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David Niven Acting Filmography (116)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024·(archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022·Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005·Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000·Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000·Count Dracula (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995·Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991·actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988·Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985·Self (archive footage)
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983·Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never
1983·Nick Cartland
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982·Sir Charles Litton
Rough Cut
1980·Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
The Sea Wolves
1980·Col. W.H. Grice
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980·Ivan
Escape to Athena
1979·Professor Blake
ABBA in Switzerland
1979·Self
Death on the Nile
1978·Colonel Race
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978·Self
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978·Self / Colonel Race
Candleshoe
1977·Priory
No Deposit, No Return
1976·J.W. Osborne
Murder by Death
1976·Dick Charleston
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·Self (archive footage)
Paper Tiger
1975·'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket
1975·Narrator (voice)
Vampira
1974·Count Dracula
The Canterville Ghost
1974·Sir Simon de Canterville
Gorilla
1974·Narrator
King, Queen, Knave
1972·Charles Dreyer
The Statue
1971·Alex Bolt
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
1971·Host
The Brain
1969·Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969·Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
Before Winter Comes
1969·Major Burnside
The Impossible Years
1968·Jonathan Kingsley
Prudence and the Pill
1968·Gerald Hardcastle
Casino Royale
1967·James Bond
Lionpower from MGM
1967·Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eye of the Devil
1966·Philippe de Montfaucon
Where the Spies Are
1966·Dr. Jason Love
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966·Self - Interviewee
Lady L
1965·Dicky, Lord Lendale
Bedtime Story
1964·Lawrence Jameson
The Pink Panther
1963·Sir Charles Lytton
55 Days at Peking
1963·Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day
1963·Soldato inglese (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong
1962·Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
Guns of Darkness
1962·Tom Jordan
Conquered City
1962·Major Peter Whitfield
The Guns of Navarone
1961·Cpl. John Anthony Miller
The Best of Enemies
1961·Maj. Richardson
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960·Larry Mackay
Ask Any Girl
1959·Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary
1959·Chris Walters
Bonjour Tristesse
1958·Raymond
Separate Tables
1958·Major Angus Pollock
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958·Self
My Man Godfrey
1957·Godfrey Smith
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957·Alan Coles
The Little Hut
1957·Henry Brittingham-Brett
Around the World in 80 Days
1956·Phileas Fogg
The Birds and the Bees
1956·Patrick Harris
The Silken Affair
1956·Roger Tweakham
The King's Thief
1955·James - Duke of Brampton
The Love Lottery
1954·Rex Allerton
Carrington V.C.
1954·Major Charles Carrington
Happy Ever After
1954·Jasper O'Leary
The Moon Is Blue
1953·David Slater
The Lady Says No
1952·Bill Shelby
Appointment with Venus
1951·Valentine Moreland
Happy Go Lovely
1951·B.G. Bruno
Soldiers Three
1951·Capt. Pindenny
The Toast of New Orleans
1950·Jacques Riboudeaux
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950·Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
A Kiss for Corliss
1949·Kenneth Marquis
A Kiss in the Dark
1949·Eric Phillips
Breakdowns of 1949
1949·Self
Enchantment
1948·Roland Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948·Prince Charles Edward Stuart
The Perfect Marriage
1947·Dale Williams
The Bishop's Wife
1947·Henry Brougham
The Other Love
1947·Doctor Anthony Stanton
A Matter of Life and Death
1946·Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll
1946·Aaron Burr
The Way Ahead
1944·Lieutenant Jim Perry
United States
1944·Narrator (voice)
The First of the Few
1942·Geoffrey Crisp
Wuthering Heights
1939·Edgar Linton
Bachelor Mother
1939·David Merlin
Eternally Yours
1939·Tony "The Great Arturo"
The Real Glory
1939·Lieut. McCool
Raffles
1939·A.J. Raffles
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938·Albert De Regnier
The Dawn Patrol
1938·Lt. Scott
Four Men and a Prayer
1938·Christopher Leigh
Three Blind Mice
1938·Steve Harrington
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937·Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Dinner at the Ritz
1937·Paul de Brack
We Have Our Moments
1937·Joe Gilling
Dodsworth
1936·Captain Clyde Lockert
Beloved Enemy
1936·Captain Gerald Preston
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936·Captain Randall
Rose Marie
1936·Teddy
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936·Bertie Wooster
Palm Springs
1936·George Britell
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936·Self
A Feather in Her Hat
1935·Leo Cartwright
Without Regret
1935·Bill Gage
Splendor
1935·Clancey Lorrimore
Barbary Coast
1935·Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935·Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1934·Slave (uncredited)
There Goes the Bride
1932·Bit Role (uncredited)