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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1959
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1958
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 1953
- Legion of Merit
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1959 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Jack Benny Program
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Prisoner of Zenda
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Guns of Navarone
Murder by Death
Bachelor Mother
Wuthering Heights
Death on the Nile
The Bishop's Wife
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Dodsworth
Separate Tables
What's My Line?
Candleshoe
55 Days at Peking
The Dick Cavett Show
The Pink Panther
Four Star Playhouse
Enchantment
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Dawn Patrol
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Bonjour Tristesse
Around the World in 80 Days
Spitfire
The Way Ahead
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Happy Anniversary
Rose-Marie
Barbary Coast
No Deposit, No Return
The King's Thief
The Real Glory
Beloved Enemy
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Raffles
Eye of the Devil
Happy Go Lovely
The Other Love
Cleopatra
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
The Sea Wolves
Rough Cut
Eternally Yours
A Kiss for Corliss
Escape to Athena
The Night They Saved Christmas