David Niven

David Niven

b. 1910 — d. 1983 (aged 73) London, England, UK
Actor Director

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Filmography

Curse of the Pink Panther
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★ 4.4
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 Actor
Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never
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★ 5.5
Better Late Than Never
1983 Actor
Nick Cartland
Trail of the Pink Panther
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★ 4.8
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 Actor
Sir Charles Litton
The Sea Wolves
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★ 6.3
The Sea Wolves
1980 Actor
Colonel W. H. Grice
Rough Cut
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★ 5.7
Rough Cut
1980 Actor
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
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★ 5.7
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980 Actor
Ivan
Escape to Athena
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★ 5.7
Escape to Athena
1979 Actor
Professor Blake
A Man Called Intrepid
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★ 6.8
A Man Called Intrepid
1979 Actor
Sir William Stephenson
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Christmas Snowtime Special
1979 Self
Candleshoe
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★ 6.7
Candleshoe
1977 Actor
Priory
Murder by Death
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★ 7.2
Murder by Death
1976 Actor
Dick Charleston
No Deposit, No Return
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★ 6.4
No Deposit, No Return
1976 Actor
J.W. Osborne
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📺
David Niven's World
1976 Self
Paper Tiger
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★ 5.9
Paper Tiger
1975 Actor
'Major' Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket
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★ 6.5
The Remarkable Rocket
1975 Actor
Narrator
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Whisky Passport: Primeira Classe
1975 Actor
David Niven
Old Dracula
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★ 4.5
Old Dracula
1974 Actor
Count Dracula
The 46th Annual Academy Awards
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★ 6.1
The 46th Annual Academy Awards
1974 Self
The Canterville Ghost
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★ 6.9
The Canterville Ghost
1974 Actor
The Ghost - Sir Simon de Canterville
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Gorilla
1974 Actor
Narrator
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The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil
1973 Actor
Narrator
King, Queen, Knave
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★ 5.4
King, Queen, Knave
1972 Actor
Charles Dreyer
The Statue
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★ 4.8
The Statue
1971 Actor
Alex Bolt
V.I.P.-Schaukel
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★ 7.2
V.I.P.-Schaukel
1971 Self
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The Jarvis Collection: Scotland Yard
1971 Self
The Brain
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★ 6.8
The Brain
1969 Actor
Colonel Carol Matthews
The Extraordinary Seaman
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★ 3.5
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969 Actor
Lt. Commander Finchhaven, R.N.
Before Winter Comes
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★ 5.8
Before Winter Comes
1969 Actor
Major Burnside
The Impossible Years
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★ 5.7
The Impossible Years
1968 Actor
Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill
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★ 5.7
Prudence and the Pill
1968 Actor
Gerald Hardcastle
Casino Royale
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★ 5.0
Casino Royale
1967 Actor
Sir James Bond
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Film Star
1967 Self
Eye of the Devil
🎞️
★ 6.1
Eye of the Devil
1966 Actor
Philippe de Montfaucon
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
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★ 6.3
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966 Self
Lady L
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★ 5.5
Lady L
1965 Actor
Lord Dicky Lendale
Where the Spies Are
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★ 5.6
Where the Spies Are
1965 Actor
Dr. Jason Love
Bedtime Story
🎞️
★ 6.7
Bedtime Story
1964 Actor
Lawrence Jameson
The Rogues
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★ 8.0
The Rogues
1964 Actor
Alec Fleming
The Pink Panther
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★ 7.0
The Pink Panther
1963 Actor
Sir Charles Lytton
55 Days at Peking
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★ 6.7
55 Days at Peking
1963 Actor
Sir Arthur Robertson
Guns of Darkness
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★ 6.1
Guns of Darkness
1962 Actor
Tom Jordan
Conquered City
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★ 5.8
Conquered City
1962 Actor
Maj. Peter Whitfield
The Guns of Navarone
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★ 7.5
The Guns of Navarone
1961 Actor
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
The Best of Enemies
🎞️
★ 6.7
The Best of Enemies
1961 Actor
Maj. Richardson
The Dick Powell Theatre
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★ 7.4
The Dick Powell Theatre
1961 Self
🎬
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★ 8.8
Survival
1961 Self
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🎞️
★ 6.9
Honeymoon on Rhodes
1961 Self
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
🎞️
★ 6.4
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960 Actor
Laurence Mackay
Ask Any Girl
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★ 6.5
Ask Any Girl
1959 Actor
Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary
🎞️
★ 5.7
Happy Anniversary
1959 Actor
Chris Walters
The David Niven Show
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★ 7.8
The David Niven Show
1959 Self
Separate Tables
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★ 7.3
Separate Tables
1958 Actor
Major Angus Pollock
Bonjour Tristesse
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★ 6.8
Bonjour Tristesse
1958 Actor
Raymond
Glamorous Hollywood
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Glamorous Hollywood
1958 Self
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Screen Snapshots, Series 37, No. 5: Glamorous Hollywood
1958 Self
My Man Godfrey
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★ 6.3
My Man Godfrey
1957 Actor
Godfrey Smith
The Little Hut
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★ 5.6
The Little Hut
1957 Actor
Henry Brittingham-Brett
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
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★ 5.3
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957 Actor
Dr. Alan Coles
Alcoa Theatre
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★ 7.4
Alcoa Theatre
1957 Actor
Paul Evans
Goodyear Theatre
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★ 7.1
Goodyear Theatre
1957 Actor
'Jeffrey Collins'
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The Return of Phileas Fogg
1957 Actor
Phileas Fogg
Around the World in 80 Days
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★ 6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 Actor
Phileas Fogg
Zane Grey Theatre
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★ 7.5
Zane Grey Theatre
1956 Director
The Birds and the Bees
🎞️
★ 5.3
The Birds and the Bees
1956 Actor
Colonel Patrick Henry Harris
The Silken Affair
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★ 5.5
The Silken Affair
1956 Actor
Roger Tweakham
The King's Thief
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★ 5.8
The King's Thief
1955 Actor
Duke of Brampton
Court Martial
🎞️
★ 6.9
Court Martial
1954 Actor
Maj. Charles Owen Paul Carrington VC
Tonight's the Night
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★ 6.2
Tonight's the Night
1954 Actor
Jasper O'Leary
The Love Lottery
🎞️
★ 5.5
The Love Lottery
1954 Actor
Rex Allerton
The Moon Is Blue
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★ 6.7
The Moon Is Blue
1953 Actor
David Slater
Four Star Playhouse
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★ 7.6
Four Star Playhouse
1952 Actor
Andy Fields
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Chesterfield Presents
1952 Actor
Happy Go Lovely
🎞️
★ 6.5
Happy Go Lovely
1951 Actor
B.G. Bruno
Soldiers Three
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★ 5.9
Soldiers Three
1951 Actor
Captain Pindenny
The Lady Says No
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★ 5.2
The Lady Says No
1951 Actor
Bill Shelby
Island Rescue
🎞️
★ 6.2
Island Rescue
1951 Actor
Maj. Valentine Moreland
The Toast of New Orleans
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★ 6.0
The Toast of New Orleans
1950 Actor
Jacques Riboudeaux
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The Peter Lind Hayes Show
1950 Self
The Fighting Pimpernel
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★ 6.0
The Fighting Pimpernel
1949 Actor
The Scarlet Pimpernel
A Kiss in the Dark
🎞️
★ 6.1
A Kiss in the Dark
1949 Actor
Eric Phillips
A Kiss for Corliss
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★ 5.8
A Kiss for Corliss
1949 Actor
Kenneth Marquis
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Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet
1949 Self
Enchantment
🎞️
★ 7.2
Enchantment
1948 Actor
General Sir Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie
🎞️
★ 5.2
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948 Actor
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
The Bishop's Wife
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★ 7.6
The Bishop's Wife
1947 Actor
Henry Brougham
The Other Love
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★ 6.1
The Other Love
1947 Actor
Dr. Anthony Stanton
A Matter of Life and Death
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★ 8.0
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 Actor
Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll
🎞️
★ 6.2
Magnificent Doll
1946 Actor
Aaron Burr
The Perfect Marriage
🎞️
★ 5.9
The Perfect Marriage
1946 Actor
Dale Williams
The Way Ahead
🎞️
★ 6.9
The Way Ahead
1944 Actor Writer
Lt. Jim Perry
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.0
United States
1944 Actor
Narrator
Spitfire
🎞️
★ 7.0
Spitfire
1942 Actor
Geoffrey Crisp
🎬
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Unarmed Combat
1941 Self
Wuthering Heights
🎞️
★ 7.5
Wuthering Heights
1939 Actor
Edgar
Bachelor Mother
🎞️
★ 7.5
Bachelor Mother
1939 Actor
David Merlin
Raffles
🎞️
★ 6.4
Raffles
1939 Actor
Raffles
The Real Glory
🎞️
★ 6.5
The Real Glory
1939 Actor
Lt. Terence McCool
Eternally Yours
🎞️
★ 5.7
Eternally Yours
1939 Actor
Tony aka The Great Arturo
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
🎞️
★ 7.1
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938 Actor
Albert De Regnier
The Dawn Patrol
🎞️
★ 7.5
The Dawn Patrol
1938 Actor
Scott