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.
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 characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces.
One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man.
Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim.
Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision.
Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.
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Filmography (Movies)
Sid & Judy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/06/2019
Lasseter's Bones
Character:Archival Footage
Release Date:11/08/2012
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:10/03/2009
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2000
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/11/1995
The Assisi Underground
Character:Bishop Nicolini
Release Date:03/05/1985
The Shooting Party
Character:Sir Randolph Nettleby
Release Date:01/02/1985
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Character:Dr. Fischer
Release Date:08/10/1984
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1984
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Character:Demon
Release Date:16/11/1983
Yellowbeard
Character:Captain Hughes
Release Date:24/06/1983
Group Madness
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/1983
Alexandre
Character:The Father
Release Date:01/01/1983
The Popes and Their Art
Character:Presentor
Release Date:01/01/1983
The Verdict
Character:Ed Concannon
Release Date:08/12/1982
A Dangerous Summer
Character:George Engels
Release Date:22/10/1982
The Glory of the Garden
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/04/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Evil Under the Sun
Character:Odell Gardener
Release Date:05/03/1982
Ivanhoe
Character:Isaac of York
Release Date:23/02/1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Character:Self / Odell Gardener
Release Date:01/01/1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
Character:Narrator
Release Date:06/05/1981
North Sea Hijack
Character:Admiral Brindsen
Release Date:18/02/1980
Bloodline
Character:Sir Alec Nichols
Release Date:29/06/1979
The Passage
Character:Professor Bergson
Release Date:09/03/1979
Murder by Decree
Character:Dr. Watson
Release Date:01/02/1979
The Boys from Brazil
Character:Eduard Seibert
Release Date:05/10/1978
Heaven Can Wait
Character:Mr. Jordan
Release Date:28/06/1978
The Water Babies
Character:Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
Release Date:23/06/1978
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Character:Narrator - English version
Release Date:19/06/1977
Cross of Iron
Character:Oberst Brandt
Release Date:29/01/1977
Voyage of the Damned
Character:Dr. Juan Remos
Release Date:22/12/1976
People of the Wind
Character:Jafar Qoli (voice)
Release Date:29/10/1976
Fear in the City
Character:Chief of Police
Release Date:14/09/1976
The Flower in His Mouth
Character:Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
Release Date:30/10/1975
Inside Out
Character:Ernst Furben
Release Date:19/10/1975
Autobiography of a Princess
Character:Cyril Sahib
Release Date:05/10/1975
The Left Hand of the Law
Character:Senatore Leandri
Release Date:03/09/1975
Kidnap Syndicate
Character:Filippini
Release Date:27/08/1975
Mandingo
Character:Warren Maxwell
Release Date:06/06/1975
11 Harrowhouse
Character:Charles D. Watts
Release Date:26/09/1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Character:Dr. John Polidori
Release Date:19/09/1974
The Marseille Contract
Character:Jacques Brizard
Release Date:04/09/1974
Great Expectations
Character:Magwitch
Release Date:01/01/1974
The MacKintosh Man
Character:Sir George Wheeler
Release Date:01/08/1973
The Last of Sheila
Character:Philip Dexter
Release Date:14/06/1973
The Reformation: Age of Revolt
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/02/1973
John Keats: His Life and Death
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1973
Child's Play
Character:Jerome Malley
Release Date:12/12/1972
Home, James
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/1972
The Wind in the Wires
Character:Narrator
Release Date:06/09/1972
Kill!
Character:Alan Hamilton
Release Date:10/12/1971
Bad Man's River
Character:Francisco Paco Montero
Release Date:14/10/1971
Cold Sweat
Character:Captain Ross
Release Date:18/12/1970
Spring and Port Wine
Character:Rafe Crompton
Release Date:02/10/1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Character:Y.Y. Go
Release Date:01/01/1970
Age of Consent
Character:Bradley Morahan
Release Date:13/05/1969
The Sea Gull
Character:Trigorin
Release Date:23/12/1968
The London Nobody Knows
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:19/12/1968
Mayerling
Character:Franz Joseph I of Austria
Release Date:31/10/1968
Duffy
Character:Charles Calvert
Release Date:16/09/1968
Stranger in the House
Character:John Sawyer
Release Date:23/05/1967
The Deadly Affair
Character:Charles Dobbs
Release Date:26/01/1967
Georgy Girl
Character:James Leamington
Release Date:04/08/1966
The Blue Max
Character:General Count von Klugermann
Release Date:21/06/1966
Uncertain Verification
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/1965
The Uninhibited
Character:Pascal Regnier
Release Date:21/04/1965
Genghis Khan
Character:Kam Ling
Release Date:15/04/1965
Lord Jim
Character:Gentleman Brown
Release Date:15/02/1965
The Pumpkin Eater
Character:Bob Conway
Release Date:16/07/1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Timonides
Release Date:24/03/1964
Torpedo Bay
Character:Captain Blayne
Release Date:21/09/1963
Hero's Island
Character:Jacob Weber
Release Date:16/09/1962
Tiara Tahiti
Character:Captain Brett Aimsley
Release Date:01/07/1962
Lolita
Character:Prof. Humbert Humbert
Release Date:13/06/1962
Escape from Zahrain
Character:Johnson
Release Date:23/05/1962
Theatre 62: Rebecca
Character:Maxim de Winter
Release Date:08/04/1962
The Marriage-Go-Round
Character:Paul Delville
Release Date:06/01/1961
John Brown's Raid
Character:John Brown
Release Date:25/10/1960
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Character:Edward Carson
Release Date:28/05/1960
The Hiding Place
Character:Hans Frick
Release Date:22/03/1960
A Touch of Larceny
Character:Cmdr. Max Easton
Release Date:04/02/1960
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Character:Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
Release Date:15/12/1959
North by Northwest
Character:Phillip Vandamm
Release Date:06/08/1959
The Decks Ran Red
Character:Capt. Edwin Rummill
Release Date:10/10/1958
Cry Terror!
Character:Jim Molner
Release Date:02/05/1958
Island in the Sun
Character:Maxwell Fleury
Release Date:12/06/1957
Bigger Than Life
Character:Ed Avery
Release Date:20/11/1956
Forever, Darling
Character:The Guardian Angel
Release Date:09/02/1956
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character:Captain Nemo
Release Date:23/12/1954
The Star of Bethlehem
Character:Himself
Release Date:18/12/1954
A Star Is Born
Character:Norman Maine
Release Date:01/10/1954
Prince Valiant
Character:Sir Brack
Release Date:05/04/1954
The Tell-Tale Heart
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/12/1953
The Man Between
Character:Ivo Kern
Release Date:19/10/1953
Charade
Character:The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
Release Date:16/09/1953
Julius Caesar
Character:Brutus
Release Date:04/06/1953
The Desert Rats
Character:Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
Release Date:26/03/1953
The Story of Three Loves
Character:Charles Coutray
Release Date:26/03/1953
Botany Bay
Character:Capt. Paul Gilbert
Release Date:26/12/1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
Character:Rupert of Hentzau
Release Date:04/11/1952
Face to Face
Character:The Captain
Release Date:01/11/1952
Ellis in Freedomland
Character:The Refrigerator (voice)
Release Date:15/06/1952
5 Fingers
Character:Ulysses Diello
Release Date:22/02/1952
Lady Possessed
Character:Jimmy Del Palma
Release Date:26/01/1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character:Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Release Date:16/10/1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Character:Hendrick van der Zee
Release Date:13/04/1951
One Way Street
Character:Dr. Frank Matson
Release Date:01/04/1950
East Side, West Side
Character:Brandon Bourne
Release Date:22/12/1949
The Reckless Moment
Character:Martin Donnelly
Release Date:09/12/1949
Madame Bovary
Character:Gustave Flaubert
Release Date:25/08/1949
Caught
Character:Larry Quinada
Release Date:17/02/1949
The Upturned Glass
Character:Michael Joyce
Release Date:17/06/1947
Odd Man Out
Character:Johnny McQueen
Release Date:30/01/1947
The Wicked Lady
Character:Captain Jerry Jackson
Release Date:15/11/1945
The Seventh Veil
Character:Nicholas Cunningham
Release Date:18/10/1945
They Were Sisters
Character:Geoffrey Lee
Release Date:02/07/1945
A Place of One's Own
Character:Henry Smedhurst
Release Date:20/03/1945
Hotel Reserve
Character:Peter Vadassy
Release Date:01/06/1944
Fanny by Gaslight
Character:Lord Manderstoke
Release Date:08/05/1944
Candlelight in Algeria
Character:Alan Thurston
Release Date:19/03/1944
They Met in the Dark
Character:Richard Francis Heritage
Release Date:11/08/1943
The Man in Grey
Character:Lord Rohan
Release Date:06/08/1943
The Bells Go Down
Character:Ted Robbins
Release Date:16/05/1943
Thunder Rock
Character:Streeter
Release Date:04/12/1942
Secret Mission
Character:Raoul de Carnot
Release Date:05/10/1942
Alibi
Character:Andre Laurent
Release Date:10/08/1942
The Night Has Eyes
Character:Stephen Deremid
Release Date:01/06/1942
Hatter's Castle
Character:Dr. Renwick
Release Date:02/02/1942
The Patient Vanishes
Character:Mick Cardby
Release Date:21/07/1941
The Circle
Character:Edward Luton
Release Date:04/09/1939
The Miser
Character:Valere - In love with Elise
Release Date:21/03/1939
I Met a Murderer
Character:Mark Warrow
Release Date:04/03/1939
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Character:Robert Patch
Release Date:11/01/1939
The Moon in the Yellow River
Character:Darrell Blake
Release Date:28/12/1938
Cyrano de Bergerac
Character:Christian de Neuvillette
Release Date:30/10/1938
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character:Jean Tallien
Release Date:20/10/1937
The High Command
Character:Capt. Heverell
Release Date:23/08/1937
Catch as Catch Can
Character:Robert Leyland
Release Date:01/07/1937
Fire Over England
Character:Hillary Vane
Release Date:05/03/1937
The Mill on the Floss
Character:Tom Tulliver
Release Date:09/01/1937
The Secret of Stamboul
Character:Larry
Release Date:05/10/1936
Twice Branded
Character:Henry Hamilton
Release Date:11/05/1936
Blind Man's Bluff
Character:Stephen Neville
Release Date:01/03/1936
Troubled Waters
Character:John Merriman
Release Date:01/02/1936
Prison Breaker
Character:'Bunny' Barnes
Release Date:01/02/1936
Late Extra
Character:Jim Martin
Release Date:19/11/1935
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
A.D.
Character:Tiberius
George Washington
Character:Gen. Edward Braddock
Unknown Chaplin
Character:Narrator (voice)
Hollywood
Character:Self - Narrator
Salem's Lot
Character:Richard K. Straker
Jesus of Nazareth
Character:Joseph of Arimathea
Origins of the Mafia
Character:Vianisi
Frankenstein: The True Story
Character:Dr. John Polidori
Appointment With Destiny
Character:Narrator
The Search for the Nile
Character:Narrator
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Apropos Film
Character:Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self
ABC Stage 67
Character:Otto Hoffman
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Stoney Burke
Character:The Derelict
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Warren Barrow
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Dr. Kildare
Character:Dr. Maxwell Becker
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Henry Chambers
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Panic!
Character:
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Guest
General Electric Theater
Character:Wayne Sebastian
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Captain Vialez
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Self - Host
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Self - Host
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Panelist
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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