David Niven
Birthday: March 1, 1910
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for David Niven. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Curse of the Pink Panther	(1983)
[ Bill Nighy ][ Roger Moore ][ Robert Wagner ][ Robert Loggia ][ Blake Edwards ]
Trail of the Pink Panther	(1982)
[ Robert Loggia ][ Blake Edwards ][ Harvey Korman ][ Richard Mulligan ][ Herbert Lom ]
No Deposit, No Return: Part 1	(1982)
[ Don Knotts ][ Darren McGavin ][ Charles Martin Smith ]
Better Late Than Never	(1982)
The Sea Wolves	(1980)
[ Gregory Peck ][ Roger Moore ][ Graham Stark ]
Rough Cut	(1980)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Joss Ackland ]
Escape to Athena	(1979)
[ Roger Moore ][ William Holden ][ Elliott Gould ][ Telly Savalas ][ Richard Roundtree ]
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	(1979)
[ John Rhys-Davies ][ Alfred Molina ][ Richard Jordan ][ Joss Ackland ]
Death on the Nile	(1978)
[ George Kennedy ][ Peter Ustinov ][ Jack Warden ][ Jon Finch ]
Candleshoe	(1977)
[ Kiran Shah ]
Murder by Death	(1976)
[ Peter Sellers ][ Alec Guinness ][ James Cromwell ]
No Deposit, No Return	(1976)
[ Don Knotts ][ Darren McGavin ][ Charles Martin Smith ]
Paper Tiger	(1975)
[ Toshirô Mifune ]
Vampira	(1974)
The Canterville Ghost	(1974)
[ James Whitmore ]
King, Queen, Knave	(1972)
The Statue	(1971)
[ John Cleese ][ Robert Vaughn ]
Before Winter Comes	(1969)
[ John Hurt ][ Topol ]
Cerveau, Le	(1969)
[ Eli Wallach ][ Jean-Paul Belmondo ]
The Extraordinary Seaman	(1969)
[ Alan Alda ][ Mickey Rooney ]
The Impossible Years	(1968)
Prudence and the Pill	(1968)
Eye of the Devil	(1967)
[ Donald Pleasence ]
Casino Royale	(1967)
[ Woody Allen ][ Orson Welles ][ Peter Sellers ][ Peter O'Toole ][ William Holden ]
Lady L	(1965)
[ Paul Newman ][ Peter Ustinov ]
Where the Spies Are	(1965)
Bedtime Story	(1964)
[ Marlon Brando ]
The Pink Panther	(1963)
[ Peter Sellers ][ Robert Wagner ][ Blake Edwards ]
55 Days at Peking	(1963)
[ Charlton Heston ]
Guns of Darkness	(1962)
The Road to Hong Kong	(1962)
[ Peter Sellers ][ Dean Martin ][ Bob Hope ]
The Best of Enemies	(1962)
Città prigioniera, La	(1962)
[ Martin Balsam ][ Ben Gazzara ]
Giorno più corto, Il	(1962)
[ Terence Hill ][ Jean-Paul Belmondo ][ Tomas Milian ]
In Search of a Son	(1962)
The Great Anatole	(1962)
The Guns of Navarone	(1961)
[ Richard Harris ][ Gregory Peck ][ Anthony Quinn ]
Please Don't Eat the Daisies	(1960)
Happy Anniversary	(1959)
[ Carl Reiner ]
Ask Any Girl	(1959)
[ Rod Taylor ]
Bonjour tristesse	(1958)
Separate Tables	(1958)
[ Burt Lancaster ][ Rod Taylor ]
Taps for Jeffrey	(1958)
Night Caller	(1958)
In the Dark	(1958)
Circumstantial	(1957)
My Man Godfrey	(1957)
[ Dabbs Greer ]
The Little Hut	(1957)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!	(1957)
[ Tony Randall ]
Village of Fear	(1957)
[ DeForest Kelley ]
The Tinhorn	(1957)
The Danger by Night	(1957)
Around the World in Eighty Days	(1956)
[ Buster Keaton ][ Peter Lorre ][ John Gielgud ][ John Mills ][ Cesar Romero ]
The Silken Affair	(1956)
Touch and Go	(1956)
The Rites of Spring	(1956)
Red Wine	(1956)
Safe Keeping	(1956)
The Birds and the Bees	(1956)
The King's Thief	(1955)
[ Roger Moore ][ George Sanders ][ Robert Dix ]
Carrington V.C.	(1955)
Happy Ever After	(1954)
The Love Lottery	(1954)
[ Herbert Lom ]
Jungfrau auf dem Dach, Die	(1953)
[ William Holden ]
The Moon Is Blue	(1953)
[ William Holden ]
Sword Play	(1952)
The Lady Says No	(1952)
Appointment with Venus	(1951)
Happy Go Lovely	(1951)
[ Cesar Romero ]
Soldiers Three	(1951)
[ Dan O'Herlihy ]
The Toast of New Orleans	(1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel	(1950)
A Kiss for Corliss	(1949)
A Kiss in the Dark	(1949)
Enchantment	(1948)
[ Farley Granger ]
Bonnie Prince Charlie	(1948)
The Bishop's Wife	(1947)
[ Cary Grant ][ Billy Wilder ]
The Other Love	(1947)
The Perfect Marriage	(1947)
[ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ]
Magnificent Doll	(1946)
[ Burgess Meredith ]
A Matter of Life and Death	(1946)
[ Richard Attenborough ]
The Way Ahead	(1944)
[ Peter Ustinov ]
The First of the Few	(1942)
Raffles	(1939)
Eternally Yours	(1939)
The Real Glory	(1939)
[ Gary Cooper ]
Bachelor Mother	(1939)
Wuthering Heights	(1939)
[ Laurence Olivier ]
The Dawn Patrol	(1938)
[ Errol Flynn ]
Three Blind Mice	(1938)
[ Joel McCrea ]
Four Men and a Prayer	(1938)
[ Jack Lord ][ John Ford ][ George Sanders ]
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	(1938)
[ Gary Cooper ][ Billy Wilder ]
Dinner at the Ritz	(1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda	(1937)
We Have Our Moments	(1937)
Beloved Enemy	(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade	(1936)
[ Errol Flynn ]
Thank You, Jeeves!	(1936)
Dodsworth	(1936)
Palm Springs	(1936)
Rose-Marie	(1936)
[ James Stewart ]
Splendor	(1935)
[ Joel McCrea ]
Mutiny on the Bounty	(1935)
[ Clark Gable ][ Charles Laughton ]
A Feather in Her Hat	(1935)
Barbary Coast	(1935)
[ Walter Brennan ][ Joel McCrea ]
Without Regret	(1935)
Cleopatra	(1934)
Eyes of Fate	(1933)
There Goes the Bride	(1932)

Trivia

• After Great Britain declared war in 1939, he was one of the first actors to go back and join the army. Although Niven had a reputation for telling good old stories over and over again, he was totally silent about his war experience. He said once: "I will, however, tell you just one thing about the war, my first story and my last. I was asked by some American friends to search out the grave of their son near Bastogne. I found it where they told me I would, but it was among 27,000 others, and I told myself that here, Niven, were 27,000 reasons why you should keep your mouth shut after the war."
• He once asked Greta Garbo whilst under a picnic table (!), why she quit making movies. She answered, "Because I've been too many faces."
• During his war service, his batman was Pvt. Peter Ustinov.
• 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.
• Was once considered for the role of James Bond for Dr. No (1962).
• In the James Bond novel "You Only Live Twice," by Ian Fleming, he is referred to, and a pet bird in the story was named after him. Three years after the book was released, he played Bond in Casino Royale (1967).
• Father, with Primula Rollo, of David Niven Jr. and Jamie Niven; and the father, with Hjordis, of two adopted daughters, Kristina (adopted 1960) and Fiona (adopted 1962).
• Interred at Chateau D'Oex, Switzerland.
• He often used to say he was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. It was only after his birth certificate was checked after his death that this was found to be incorrect. David thought it sounded more romantic. He was born in London, England.
• His father was Lieutenant William Niven, who died at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915, aged 25, while serving with the Berkshire Yeomanry. He was reported missing until 1917. He was a landowner and left a widow Henrietta (a three quarter Frenchwoman) and two sons, Max and David and two daughters, Joyce and Grizel.
• Once wrote that as a child, he felt superior to others. He attributed this to the fact that when reciting the Lord's Prayer in church, he thought for several years that the correct phrasing was, "Our Father, who art a Niven . . . "
• Was originally meant to play the lead role of Charlie Allnut in The African Queen (1951).
• Has a grandson Ryan (born in 1998), from daughter Fiona. Grandson Michael (born in 1990) from daughter Kristina. Grandaughters Fernanda and Eugenie from son Jamie.
• He knew his wife, Primula Rollo, 17 days before he married her. He knew his second wife 10 days before marrying her.
• Is portrayed by Nigel Havers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
• Became friends with 'Clark Gable (I)' during the 1930s. While Gable was serving in England during World War II, Gable used to stay over at the Niven's cottage and spend quality time with Niven's wife and children. When, a few years later, Niven's wife died tragically, Gable did his best to comfort Niven. Niven said "Clark was drawing on his own awful experience (his wife Carole Lombard 's tragic death) to steer me through mine.
• His first wife, Primmie, died tragically while attending a dinner at fellow actor Tyrone Power 's house. After dinner while playing hide and seek, Primmie opened what she thought was a closet door but instead tumbled down the basement stairs and onto the concrete floor. She died shortly after.
• Died the same day as his The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946) co-star Raymond Massey.
• After he left the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst he was asked to write down his three preferred regiments, he wrote 'anything but the HLI' (Highland Light Infantry) he was inevitably commissioned into the HLI, later to transferred to the Rifle Brigade
• Ex-father-in-law of Barbara Niven.

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