David Niven

from London, England, UK

Artwork for Around the World in 80 DaysImage of 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.

Timeline

2028Future projects

  • Poster for Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

    Self (archive footage)

2024Aged 114

  • Poster for Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    (archive footage)

2022Aged 112

  • Poster for Rat Pack

    Self (archive footage)

2019Aged 109

  • Poster for Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015Aged 105

  • Poster for Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

    Self (archive footage)

2005Aged 95

  • Poster for The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

2000Aged 90

  • Poster for The Many Faces of Dracula

    Count Dracula (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Self (archive footage)

1997Aged 87

  • Poster for Bogart: The Untold Story

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995Aged 85

  • Poster for Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Self (archive footage)

1991Aged 81

  • Poster for Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

1989Aged 79

  • Poster for I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

    Self (archive footage)

1988Aged 78

  • Poster for Gregory Peck: His Own Man

    Self (archive footage)

1985Aged 75

  • Poster for Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

    Self (archive footage)

1984Aged 74

  • Poster for The Night They Saved Christmas

    Executive Producer

1983Aged 73

  • Poster for Better Late Than Never

    Nick Cartland

  • Poster for Curse of the Pink Panther

    Sir Charles Litton

1982Aged 72

  • Poster for Trail of the Pink Panther

    Sir Charles Litton

1980Aged 70

  • Poster for A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    Ivan

  • Poster for Rough Cut

    Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

  • Poster for The Sea Wolves

    Col. W.H. Grice

1979Aged 69

  • Poster for ABBA in Switzerland

    Self

  • Poster for Escape to Athena

    Professor Blake

1978Aged 68

1977Aged 67

  • Poster for Candleshoe

    Priory

1976Aged 66

1975Aged 65

  • Poster for The Remarkable Rocket

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Paper Tiger

    'Major' Walter Bradbury

1974Aged 64

  • Poster for Vampira

    Count Dracula

  • Gorilla

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Canterville Ghost

    Sir Simon de Canterville

1972Aged 62

  • Poster for King, Queen, Knave

    Charles Dreyer

1971Aged 61

1969Aged 59

  • Poster for Before Winter Comes

    Major Burnside

  • Poster for The Brain

    Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

  • Poster for The Extraordinary Seaman

    Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1968Aged 58

  • Poster for Prudence and the Pill

    Gerald Hardcastle

  • Poster for The Impossible Years

    Jonathan Kingsley

1967Aged 57

  • Poster for Lionpower from MGM

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

  • Poster for Casino Royale

    James Bond

1966Aged 56

  • Poster for Where the Spies Are

    Dr. Jason Love

  • Poster for All Eyes on Sharon Tate

    Self - Interviewee

  • Poster for Eye of the Devil

    Philippe de Montfaucon

1965Aged 55

  • Poster for Lady L

    Dicky, Lord Lendale

1964Aged 54

  • Poster for Bedtime Story

    Lawrence Jameson

1963Aged 53

  • Poster for The Shortest Day

    Soldato inglese (uncredited)

  • Poster for 55 Days at Peking

    Sir Arthur Robertson

  • Poster for The Pink Panther

    Sir Charles Lytton

1962Aged 52

  • Poster for The Road to Hong Kong

    Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)

  • Poster for Guns of Darkness

    Tom Jordan

  • Poster for Conquered City

    Major Peter Whitfield

1961Aged 51

  • Poster for The Guns of Navarone

    Cpl. John Anthony Miller

  • Poster for The Best of Enemies

    Maj. Richardson

1960Aged 50

  • Poster for Please Don't Eat the Daisies

    Larry Mackay

1959Aged 49

  • Poster for Happy Anniversary

    Chris Walters

  • Poster for Ask Any Girl

    Miles Doughton

1958Aged 48

  • Poster for Bonjour Tristesse

    Raymond

  • Poster for The All-Star Christmas Show

    Self

  • Poster for Separate Tables

    Angus Pollock

1957Aged 47

  • Poster for Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

    Alan Coles

  • Poster for The Little Hut

    Henry Brittingham-Brett

  • Poster for My Man Godfrey

    Godfrey Smith

1956Aged 46

  • Poster for The Birds and the Bees

    Patrick Harris

  • Poster for The Silken Affair

    Roger Tweakham

  • Poster for Around the World in 80 Days

    Phileas Fogg

1955Aged 45

  • Poster for The King's Thief

    James - Duke of Brampton

1954Aged 44

  • Poster for The Love Lottery

    Rex Allerton

  • Poster for Happy Ever After

    Jasper O'Leary

  • Poster for Carrington V.C.

    Major Charles Carrington

1953Aged 43

  • Poster for The Moon Is Blue

    David Slater

1952Aged 42

  • Poster for The Lady Says No

    Bill Shelby

1951Aged 41

  • Poster for Happy Go Lovely

    B.G. Bruno

  • Poster for Soldiers Three

    Capt. Pindenny

  • Poster for Appointment with Venus

    Valentine Moreland

1950Aged 40

  • Poster for The Toast of New Orleans

    Jacques Riboudeaux

  • Poster for The Elusive Pimpernel

    Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

1949Aged 39

  • Poster for A Kiss in the Dark

    Eric Phillips

  • Poster for A Kiss for Corliss

    Kenneth Marquis

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1949

    Self

1948Aged 38

  • Poster for Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Prince Charles Edward Stuart

  • Poster for Enchantment

    Roland Dane

1947Aged 37

  • Poster for The Perfect Marriage

    Dale Williams

  • Poster for The Other Love

    Doctor Anthony Stanton

  • Poster for The Bishop's Wife

    Henry Brougham

1946Aged 36

  • Poster for Magnificent Doll

    Aaron Burr

  • Poster for A Matter of Life and Death

    Peter Carter

1944Aged 34

  • Poster for The Way Ahead

    Lieutenant Jim Perry

  • Poster for United States

    Narrator (voice)

1942Aged 32

  • Poster for The First of the Few

    Geoffrey Crisp

1939Aged 29

  • Poster for Wuthering Heights

    Edgar Linton

  • Poster for Bachelor Mother

    David Merlin

  • Poster for The Real Glory

    Lieut. McCool

  • Poster for Eternally Yours

    Tony

  • Poster for Raffles

    A.J. Raffles

1938Aged 28

  • Poster for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    Albert De Regnier

  • Poster for Four Men and a Prayer

    Christopher Leigh

  • Poster for Three Blind Mice

    Steve Harrington

  • Poster for The Dawn Patrol

    Lt. Scott

1937Aged 27

  • Poster for We Have Our Moments

    Joe Gilling

  • Poster for The Prisoner of Zenda

    Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

  • Poster for Dinner at the Ritz

    Paul de Brack

1936Aged 26

  • Poster for Rose Marie

    Teddy

  • Poster for Palm Springs

    George Britell

  • Poster for Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Self

  • Poster for Dodsworth

    Captain Clyde Lockert

  • Poster for Thank You, Jeeves!

    Bertie Wooster

  • Poster for The Charge of the Light Brigade

    Captain Randall

  • Poster for Beloved Enemy

    Captain Gerald Preston

1935Aged 25

  • Poster for Without Regret

    Bill Gage

  • Poster for Barbary Coast

    Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Feather in Her Hat

    Leo Cartwright

  • Poster for Mutiny on the Bounty

    Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Splendor

    Clancey Lorrimore

1934Aged 24

  • Poster for Cleopatra

    Slave (uncredited)

1932Aged 22

  • Poster for There Goes the Bride

    Bit Role (uncredited)