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David Niven
🎭 Acting

David Niven

March 1, 1910 (age 73)
July 29, 1983
London, England, UK
Male
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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.

Movies

117 credits
Casino Royale
★ 5.3
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Casino Royale
1967 as James Bond
Death on the Nile
★ 7.1
+
Death on the Nile
1978 as Colonel Race
The Pink Panther
★ 6.8
+
The Pink Panther
1963 as Sir Charles Lytton
Wuthering Heights
★ 7.2
+
Wuthering Heights
1939 as Edgar Linton
Around the World in 80 Days
★ 6.7
+
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 as Phileas Fogg
The Guns of Navarone
★ 7.3
+
The Guns of Navarone
1961 as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Murder by Death
★ 7.2
+
Murder by Death
1976 as Dick Charleston
Escape to Athena
★ 5.7
+
Escape to Athena
1979 as Professor Blake
A Matter of Life and Death Movie
★ 7.8
Comedy, Drama
1946 Comedy, Drama
55 Days at Peking
★ 6.9
+
55 Days at Peking
1963 as Sir Arthur Robertson
Bonjour Tristesse
★ 6.7
+
Bonjour Tristesse
1958 as Raymond
The Sea Wolves
★ 6.0
+
The Sea Wolves
1980 as Col. W.H. Grice
Trail of the Pink Panther
★ 5.2
+
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 as Sir Charles Litton
Mutiny on the Bounty
★ 7.4
+
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Curse of the Pink Panther
★ 4.6
+
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 as Sir Charles Litton
Lady L
★ 5.8
+
Lady L
1965 as Dicky, Lord Lendale
The Brain
★ 7.3
+
The Brain
1969 as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka…
Rough Cut
★ 5.9
+
Rough Cut
1980 as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
★ 6.2
+
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960 as Larry Mackay
The Way Ahead
★ 6.6
+
The Way Ahead
1944 as Lieutenant Jim Perry
The Bishop's Wife
★ 7.1
+
The Bishop's Wife
1947 as Henry Brougham
Bachelor Mother
★ 7.2
+
Bachelor Mother
1939 as David Merlin
The Shortest Day
★ 6.2
+
The Shortest Day
1963 as Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Cleopatra
★ 6.1
+
Cleopatra
1934 as Slave (uncredited)
Separate Tables
★ 7.0
+
Separate Tables
1958 as Major Angus Pollock
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
★ 8.0
+
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive…
Dodsworth
★ 7.1
+
Dodsworth
1936 as Captain Clyde Lockert
Rat Pack
★ 9.0
+
Rat Pack
2022 as Self (archive footage)
No Deposit, No Return
★ 6.3
+
No Deposit, No Return
1976 as J.W. Osborne
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
★ 6.0
+
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980 as Ivan

TV Shows

65 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV
★ 7.5
PRO
Talk
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.8
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
Golden Globe Awards TV
★ 7.2
Reality, Talk
1944 Reality, Talk
What’s My Line? TV
★ 7.0
PRO
Comedy, Family
1950 Comedy, Family
What’s My Line? TV
★ 7.0
PRO
Comedy, Family
1950 Comedy, Family
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 6.0
Drama
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre TV
★ 6.2
Drama, Western
1956 Drama, Western
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre TV
★ 6.2
Drama, Western
1956 Drama, Western
The Dick Cavett Show TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Talk
Burke's Law TV
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Burke's Law
1963 as Harvey Cleeve
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Comedy, Drama
1952 Comedy, Drama
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