Acting
David Niven
- Titles
- 120movies30TV shows
- Career
Active from 1932 to 2024, with a break from 1984 to 2023, busiest in 1936 and 1939 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 77top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
A Matter of Life and Death90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Situational Comedy4.1average 2.7
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
- Physical Comedy3.1average 2.4
- Wonder3.8average 3.4
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.6, average 3.0
- Violence2.9, average 4.2
- Psychological4.3, average 5.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Witty Dialogue 6
- Political Intrigue 6
- Romantic Comedy 5
- Character Study 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Ensemble Cast 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Situational Humor 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Lighthearted 4
- Period Piece 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Deborah KerrActorCasino Royale, Separate Tables, Bonjour Tristesse, Eye of the Devil, Prudence and the Pill, +1 more
Gregg TolandCinematographerThe Bishop's Wife, Wuthering Heights, Beloved Enemy, Raffles, Enchantment, +1 more
Alfred NewmanComposerWuthering Heights, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Real Glory, Beloved Enemy, Dodsworth, +1 more
Flora RobsonActorWuthering Heights, 55 Days at Peking, A Man Called Intrepid, Eye of the Devil, The Canterville Ghost
Loretta YoungActorThe Bishop's Wife, The Perfect Marriage, Four Men and a Prayer, Eternally Yours, Three Blind Mice
Donald CrispActorThe Charge of the Light Brigade, Wuthering Heights, The Dawn Patrol, Beloved Enemy
Robert CooteActorThe Rogues, A Matter of Life and Death, Soldiers Three, Prudence and the Pill
Peter SellersActorCasino Royale, Trail of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther, Murder by Death
Henry ManciniComposerTrail of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther, Curse of the Pink Panther, Better Late Than Never
Daniel MandellEditorWuthering Heights, The Real Glory, Dodsworth, Enchantment
Spring ByingtonActorPlease Don't Eat the Daisies, Dodsworth, Palm Springs
Roger MooreActorEscape to Athena, The Sea Wolves, The King's Thief
Movies and TV shows
1112020s
1 title · average score 86
as (archive footage)
2000s
1 title
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1990s
1 title
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980s
7 titles · average score 49
Executive Producer
as Sir Charles Litton
as Nick Cartland
as Sir Charles Litton
as Col. W.H. Grice
as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
1970s
13 titles · average score 59
as Professor Blake
TV show · as Sir William Stephenson
as Colonel Race
as Priory
as Dick Charleston
as J.W. Osborne
as 'Major' Walter Bradbury
as Narrator (voice)
as Count Dracula
as Sir Simon de Canterville
as Charles Dreyer
as Alex Bolt
1960s
21 titles · average score 58
as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
as Major Burnside
as James Bond
as Philippe de Montfaucon
as Dr. Jason Love
as Dicky, Lord Lendale
TV show · as Alec Fleming
as Lawrence Jameson
as Sir Charles Lytton
as Sir Arthur Robertson
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
as Larry Mackay
1950s
30 titles · average score 59
as Miles Doughton
as Angus Pollock
as Raymond
as Godfrey Smith
as Alan Coles
TV show · as Milo Brant / Allen Raikes
as Phileas Fogg
as James - Duke of Brampton
as David Slater
as Bill Shelby
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
as Jacques Riboudeaux
1940s
12 titles · average score 66
as Eric Phillips
as Kenneth Marquis
as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
as Roland Dane
as Henry Brougham
as Doctor Anthony Stanton
as Dale Williams
as Peter Carter
as Aaron Burr
as Lieutenant Jim Perry
as Narrator (voice)
as Geoffrey Crisp
1930s
25 titles · average score 68
as Edgar Linton
as David Merlin
as Lieut. McCool
as A.J. Raffles
as Tony
as Lt. Scott
as Albert De Regnier
as Steve Harrington
as Paul de Brack
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
as Captain Randall
as Bertie Wooster