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David Niven (I) (1910–1983)

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David Niven was named after the Saint's Day on which he was born, St. David, patron Saint of Wales. He attended Stowe School and Sandhurst Military Academy and served for two years in Malta with the Highland Light Infantry. At the outbreak of World War II, although a top-line star, he re-joined the army (Rifle Brigade)... See full bio »

Born:

James David Graham Niven
in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 73) in Château-d'Oex, Switzerland
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1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton
 
1983 Better Late Than Never
Nick Cartland
 
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton (also archive footage)
 
1980 The Sea Wolves
Col. W.H. 'Bill' Grice
 
1980 Rough Cut
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
 
1979 A Man Called Intrepid (TV mini-series)
Sir William Stephenson
 
1979 Escape to Athena
Professor Blake
 
1979 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Ivan
 
1978 Death on the Nile
Colonel Race
 
1977 Candleshoe
Priory
 
1976 Murder by Death
Dick Charleston
 
1976 No Deposit, No Return
J.W. Osborne
 
1975 Paper Tiger
'Major' Walter Bradbury
 
1975 The Canterville Ghost (TV movie)
Sir Simon de Canterville
 
1975 Old Drac
Count Dracula
 
1975 The Remarkable Rocket (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 King, Queen, Knave
Charles Dreyer
 
1971 The Statue
Alex Bolt
 
1969 Before Winter Comes
Major Burnside
 
1969 The Brain
Col. Carol Matthews
 
1969 The Extraordinary Seaman
Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN
 
1968 The Impossible Years
Jonathan Kingsley
 
1968 Prudence and the Pill
Gerald Hardcastle
 
1967 Casino Royale
Sir James Bond
 
1966 Eye of the Devil
Philippe de Montfaucon
 
1965 Lady L
Dicky, Lord Lendale
 
1965 Where the Spies Are
Dr. Jason Love
 
1964-1965 The Rogues (TV series)
Alec Fleming / Alexander 'Alec' Fleming / Alec
– A Daring Step Backward (1965) … Alec Fleming
– Mr. White's Christmas (1965) … Alec Fleming (credit only)
– Grave Doubts (1965) … Alec Fleming
– Wherefore Art Thou, Harold? (1965) … Alec Fleming
– Our Men in Marawat (1965) … Alec Fleming (credit only)
See all 30 episodes »
 
1964 Bedtime Story
Lawrence Jameson
 
1963 The Pink Panther
Sir Charles Lytton
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Harvey Cleeve, the World's Greatest Juggler
– Who Killed Billy Jo? (1963) … Harvey Cleeve, the World's Greatest Juggler
 
1963 55 Days at Peking
Sir Arthur Robertson
 
1963 The Shortest Day
Unconfirmed
 
1962 Conquered City
Maj. Peter Whitfield
 
1962 Guns of Darkness
Tom Jordan
 
1962 The Road to Hong Kong
Lama, remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
 
1961 The Best of Enemies
Maj. Richardson
 
1961 The Guns of Navarone
Miller
 
1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Laurence Mackay
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Marcus Dodds
– The Trench Coat (1960) … Marcus Dodds
 
1959 Happy Anniversary
Chris Walters
 
1959 The David Niven Show (TV series)
Inquisitor
– The Last Room (1959) … Inquisitor
 
1959 Ask Any Girl
Miles Doughton
 
1958 Separate Tables
Major Angus Pollock
 
1957-1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Allen Raikes / Milo Brant
– The Accuser (1958) … Milo Brant
– Village of Fear (1957) … Allen Raikes
 
1957-1958 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Alan Kevin / Charles Enright / Jeff Carleton / …
– Decision by Terror (1958) … Charles Enright
– Taps for Jeffrey (1958) … Jeffrey Collins
– The Tinhorn (1957) … Jeff Carleton
– The Danger by Night (1957) … Alan Kevin
 
1957-1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Mark Garron / Paul Evans / Paul Martel / …
– My Wife's Next Husband (1958) … Robert Medhill
– Night Caller (1958) … Paul Martel
– The Fatal Charm (1958)
– In the Dark (1958) … Paul Evans
– Circumstantial (1957) … Mark Garron
 
1958 Bonjour tristesse
Raymond
 
1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Alan Kevin
– The Danger by Night (1957) … Alan Kevin
 
1957 My Man Godfrey
Godfrey Smith
 
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
– Taming of the Shrew (1957)
 
1957 The Little Hut
Henry Brittingham-Brett
 
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Dr. Alan Coles
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Phileas Fogg
 
1956 The Silken Affair
Roger Tweakham
 
1952-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Andy / Andy Fields / Bart Summers / …
– Second Chance (1956) … Lee Mason
– Touch and Go (1956) … Ted
– The Rites of Spring (1956) … Jim Kenyon
– Red Wine (1956) … David
– Safe Keeping (1956) … Frank Carstairs
See all 33 episodes »
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees
Colonel Patrick Henry Harris
 
1956 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Johnny
– The Thin Line (1956) … Johnny
 
1955 The King's Thief
James - Duke of Brampton
 
1955 Court Martial
Carrington
 
1954 Tonight's the Night
Jasper O'Leary
 
1954 The Love Lottery
Rex Allerton
 
1953 The Moon Is Blue
David Slater
 
1952-1953 Hollywood Opening Night (TV series)
– Uncle Fred Flits By (1953)
– Sword Play (1952)
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Actor
– Episode #3.10 (1952) … Guest Actor
 
1952 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Sheffield
– The Sheffield Story (1952) … Sheffield
 
1952 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
Duke Mantee
– The Petrified Forest (1952) … Duke Mantee
 
1952 Chesterfield Presents (TV series)
– A Moment of Memory (1952)
 
1951 The Lady Says No
Bill Shelby
 
1951 Island Rescue
Maj. Valentine Moreland
 
1951 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Not a Chance (1951)
 
1951 Soldiers Three
Capt. Pindenny
 
1951 Happy Go Lovely
B.G. Bruno
 
1950 The Fighting Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
 
1950 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
Arthur Carstairs
– Portrait of Lydia (1950) … Arthur Carstairs
 
1950 The Toast of New Orleans
Jacques Riboudeaux
 
1949 A Kiss for Corliss
Kenneth Marquis
 
1949 A Kiss in the Dark
Eric Phillips
 
1948 Enchantment
General Sir Roland Dane
 
1948 Bonnie Prince Charlie
Prince Charles
 
1947 The Bishop's Wife
Henry Brougham
 
1947 The Other Love
Dr. Anthony Stanton
 
1947 The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams
 
1946 Magnificent Doll
Aaron Burr
 
1946 Stairway to Heaven
Peter Carter
 
1944 The Way Ahead
Lieutenant Jim Perry
 
1942 Spitfire
Geoffrey Crisp
 
1939 Raffles
Raffles
 
1939 Eternally Yours
Tony aka The Great Arturo
 
1939 The Real Glory
Lt. Terence McCool
 
1939 Bachelor Mother
David Merlin
 
1939 Wuthering Heights
Edgar Linton
 
1938 The Dawn Patrol
Scott
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
Steve Harrington
 
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
Christopher Leigh
 
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Albert De Regnier
 
1937 Dinner at the Ritz
Paul de Brack
 
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
Fritz von Tarlenheim
 
1937 We Have Our Moments
Joe Gilling
 
1936 Beloved Enemy
Capt. Gerald Preston
 
1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade
Captain James Randall
 
1936 Thank You, Jeeves!
Bertie Wooster
 
1936 Dodsworth
Capt. Clyde Lockert
 
1936 Palm Springs
George Britell
 
1936 Rose-Marie
Teddy (as David Nivens)
 
1935 Splendor
Clancey Lorrimore
 
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty (uncredited)
 
1935 A Feather in Her Hat
Leo Cartwright
 
1935 Barbary Coast
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloo (uncredited)
 
1935 Without Regret
Bill Gage
 
1934 Cleopatra
Slave (uncredited)
 
1933 Eyes of Fate
Man at Race Course (uncredited)
 
1932 There Goes the Bride
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Village of Fear (1957) (producer - uncredited)
 
1954-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 13 episodes)
– Touch and Go (1956) (producer)
– Red Wine (1956) (producer)
– Tunnel of Fear (1956) (producer)
– Here Comes the Suit (1955) (producer)
– Full Circle (1955) (producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days (performer: "Have Courage to Say No" - uncredited)
 
1949 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1949) (performer: "Way Up North")
 
1938 The Dawn Patrol (performer: "Plum and Apple" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1958-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Wayfarers (1960)
– The Vaunted (1958)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– 55 días en Pekín (2011) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
1985 The Moviemakers (TV series)
Himself
– Best of Britain (1985) … Himself
 
1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (video documentary)
Himself - Co-starred in 'The Dawn Patrol'
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1972-1981 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.1 (1981) … Himself
– Episode #5.4 (1975) … Himself
– Episode #2.16 (1972) … Himself
 
1981 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1978 Speed Fever (documentary)
Himself
 
1977-1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
– Ronald Colman (1978) … Himself
– Errol Flynn (1977) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1978 Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (TV short)
Himself / Colonel Johnny Race
 
1976 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– David Niven Special (1976) … Himself - Guest
 
1976 David Niven's World (TV series)
Host
 
1972-1975 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971-1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.3 (1975) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1971) … Himself
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1975) … Himself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1973 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself
– Jack Paar Tonight (1973) … Himself
 
1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.168 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #4.108 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Aquarius (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– David Niven (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Jarvis Collection: Scotland Yard (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Raffles (also archive footage)
 
1968 Paris aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.2 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 All Eyes on Sharon Tate (short)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Recalling His Award: Pre-Recorded
 
1966 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– David Niven (1966) … Himself
 
1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1962-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Guest Host
– Epilogue (1963) … Himself - Host
– Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963) … Himself - Host
– Apples Don't Fall Far (1963) … Himself - Guest Host
– The Judge (1963) … Himself - Host
– The Rage of Silence (1963) … Himself - Host
See all 8 episodes »
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 August 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1952-1960 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 3 January 1960 (1960) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 13 December 1959 (1959) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 25 January 1959 (1959) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 28 September 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 21 September 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
See all 8 episodes »
 
1959 The David Niven Show (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Good Deed (1959) … Himself - Host
– The Vengeance (1959) … Himself - Host
– Sticks and Stones (1959) … Himself - Host
– Portrait (1959) … Himself - Host
– Maggie Malone (1959) … Himself - Host
See all 12 episodes »
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host/Best Actor Winner
 
1959 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Himself
– Day of the Killing (1959) … Himself
 
1954-1958 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Stars' Wives Show (1958) … Himself
– David Niven Show (1954) … Himself
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1958 Glamorous Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself
 
1957 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 September 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1954 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.6 (1954) … Himself
 
1952 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Contestant
– Episode dated 29 October 1952 (1952) … Himself - Contestant
 
1950 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.15 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1950) … Himself
 
1949 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1949) … Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (27 titles)
2012 Too Young to Die (TV series documentary)
 
2011 A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (TV documentary)
 
2010-2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2011 Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (documentary)
 
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Underworld Histories (TV series)
 
2005 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Ciclo Agatha Christie (TV series documentary)
 
2005 50 y más (TV movie)
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Himself - Actor
 
2004 Monaco - Le circuit des princes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Bob Hope at 100 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Rat Pack (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Colour Merchant (video documentary short)
Peter Carter (uncredited)
 
1996 Bogart: The Untold Story (TV documentary)
Himself - Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Washes Whiter (TV series documentary)
 
1988 Hunter (TV series)
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Bonds Are Forever (video documentary)
James Bond/Himself
 
1982 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (uncredited)
 
1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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(8/17/49) Radio: Appeared in NBC University Theater's adaptation of George Orwell's "1984". See more »

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11 Print Biographies  | 5 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | 18 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

David Nivens

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Can you imagine being wonderfully overpaid for dressing up and playing games? See more »

Trivia:

Contrary to a popular myth, he was not a cousin of actor Patrick Macnee. According to Macnee, in Sheridan Morley's 1985 biography "The Other Side of the Moon,", his elder brother Max and Patrick's mother were friends and Max was described as an "uncle," as opposed to a cousin. However, there was no blood link. See more »

Trademark:

Charming public persona and characters See more »

Nickname:

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