David Niven: movies and TV shows
David Niven has 188 credits in the archive: 120 films and 68 TV series, from 1932 to 2028. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1932 – 2028 · busiest year: 1952 (34 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 118 |
| 2024 | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 114 |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 112 |
| 2019 | Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 109 |
| 2015 | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 105 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 103 |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 95 |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Count Dracula (archive footage) | Film | 3.5 | 90 |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 87 |
| 1995 | Roger Moore: A Matter of Class | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 85 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 1989 | I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 79 |
| 1988 | Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 78 |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 75 |
| 1984 | The Night They Saved Christmas | Film | 5.6 | 74 | |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Sir Charles Litton | Film | 4.6 | 73 |
| 1983 | Better Late Than Never | Nick Cartland | Film | 4.8 | 73 |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Sir Charles Litton | Film | 5.2 | 72 |
| 1980 | Rough Cut | Chief Insp. Cyril Willis | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 1980 | The Sea Wolves | Col. W.H. Grice | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1980 | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Ivan | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | Professor Blake | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1979 | ABBA in Switzerland | Self | Film | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid | Sir William Stephenson | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 68 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Colonel Race | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1978 | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Self / Colonel Race | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1977 | Candleshoe | Priory | Film | 6.9 | 67 |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Dick Charleston | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 66 |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | J.W. Osborne | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1975 | Paper Tiger | 'Major' Walter Bradbury | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1975 | The Remarkable Rocket | Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | Gorilla | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 1974 | Vampira | Count Dracula | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1972 | King, Queen, Knave | Charles Dreyer | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1971 | The Statue | Alex Bolt | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 1971 | Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread | Host | Film | — | 61 |
| 1969 | The Brain | Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau' | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N. | Film | 3.8 | 59 |
| 1969 | Before Winter Comes | Major Burnside | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Gerald Hardcastle | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1968 | The Impossible Years | Jonathan Kingsley | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self - Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | James Bond | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1966 | Where the Spies Are | Dr. Jason Love | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Philippe de Montfaucon | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1966 | All Eyes on Sharon Tate | Self - Interviewee | Film | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1965 | Lady L | Dicky, Lord Lendale | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1964 | The Rogues | Alec Fleming | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1964 | Bedtime Story | Lawrence Jameson | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Harvey Cleeve | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther | Sir Charles Lytton | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Sir Arthur Robertson | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Soldato inglese (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | Conquered City | Major Peter Whitfield | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong | Lama Remembering Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1962 | Guns of Darkness | Tom Jordan | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Cpl. John Anthony Miller | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Self / Host | TV | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1961 | The Best of Enemies | Maj. Richardson | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Larry Mackay | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Marcus Dodds | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Miles Doughton | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1959 | Happy Anniversary | Chris Walters | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1959 | The David Niven Show | Self - Host | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1958 | Bonjour Tristesse | Raymond | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | Major Angus Pollock | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Mark Garron | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Paul Evans | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Robert Medhill | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Paul Martel | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Jeff Carleton | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Godfrey Smith | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Alan Coles | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre | Jeff Carleton | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1957 | The Little Hut | Henry Brittingham-Brett | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Allen Raikes | TV | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Milo Brant | TV | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | TV | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV | 8.7 | 46 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1956 | The Birds and the Bees | Patrick Harris | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1956 | The Silken Affair | Roger Tweakham | Film | 3.3 | 46 |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | James - Duke of Brampton | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story | Johnny | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1954 | Happy Ever After | Jasper O'Leary | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1954 | The Love Lottery | Rex Allerton | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1954 | Carrington V.C. | Major Charles Carrington | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1953 | The Moon Is Blue | David Slater | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Doctor | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | William Langford | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Mitch | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Phil Weston | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Bingham | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Steve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Doctor Gentry | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Ted Parker | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Andy | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Richard Lilliam | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Andy Fields | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | John | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Royal Thurston | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Hal Winters | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Tony Stewart | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | George | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Deacon | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Charles | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Robert Louis Stevenson | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Henry | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Wyeth | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Uncle Fred | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Cookie | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Adams | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Maxwell | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Philip | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Larkin | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Frank | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | David | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Jim Kenyon | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Ted | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Lee | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | TV | 6.8 | 42 | |
| 1952 | The Lady Says No | Bill Shelby | Film | 4.6 | 42 |
| 1951 | Happy Go Lovely | B.G. Bruno | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 41 | |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Capt. Pindenny | Film | 4.5 | 41 |
| 1951 | Appointment with Venus | Valentine Moreland | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Sheffield | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | David Niven | TV | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans | Jacques Riboudeaux | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Host | TV | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1949 | A Kiss for Corliss | Kenneth Marquis | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1949 | Breakdowns of 1949 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1949 | A Kiss in the Dark | Eric Phillips | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Prince Charles Edward Stuart | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1948 | Enchantment | Roland Dane | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Henry Brougham | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1947 | The Other Love | Doctor Anthony Stanton | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1947 | The Perfect Marriage | Dale Williams | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | Peter Carter | Film | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Aaron Burr | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Lieutenant Jim Perry | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1944 | United States | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 34 |
| 1942 | The First of the Few | Geoffrey Crisp | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1939 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Lieut. McCool | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1939 | Eternally Yours | Tony | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1939 | Raffles | A.J. Raffles | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | David Merlin | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's 8th Wife | Albert De Regnier | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer | Christopher Leigh | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Steve Harrington | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Lt. Scott | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1937 | We Have Our Moments | Joe Gilling | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1937 | Dinner at the Ritz | Paul de Brack | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | Bertie Wooster | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Captain Randall | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1936 | Dodsworth | Captain Clyde Lockert | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | Teddy | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1936 | Palm Springs | George Britell | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | Captain Gerald Preston | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 25 |
| 1935 | A Feather in Her Hat | Leo Cartwright | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1935 | Splendor | Clancey Lorrimore | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1935 | Without Regret | Bill Gage | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1934 | Cleopatra | Slave (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1932 | There Goes the Bride | Bit Role (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 22 |