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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)