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.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Known For
Dodsworth
(1936)
Captain Clyde Lockert
Casino Royale
(1967)
James Bond
The Pink Panther
(1963)
Sir Charles Lytton
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Edgar Linton
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Cpl. James Arthur Miller
Death on the Nile
(1978)
Colonel Race
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(2024)
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Sir Arthur Robertson
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Henry Brougham
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Sir Charles Litton
Murder by Death
(1976)
Dick Charleston
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Peter Carter
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Phileas Fogg
Bonjour Tristesse
(1958)
Raymond
Escape to Athena
(1979)
Professor Blake
Full Filmography
Acting
There Goes the Bride
(1932)
Bit Role (uncredited)
Cleopatra
(1934)
Slave (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
(1935)
Leo Cartwright
Without Regret
(1935)
Bill Gage
Barbary Coast
(1935)
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Splendor
(1935)
Clancey Lorrimore
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Dodsworth
(1936)
Captain Clyde Lockert
Beloved Enemy
(1936)
Captain Gerald Preston
Rose Marie
(1936)
Teddy
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1936)
Captain Randall
Thank You, Jeeves!
(1936)
Bertie Wooster
Palm Springs
(1936)
George Britell
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
(1936)
Self
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1937)
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Dinner at the Ritz
(1937)
Paul de Brack
We Have Our Moments
(1937)
Joe Gilling
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
Albert De Regnier
The Dawn Patrol
(1938)
Lt. Scott
Four Men and a Prayer
(1938)
Christopher Leigh
Three Blind Mice
(1938)
Steve Harrington
Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Edgar Linton
Bachelor Mother
(1939)
David Merlin
Eternally Yours
(1939)
Tony "The Great Arturo"
The Real Glory
(1939)
Lieut. McCool
Raffles
(1939)
A.J. Raffles
The First of the Few
(1942)
Geoffrey Crisp
The Way Ahead
(1944)
Lieutenant Jim Perry
United States
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll
(1946)
Aaron Burr
The Perfect Marriage
(1947)
Dale Williams
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Henry Brougham
The Other Love
(1947)
Doctor Anthony Stanton
Enchantment
(1948)
Roland "Rollo" Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie
(1948)
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
A Kiss in the Dark
(1949)
Eric Phillips
A Kiss for Corliss
(1949)
Kenneth Marquis
Breakdowns of 1949
(1949)
Self
The Toast of New Orleans
(1950)
Jacques Riboudeaux
The Elusive Pimpernel
(1950)
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Appointment with Venus
(1951)
Valentine Moreland
Happy Go Lovely
(1951)
B.G. Bruno
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Capt. Pindenny
The Lady Says No
(1952)
Bill Shelby
The Moon Is Blue
(1953)
David Slater
The Love Lottery
(1954)
Rex Allerton
Carrington V.C.
(1954)
Major Charles Carrington
Happy Ever After
(1954)
Jasper O'Leary
The King's Thief
(1955)
James - Duke of Brampton
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Phileas Fogg
The Birds and the Bees
(1956)
Patrick Harris
The Silken Affair
(1956)
Roger Tweakham
My Man Godfrey
(1957)
Godfrey Smith
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
(1957)
Alan Coles
The Little Hut
(1957)
Henry Brittingham-Brett
Bonjour Tristesse
(1958)
Raymond
Separate Tables
(1958)
David Angus Pollock
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary
(1959)
Chris Walters
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1960)
Larry Mackay
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Cpl. James Arthur Miller
The Best of Enemies
(1961)
Maj. Richardson
Conquered City
(1962)
Major Peter Whitfield
The Road to Hong Kong
(1962)
Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
Guns of Darkness
(1962)
Tom Jordan
The Pink Panther
(1963)
Sir Charles Lytton
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day
(1963)
Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Bedtime Story
(1964)
Lawrence Jameson
Lady L
(1965)
Dicky, Lord Lendale
Eye of the Devil
(1966)
Philippe de Montfaucon
Where the Spies Are
(1966)
Dr. Jason Love
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
(1966)
Self - Interviewee
Casino Royale
(1967)
James Bond
The Impossible Years
(1968)
Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill
(1968)
Gerald Hardcastle
The Brain
(1969)
Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « Le Cerveau »
The Extraordinary Seaman
(1969)
Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
Before Winter Comes
(1969)
Major Burnside
The Statue
(1971)
Alex Bolt
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
(1971)
Host
King, Queen, Knave
(1972)
Charles Dreyer
Vampira
(1974)
Count Dracula
The Canterville Ghost
(1974)
Sir Simon de Canterville
Paper Tiger
(1975)
'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket
(1975)
Narrator (voice)
No Deposit, No Return
(1976)
J.W. Osborne
Murder by Death
(1976)
Dick Charleston
Candleshoe
(1977)
Priory
Death on the Nile
(1978)
Colonel Race
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
(1978)
Self / Colonel Johnny Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever
(1978)
Self
Escape to Athena
(1979)
Professor Blake
A Man Called Intrepid
(1979)
Sir William Stephenson
ABBA in Switzerland
(1979)
Self
Rough Cut
(1980)
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
The Sea Wolves
(1980)
Col. W.H. Grice
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(1980)
Ivan
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Sir Charles Litton
Curse of the Pink Panther
(1983)
Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never
(1983)
Nick Cartland
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
(1995)
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
(1997)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
(2000)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
(2005)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(2024)
Production