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Acting

David Niven

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: 77
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: A Matter of Life and Death
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Niven Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0
Psychological
4.3, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 6
Political Intrigue 6
Character Study 5
Romantic Comedy 5
Historical Drama 4
Situational Humor 4
Social Commentary 4
Lighthearted 4
Witty Dialogue 4
Character-Driven 4
Family-Friendly 3
Period Piece 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

112

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 86

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

86

as (archive footage)

2000s

1 title

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1990s

1 title

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

7 titles · average score 49

The Night They Saved Christmas

66

Executive Producer

Curse of the Pink Panther

34

as Sir Charles Litton

Better Late Than Never

51

as Nick Cartland

Trail of the Pink Panther

39

as Sir Charles Litton

Rough Cut

47

as Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

The Sea Wolves

54

as Col. W.H. Grice

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

53

as Ivan

1970s

14 titles · average score 59

Escape to Athena

50

as Professor Blake

A Man Called Intrepid

69

TV show · as Sir William Stephenson

Death on the Nile

71

as Colonel Race

Candleshoe

70

as Priory

Murder by Death

66

as Dick Charleston

No Deposit, No Return

63

as J.W. Osborne

Paper Tiger

60

as 'Major' Walter Bradbury

The Remarkable Rocket

as Narrator (voice)

Vampira

37

as Count Dracula

The Canterville Ghost

as Sir Simon de Canterville

King, Queen, Knave

59

as Charles Dreyer

The Statue

49

as Alex Bolt

1960s

21 titles · average score 58

The Brain

71

as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'

Prudence and the Pill

53

as Gerald Hardcastle

Casino Royale

46

as James Bond

Eye of the Devil

61

as Philippe de Montfaucon

Where the Spies Are

49

as Dr. Jason Love

Lady L

37

as Dicky, Lord Lendale

The Rogues

80

TV show · as Alec Fleming

Bedtime Story

48

as Lawrence Jameson

The Pink Panther

70

as Sir Charles Lytton

55 Days at Peking

60

as Sir Arthur Robertson

The Guns of Navarone

78

as Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

59

as Larry Mackay

1950s

30 titles · average score 59

Ask Any Girl

65

as Miles Doughton

Bonjour Tristesse

76

as Raymond

Separate Tables

61

as Angus Pollock

My Man Godfrey

60

as Godfrey Smith

The Little Hut

50

as Henry Brittingham-Brett

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

56

as Alan Coles

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Allen Raikes / Milo Brant

Around the World in 80 Days

67

as Phileas Fogg

The King's Thief

43

as James - Duke of Brampton

The Moon Is Blue

52

as David Slater

Happy Go Lovely

69

as B.G. Bruno

The Toast of New Orleans

54

as Jacques Riboudeaux

1940s

12 titles · average score 66

A Kiss for Corliss

60

as Kenneth Marquis

A Kiss in the Dark

56

as Eric Phillips

Enchantment

70

as Roland Dane

Bonnie Prince Charlie

53

as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

The Bishop's Wife

76

as Henry Brougham

The Other Love

61

as Doctor Anthony Stanton

The Perfect Marriage

as Dale Williams

A Matter of Life and Death

90

as Peter Carter

Magnificent Doll

45

as Aaron Burr

The Way Ahead

84

as Lieutenant Jim Perry

United States

as Narrator (voice)

The First of the Few

65

as Geoffrey Crisp

1930s

25 titles · average score 68

Wuthering Heights

68

as Edgar Linton

Bachelor Mother

89

as David Merlin

The Real Glory

68

as Lieut. McCool

Raffles

59

as A.J. Raffles

Eternally Yours

47

as Tony

The Dawn Patrol

71

as Lt. Scott

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

57

as Albert De Regnier

Three Blind Mice

62

as Steve Harrington

Dinner at the Ritz

58

as Paul de Brack

Thank You, Jeeves!

60

as Bertie Wooster

The Charge of the Light Brigade

65

as Captain Randall

Dodsworth

84

as Captain Clyde Lockert