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • We Have Our Moments

    Joe Gilling

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Beloved Enemy

    Captain Gerald Preston

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade

    Captain Randall

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Thank You, Jeeves!

    Bertie Wooster

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Dodsworth

    Captain Clyde Lockert

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Palm Springs

    George Britell

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Rose Marie

    Teddy

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Feather in Her Hat

    Leo Cartwright

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Barbary Coast

    Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Cleopatra

    Slave (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • There Goes the Bride

    Bit Role (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932

• production (2 credits)

  • The Night They Saved Christmas

    executive producer

    production
    1984
  • Four Star Playhouse

    - Man on a Train (1953) ... producer production
    1952

• directing (1 credits)

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - The Vaunted (1958) ... director directing
    1956