David Niven (1910-1983)
60.9 TOPICAL actor score · #359 of 1,977 actors
David Niven (1910-1983) has a TOPICAL actor score of 60.9 - ranked 359 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are acting honours and credits. They've won 3 acting honours from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1956-1965. Best films: Wuthering Heights (1939), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours90
Prime71
Their movies63
Credits90
Career standing74
- Acting honours3 wins, 3 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama; Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Prime1956-1965
- Credits99 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 14 scored films (5 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 67 languages
“Niven was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in classic Hollywood films.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10
David Niven's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 593 | Wuthering Heights | 1939 | 3 |
| 712 | The Guns of Navarone | 1961 | 2 |
| 1,130 | Dodsworth | 1936 | 5 |
| 1,249 | Around the World in 80 Days | 1956 | 1 |
| 1,406 | Separate Tables | 1958 | 3 |
| 1,532 | The Pink Panther | 1963 | 1 |
| 1,812 | The Bishop's Wife | 1947 | 3 |
| 2,449 | The Prisoner of Zenda | 1937 | 6 |
| 2,976 | Murder by Death | 1976 | 4 |
| 4,013 | 55 Days at Peking | 1963 | 3 |
| 4,472 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | 1936 | 7 |
| 4,792 | The Moon Is Blue | 1953 | 2 |
| 5,604 | Eternally Yours | 1939 | 2 |
| 5,905 | Casino Royale | 1967 | 3 |