David Niven (1910 - 1983)

Date of Birth: 1 March 1910
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Date of Death: 29 July 1983 (from motor neurone disease)
Place of Death: Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland
Also Known As: James David Graham Niven (real name)

All as performer
* = television

GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Albert De Regnier)

1939
Wuthering Heights (Edgar Linton)

1946
A Matter of Life and Death (Squadron Leader Peter D. Carter)

1947
The Bishop's Wife (Henry Brougham)

1956
Around the World in Eighty Days (Phileas Fogg)

1965
Where the Spies Are (Dr Jason Love)

1967
Casino Royale (Sir James Bond)
Eye of the Devil (Philippe de Montfaucon)

1969
The Extraordinary Seaman (Commander Finchhaven, R.N.)

1974
The Canterville Ghost *

Vampira (Count Dracula)

1976
Murder by Death (Dick Charleston)

NO DATE
The Remarkable Rocket (voice) *

NON-GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1934
Cleopatra (slave - uncredited)

1935
Barbary Coast (sailor)
A Feather in Her Hat (Leo Cartwright)
Mutiny on the Bounty (uncredited bit part)
Splendor (Clancey Lorrimore)
Without Regret (Bill Gage)

1936
Beloved Enemy (Gerald Preston)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (Captain Randall)
Dodsworth (Major Clyde Lockert)
Palm Springs (George Britell)
Rose-Marie (Teddy)
Thank You, Jeeves (Bertie Wooster)

1937
Dinner at the Ritz (Paul de Brack)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim)
We Have Our Moments (Joe Gilling)

1938
The Dawn Patrol (Lieutenant Douglas 'Scotty' Scott)
Four Men and a Prayer (Christopher 'Chris'/'Nosey' Leigh)
Three Blind Mice (Steve Harrington)

1939
Bachelor Mother (David Merlin)
Eternally Yours (Tony Halstead)
The Real Glory (Lieutenant Terence McCool)

1940
Raffles (A.J. Raffles)

1942
The First of the Few (Geoffrey Crisp)

1944
The Way Ahead (Lieutenant Jim Perry)

1946
Magnificent Doll (Aaron Burr)
The Perfect Marriage (Dale Williams)

1947
The Other Love (Doctor Anthony Stanton)

1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles)
Enchantment (General Sir Roland Dane)

1949
A Kiss for Corliss (Kenneth Marquis)
A Kiss in the Dark (Eric Phillips)
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (guest) *

1950
The Elusive Pimpernel (Sir Percy Blakeney)
The Toast of New Orleans (Jacques Riboudeaux)

1951
Appointment with Venus (Major Valentine Morland)
Happy Go Lovely (B.G. Bruno)
Soldiers Three (Captain Pindenny)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: Not a Chance *

1952
The Lady Says No (Bill Shelby)
Four Star Playhouse (alternate lead player) *

1953
The Moon Is Blue (David Slater - US version)

1954
Happy Ever After (Jasper O'Leary)
The Love Lottery (Rex Allerton)

1955
Carrington, V.C. (Major Charles "Copper" Carrington)
The King's Thief (Duke of Brampton)

1956
The Birds and the Bees (Colonel Harris)

1957
Zane Grey Theater: Village of Fear *
The Little Hut (Henry Brittingham-Brett)
My Man Godfrey (Godfrey Smith)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (Dr Alan Coles)
The Silken Affair (Roger Tweakham)

1957 - 1958
Alcoa Theatre (various episode 1957-1958)

1958
Bonjour tristesse (Raymond)
Glamorous Hollywood (himself)
Separate Tables (Major Pollock)

1959
Ask Any Girl (Miles Doughton)
Happy Anniversary (Chris Walters)
The David Niven Show (host)

1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (Larry Mackay)

1961
The Best of Enemies (Major Richardson)
The Guns of Navarone (Corporal Miller)

1962
La citta prigioniera (Major Peter Whitfield)
Il giorno pio corto
Guns of Darkness (Tom Jordan)
The Road to Hong Kong (cameo)

1963
55 Days at Peking (Sir Arthur Robertson)
The Pink Panther (Sir Charles Litton)

1964
Bedtime Story (Lawrence Jameson)

1964 - 1965
The Rogues (Alexander (Alec) Fleming) *

1965
Lady L (Dicky, Lord Lendale)

1967
All Eyes On Sharon Tate (himself - uncredited) *

1968
The Impossible Years (Jonathan Kingsley)
Prudence and the Pill (Gerald Hardcastle)
Zane Grey Theater: The Accuser *

1969
Before Winter Comes (Major Giles Burnside)
Le Cerveau (Colonel Carol Matthews)

1971
The Statue (Alex Bolt)

1972
King, Queen, Knave (Charles Dreyer)

1975
Paper Tiger (Walter Bradbury)

1976
No Deposit, No Return (J.W. Osborne)
David Niven's World (host) *

1977
Candleshoe (Colonel Dennis / Mr Gipping / Mr Priory / John)

1978
Death on the Nile (Colonel Race)

1979
Escape to Athena (Professor Blake)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Ivan (Bernard Drew))
A Man Called Intrepid (Sir William Stephenson) *

1980
Rough Cut (Chief Inspector Cyril Willis)
The Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse (Colonel W.H. Grice)

1982
Better Late Than Never (Nick Cartland)
Trail of the Pink Panther (Sir Charles Litton)

1983
Curse of the Pink Panther (Sir Charles Litton)

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
The Moon's a Balloon (1971)
Bring on the Empty Horses (1975)

NOVELS
Round the Rugged Rocks (1951)
Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly (1981)

BIOGRAPHIES
The Other Side of the Moon by Sheridan Morley (Curley J and Associates (July 1986) ISBN 1555041124)
David Niven: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts No 63) by Karin J. Fowler (Greenwood Publishing Group (March 1995) ISBN 0313280444)

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