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David Niven

David Niven

Highest Rated: 100% Beloved Enemy (1936)

Lowest Rated: 23% Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

Birthday: Mar 1, 1910

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Handsome, debonair leading man David Niven was a strong actor. The son of a British Army captain, he followed in his father's footsteps but found the routine of military life between the wars so dreadfully boring that he resigned his commission and crossed the pond in search of adventure. Once in Hollywood, he worked as an extra and came to the attention of Samuel Goldwyn who signed him to a contract with MGM, and he rapidly graduated from bit parts to supporting and lead roles which showcased his polished British diction and his lighthearted yet sincere manner. Niven's first major success came with Edmund Goulding's "The Dawn Patrol" (1938), in which he played a courageous, devil-may-care WWI pilot friend of Errol Flynn.

Highest rated movies

100% The Way Ahead
100% Bachelor Mother
100% The Prisoner of Zenda
100% Beloved Enemy
97% A Matter of Life and Death
96% Wuthering Heights
92% The Guns of Navarone
92% Barbary Coast

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THE BEST OF ENEMIES, David Niven, Michael Wilding, 1962 BEST OF ENEMIES, David Niven, Alberto Sordi, 1961 THE DAWN PATROL, David Niven, 1938 HAPPY GO LOVELY, Vera-Ellen, David Niven, 1951 HAPPY GO LOVELY, Vera-Ellen, David Niven, 1951 HAPPY GO LOVELY, David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, 1951 HAPPY GO LOVELY, David Niven, Vera-Ellen, 1951 HAPPY GO LOVELY, David Niven, 1951 A KISS IN THE DARK, David Niven, 1949 THE LADY SAYS NO, David Niven, Joan Caulfield, 1952 THE LADY SAYS NO, David Niven, 1952 THE MOON IS BLUE, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, 1953 MY MAN GODFREY, from left, David Niven, June Allyson, 1957 THE OTHER LOVE, Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, 1947 THE PERFECT MARRIAGE, David Niven, Loretta Young, 1946 THE PERFECT MARRIAGE, Virginia Field, Eddie Albert (top), David Niven, Loretta Young (bottom), 1946 THE PINK PANTHER, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, 1963 THE PINK PANTHER, David Niven, 1963 PINK PANTHER, David Niven, 1963 RAFFLES, Olivia De Havilland, David Niven, 1939
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
29% 23% Curse of the Pink Panther Sir Charles Litton (Character) - 1983
23% 32% Trail of the Pink Panther Sir Charles Litton (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Better Late Than Never Nick Cartland (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 40% The Sea Wolves Col. W.H. Grice (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 12% Rough Cut Chief Insp. Cyril Willis (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 42% A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Ivan (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 32% Escape to Athena Professor Blake (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Called Intrepid Sir William Stephenson (Character) - 1979
80% 79% Death on the Nile Colonel Race (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 71% Candleshoe Priory (Character) - 1977
68% 82% Murder by Death Dick Charleston (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 66% No Deposit, No Return J.W. Osborne (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 44% Paper Tiger `'Major'` Walter Bradbury (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 17% Old Dracula Count Dracula (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 80% King, Queen, Knave Charles Dreyer (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Statue Alex Bolt (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 33% Before Winter Comes Major Burnside (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 72% The Brain Col. Carol Matthews (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Extraordinary Seaman Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 40% The Impossible Years Jonathan Kingsley (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 47% Prudence and the Pill Gerald Hardcastle (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 56% Eye of the Devil Philippe de Montfaucon (Character) - 1967
26% 34% Casino Royale Sir James Bond (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 36% Where the Spies Are Dr. Jason Love (Voice) - 1966
29% 29% Lady L Dicky (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 29% Bedtime Story Lawrence Jameson (Character) - 1964
89% 78% The Pink Panther Sir Charles Lytton (Character) - 1963
57% 57% 55 Days at Peking Sir Arthur Robertson (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Darkness Tom Jordan (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 75% The Best of Enemies Maj. Richardson (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conquered City Maj. Peter Whitfield (Character) - 1962
92% 86% The Guns of Navarone Cpl. John Anthony Miller (Character) - 1961
57% 59% Please Don't Eat the Daisies Laurence Mackay (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Anniversary Chris Walters (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 63% Ask Any Girl Miles Doughton (Character) - 1959
67% 76% Separate Tables Major Angus Pollock (Character) - 1958
88% 68% Bonjour Tristesse Raymond (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Dr. Alan Coles (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 52% My Man Godfrey Godfrey Smith (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 25% The Little Hut Henry Brittingham-Brett (Character) - 1957
72% 57% Around the World in 80 Days Phileas Fogg (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Birds and the Bees Colonel Patrick Henry Harris (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Silken Affair Roger Tweakham (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 43% Court Martial Carrington (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 17% The King's Thief James Duke of Brampton (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Ever After Jasper O'Leary (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Love Lottery Rex Allerton (Character) - 1954
44% 54% The Moon Is Blue David Slater (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 80% Happy Go Lovely B.G. Bruno (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 31% The Lady Says No Bill Shelby (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 25% Soldiers Three Capt. Pindenny (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Island Rescue Maj. Valentine Moreland (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 54% The Toast of New Orleans Jacques Riboudeaux (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 83% The Elusive Pimpernel Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 50% A Kiss in the Dark Eric Phillips (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 63% Almost a Bride Kenneth Marquis (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 72% Enchantment General Sir Roland Dane (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonnie Prince Charlie Prince Charles (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Other Love Doctor Anthony Stanton (Character) - 1947
85% 81% The Bishop's Wife Henry Brougham (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 8% Magnificent Doll Aaron Burr (Character) - 1946
97% 93% A Matter of Life and Death Peter Carter (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Perfect Marriage Dale Williams (Character) - 1946
100% 72% The Way Ahead Lieutenant Jim Perry (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Immortal Battalion Lieutenant Jim Perry (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 61% Spitfire Geoffrey Crisp (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 56% Raffles Raffles (Character) - 1940
96% 85% Wuthering Heights Edgar Linton (Character) $593.9K 1939
No Score Yet 28% Eternally Yours Tony (Character) - 1939
80% 39% The Real Glory Lt. Terence McCool (Character) - 1939
100% 89% Bachelor Mother David Merlin (Character) - 1939
43% 50% Four Men and a Prayer Christopher Leigh (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Blind Mice Steve Harrington (Character) - 1938
45% 63% Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Albert De Regnier (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 83% The Dawn Patrol Lieutenant Scott (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dinner at the Ritz Paul de Brack (Character) - 1937
100% 80% The Prisoner of Zenda Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (Character) - 1937
91% 86% Dodsworth Capt. Clyde Lockert (Character) - 1936
100% 43% Beloved Enemy Captain Gerald Preston (Character) - 1936
71% 59% The Charge of the Light Brigade Captain James Randall (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Palm Springs George Brittell (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 54% Thank You, Jeeves Bertie Wooster (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indian Love Call Teddy (Character) - 1936
92% 52% Barbary Coast Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloo (uncredited) (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 33% Splendor Clancey Lorrimore (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Speed Fever Self -

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Star Playhouse Unknown (Character) 1952-1956 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walt Disney's Disneyland J.W. Osborne (Character) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rogues Alec Fleming (Character) 1964-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character),
Director 		1957-1958 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Turn of Fate Jeff Carleton (Character) 1957-1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes Guest 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1952