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David Niven

David Niven

Birthday: 1910-02-28 | Place of Birth: London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
2022
Rat Pack

as    Self (archive footage)

1983
Better Late Than Never

as    Nick Cartland

1983
Curse of the Pink Panther

as    Sir Charles Litton

1982
Trail of the Pink Panther

as    Sir Charles Litton

1981
The Sea Wolves

as    Col. W.H. Grice

1980
Rough Cut

as    Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

1979
Escape to Athena

as    Professor Blake

1979
ABBA in Switzerland

as    Self

1979
A Man Called Intrepid

as    Sir William Stephenson

1979
A Man Called Intrepid

as    Sir William Stephenson

1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever

as    Self

1977
Candleshoe

as    Priory

1976
Murder by Death

as    Dick Charleston

1976
No Deposit, No Return

as    J.W. Osborne

1975
Paper Tiger

as    'Major' Walter Bradbury

1975
Vampira

as    Count Dracula

1975
The Remarkable Rocket

as    Narrator (voice)

1974
Gorilla

as    Narrator

1974
The Canterville Ghost

as    Sir Simon de Canterville

1972
King, Queen, Knave

as    Charles Dreyer

1969
The Brain

as    Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'

1969
The Extraordinary Seaman

as    Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1968
The Impossible Years

as    Jonathan Kingsley