FrameThrower · Actors · David Niven
David Niven
3 films · 249 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1946–2024
Born 1 March 1910 · London, England, UK · died 29 July 1983
James David Graham Niven, 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.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 249 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1946–2024
- Academy Award for Best Actor1959
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1958
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1953
- Legion of Merit
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 249 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work David takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 41% of their frames are night — the look of the work David takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 249 frames from David Niven's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.