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David Niven
David Niven was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. Born James David Graham Niven on March 1, 1910 in Victoria, London, England, he was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in Classic Hollywood films. Born to an upper-middle-class family, Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory School and Stowe School before joining the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After developing an interest in acting, he relocated to New York and eventually made his way to Hollywood where he had several small parts in films. His first major roles were in Dodsworth (1936), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Niven was also noted for playing Sir Charles Lytton, aka 'the Phantom', in 'The Pink Panther' (1963) and a aging debonair playboy in 'Casino Royale' (1967). His illustrious career won him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Niven's life off-screen was as interesting as his on-screen characters; he was a seasoned soldier who served in the Second World War, and wrote a popular memoir 'The Moon's a Balloon'. He passed away on July 29, 1983 in Château-d'Œx, Switzerland.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: James David Graham Niven
Born: Victoria, London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: March 1, 1910
Occupations: Actor, Soldier, Memoirist, Novelist
Years Active: 1932-1983
Children: 4
Spouses: Primula Susan Rollo, Hjördis Genberg
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Awards and Nominations Received by David Niven
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Movies Featuring David Niven
Separate Tables
The Bishop's Wife
The Guns of Navarone
Around the World in 80 Days
The Pink Panther
Murder by Death
Casino Royale
Curse of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
Candleshoe
Rough Cut
Bedtime Story
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Better Late Than Never
Hollywood’s Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Rat Pack
The Sea Wolves
The Impossible Years
The Extraordinary Seaman
Prudence and the Pill
Soldiers Three
The Moon Is Blue
The Other Love
The Shortest Day
The Toast of New Orleans
There Goes the Bride
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
A Matter of Life and Death
Paper Tiger
Cleopatra
The Canterville Ghost
Where the Spies Are
Escape to Athena
Enchantment
Eye of the Devil
Happy Go Lovely
Before Winter Comes
A Man Called Intrepid
Thank You, Jeeves!
King, Queen, Knave
Guns of Darkness
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Wuthering Heights
The Dawn Patrol
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
The King’s Thief
A Feather in Her Hat
Happy Ever After
Splendor
Appointment with Venus
Barbary Coast
The Prisoner of Zenda
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Eternally Yours
Happy Anniversary
The Love Lottery
Bonjour Tristesse
Lady L
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
Dinner at the Ritz
Ask Any Girl
A Kiss for Corliss
My Man Godfrey
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
The Road to Hong Kong
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Breakdowns of 1949
Bogart: The Untold Story
The Lady Says No
The Little Hut
The First of the Few
No Deposit, No Return
A Kiss in the Dark
The Elusive Pimpernel
The Best of Enemies
Beloved Enemy
The Birds and the Bees
55 Days at Peking
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Rose Marie
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
ABBA in Switzerland
Bachelor Mother
Career Timeline
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2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Self - Actor, A Matter of Life and Death
Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story
Self
1979
Escape to Athena
Professor Blake
A Man Called Intrepid
Sir William Stephenson
ABBA in Switzerland
Self
1978
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Self / Colonel Johnny Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
Before Winter Comes
Major Burnside
1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Self - Interviewee
Where the Spies Are
Dr. Jason Love
Eye of the Devil
Philippe de Montfaucon
1962
Guns of Darkness
Tom Jordan
The Road to Hong Kong
Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Alan Coles
My Man Godfrey
Godfrey Smith
The Little Hut
Henry Brittingham-Brett
1951
Soldiers Three
Capt. Pindenny
Happy Go Lovely
B.G. Bruno
Appointment with Venus
Valentine Moreland
The Lady Says No
Bill Shelby
1950
The Toast of New Orleans
Jacques Riboudeaux
The Elusive Pimpernel
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
1939
Wuthering Heights
Edgar Linton
Eternally Yours
Tony "The Great Arturo"
Bachelor Mother
David Merlin
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!
Bertie Wooster
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Captain Randall
Beloved Enemy
Captain Gerald Preston
Rose Marie
Teddy
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