James Mason

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-05-15 (75 years old)

Deathday

1984-07-27

Place of Birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK

James Mason

Biography

James Neville Mason, known as James Mason, was an accomplished English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. He was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and passed away on July 27, 1984, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustrious on-screen journey. Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous charac...

Acting

1954

1959

North by Northwest

as Phillip Vandamm

1979

Bloodline

as Sir Alec Nichols

1953

The Man Between

as Ivo Kern

1962

Lolita

as Prof. Humbert Humbert

1974

Frankenstein: The True Story

as Dr. John Polidori

1954

A Star Is Born

as Norman Maine

1982

Evil Under the Sun

as Odell Gardener

1977

Cross of Iron

as Oberst Brandt

1965

Genghis Khan

as Kam Ling

1958

Cry Terror!

as Jim Molner

1965

Lord Jim

as Gentleman Brown

1937

Fire Over England

as Hillary Vane

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1972

1959

Journey to the Center of the Earth

as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook

1983

Yellowbeard

as Captain Hughes

1982

The Verdict

as Ed Concannon

1978

Heaven Can Wait

as Mr. Jordan

1951

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

1973

1973

The MacKintosh Man

as Sir George Wheeler

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Ed Avery

1979

Murder by Decree

as Dr. Watson

1978

The Water Babies

as Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark

1949

The Reckless Moment

as Martin Donnelly

1956

Forever, Darling

as The Guardian Angel

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Rupert of Hentzau

1945

The Wicked Lady

as Captain Jerry Jackson

1950

One Way Street

as Dr. Frank Matson

1953

The Desert Rats

as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

1945

A Place of One's Own

as Henry Smedhurst

1970

Cold Sweat

as Captain Ross

1943

The Man in Grey

as Lord Rohan

1967

The Deadly Affair

as Charles Dobbs

1966

Georgy Girl

as James Leamington

1957

Island in the Sun

as Maxwell Fleury

1949

Caught

as Larry Quinada

1947

Odd Man Out

as Johnny McQueen

1945

The Seventh Veil

as Nicholas Cunningham

1975

Mandingo

as Warren Maxwell

1949

Madame Bovary

as Gustave Flaubert

1978

The Boys from Brazil

as Eduard Seibert

1968

Mayerling

as Franz Joseph I of Austria

1951

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

as Hendrik van der Zee

1954

Prince Valiant

as Sir Brack

1962

Theatre 62: Rebecca

as Maxim de Winter

1982

Ivanhoe

as Isaac of York

1974

1953

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

1969

Age of Consent

as Bradley Morahan

1968

The London Nobody Knows

as Himself - Narrator

1979

The Passage

as Professor Bergson

1966

The Blue Max

as General Count von Klugermann

1964

The Pumpkin Eater

as Bob Conway

1972

Child's Play

as Jerome Malley

1974

The Marseille Contract

as Jacques Brizard

1942

Secret Mission

as Raoul de Carnot

1943

They Met in the Dark

as Richard Francis Heritage

1975

Kidnap Syndicate

as Filippini

1939

I Met a Murderer

as Mark Warrow

1968

Duffy

as Charles Calvert

1942

Hatter's Castle

as Dr. Renwick

1985

The Shooting Party

as Sir Randolph Nettleby

1938

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Christian de Neuvillette

1938

1947

The Upturned Glass

as Michael Joyce

1952

5 Fingers

as Ulysses Diello

1975

Inside Out

as Ernst Furben

1960

A Touch of Larceny

as Cmdr. Max Easton

1975

The Flower in His Mouth

as Avv. Antonio Bellocampo

1942

Thunder Rock

as Streeter

1971

Bad Man's River

as Francisco Paco Montero

1944

Hotel Reserve

as Peter Vadassy

1939

Bees on the Boat-Deck

as Robert Patch

1976

Fear in the City

as Prosecutor

1939

The Miser

as Valere - In love with Elise

1939

The Circle

as Edward Luton

1949

East Side, West Side

as Brandon Bourne

1961

The Marriage-Go-Round

as Paul Delville

1942

The Night Has Eyes

as Stephen Deremid

1953

1965

Uncertain Verification

as (archive footage)

1958

The Decks Ran Red

as Capt. Edwin Rummill

1944

Fanny by Gaslight

as Lord Manderstoke

1962

Tiara Tahiti

as Captain Brett Aimsley

1953

The Story of Three Loves

as Charles Coutray

1982

A Dangerous Summer

as George Engels

1970

Spring and Port Wine

as Rafe Crompton

1962

1977

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love

as Narrator - English version

1945

They Were Sisters

as Geoffrey Lee

1942

Alibi

as Andre Laurent

1968

The Sea Gull

as Trigorin

1952

Botany Bay

as Capt. Paul Gilbert

1937

The High Command

as Capt. Heverell

1960

1944

Candlelight in Algeria

as Alan Thurston

1975

The Left Hand of the Law

as Senatore Leandri

1962

Hero's Island

as Jacob Weber

1967

Cop-Out

as John Sawyer

1971

Kill!

as Alan Hamilton

1936

1943

The Bells Go Down

as Ted Robbins

1985

The Assisi Underground

as Bishop Nicolini

1952

Face to Face

as The Captain

1974

11 Harrowhouse

as Charles D. Watts

1952

Lady Possessed

as Jimmy Del Palma

1935

Late Extra

as Jim Martin

1965

The Uninhibited

as Pascal Regnier

1936

Troubled Waters

as John Merriman

1937

The Mill on the Floss

as Tom Tulliver

1936

Prison Breaker

as 'Bunny' Barnes

1936

Blind Man's Bluff

as Stephen Neville

2012

Lasseter's Bones

as Archival Footage

1995

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self (archive footage)

1975

1972

2011

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

as Self (archive footage)

1980

North Sea Hijack

as Admiral Brindsen

1963

Torpedo Bay

as Captain Blayne

1983

Alexandre

as The Father

1941

The Patient Vanishes

as Mick Cardby

1953

Charade

as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson

1983

1976

Voyage of the Damned

as Dr. Juan Remos

1936

Twice Branded

as Henry Hamilton

2019

Sid & Judy

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Ellis in Freedomland

as The Refrigerator (voice)

1937

Catch as Catch Can

as Robert Leyland

1983

1984

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

as Dr. Fischer

1954

1976

People of the Wind

as Jafar Qoli (voice)

1960

John Brown's Raid

as John Brown

Production

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Producer

1947

1952

Lady Possessed

as Screenplay

1952

Lady Possessed

as Producer

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Additional Writing

1939

1953

Charade

as Producer

1953

Charade

as Writer

1969

Age of Consent

as Producer

1954

1954

1954

The Child

as Director

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