David Niven Movies

nivendavid03Want to know the best David Niven movies?  How about the worst David Niven movies?  Curious about David Niven’s box office grosses or which David Niven movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which David Niven movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information.

This David Niven (1910-1983) movie page comes from a request from Steve Lensman & Søren & Flora.  It seems that David Nivens screen persona can best be described by the following words:  impeccable, unflappable, urbane, and sophisticated.  Nivens’ movie career lasted over 60 years…. which means he has lots and lots of movies to research and rank.

His IMDb page shows 113 acting credits 1932-1983. This page will rank David Niven movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, cameos and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.

Shirley MacLaine and David Niven in 1956's Around The World In 80 Days.
Shirley MacLaine and David Niven in 1956’s Around The World In 80 Days.

David Niven Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

David Niven Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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David Niven Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide

 

David Niven in 1961's The Guns of Navarone
David Niven in 1961’s The Guns of Navarone

Ten Possibly Interesting Facts About David Niven

1. James David Graham Niven was born in Belgrave Mansions, London in 1910.

2. David Niven was named after the Saint’s Day on which he was born, St. David, patron Saint of Wales.

3. After Great Britain declared war in 1939, David Niven was one of the first actors to go back and join the army. Although Niven had a reputation for telling good old stories over and over again, he was totally silent about his war experience.

4. On David Niven’s return to Hollywood after the war he was made a Legionnaire of the Order of Merit. This was presented to Lt. Col. David Niven by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

5. Ian Fleming recommended him for the role of James Bond for Dr. No (1962), but producer Albert R. Broccoli thought that Niven was too old.  5 years later Niven would play James Bond in 1967’s Casino Royale.

6. David Niven was only nominated for an acting Oscar® one time.  But once was enough as he won the Best Actor Oscar® for 1958’s Separate Tables.

7. David Niven was only nominated for 3 Golden Globes®.  He won two Golden Globes®: 1953’s The Moon is Blue and 1958’s Separate Tables.  His third nomination was for 1957’s My Man Godfrey.

8. David Niven was married two times.  His first marriage was to Primula Rollo from 1940 to until her death in 1946.  She died tragically while attending a dinner at Tyrone Power ‘s house. After dinner, while playing hide and seek, she opened what she thought was a closet door but instead tumbled down the basement stairs and onto the concrete floor. She died shortly after.  They had two children.  His second marriage was to Hjordis Genberg lasted from 1948 to Niven’s death in 1983.  They had two children as well.

9. David Niven and Raymond Massey (his co-star two times) both passed away on the same day….July 29th, 1983.

10. Check out David Niven’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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29 thoughts on “David Niven Movies

  1. David Niven was the # 17 most connected actor of the 1960’s, # 41 of the 1970’s, and # 84 of the 1950’s ( 3 decades in the top 100).

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