David Niven

Biography

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. He was awarded the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor in Separate Tables.

Known For

The Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Lytton

Murder by Death

as Dick Charleston

Death on the Nile

as Colonel Race

The Guns of Navarone

as Cpl. James Arthur Miller

Casino Royale

as James Bond

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Phileas Fogg

A Matter of Life and Death

as Peter Carter

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Trail of the Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Litton

The Brain

as Colonnel Carol Matthews, aka 'Le Cerveau'