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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

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

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

1972
King, Queen, Knave

as    Charles Dreyer

1969
The Brain

as    Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « Le Cerveau »

1969
The Extraordinary Seaman

as    Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.

1967
Casino Royale

as    James Bond

1966
Where the Spies Are

as    Dr. Jason Love

1965
Lady L

as    Dicky, Lord Lendale

1964
Bedtime Story

as    Lawrence Jameson

1964
The Pink Panther

as    Sir Charles Lytton

1963
55 Days at Peking

as    Sir Arthur Robertson

1962
The Best of Enemies

as    Maj. Richardson

1961
The Guns of Navarone

as    Cpl. James Arthur Miller

1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as    Larry Mackay

1959
Ask Any Girl

as    Miles Doughton

1959
The David Niven Show

as    Self - Host

1958
Separate Tables

as    David Angus Pollock

1958
Bonjour Tristesse

as    Raymond

1957
The Little Hut

as    Henry Brittingham-Brett

1956
Around the World in Eighty Days

as    Phileas Fogg