David Niven

Acting · Born 1910-03-01 in London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• Wuthering Heights as Edgar Linton
• Death on the Nile as Colonel Race
• The Guns of Navarone as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
• Murder by Death as Dick Charleston
• The Brain as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'
• A Matter of Life and Death as Peter Carter
• The Bishop's Wife as Henry Brougham
• Mutiny on the Bounty as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
• The Pink Panther as Sir Charles Lytton
• Eye of the Devil as Philippe de Montfaucon

TV

• Burke's Law as Harvey Cleeve
• The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• Alcoa Theatre as Mark Garron
• The Rogues as Alec Fleming
• Robert Montgomery Presents as Sheffield
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Allen Raikes
• The Jack Benny Program as David Niven
• Goodyear Theatre as Jeff Carleton
• The Oscars as Self