James Mason
Biography
James Mason was a male English actor born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He began his acting career in the 1930s, initially gaining recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. Mason made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra." Throughout his career, he showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to transition between genres, including dramas and thrillers. Mason passed away on July 27, 1984, at the age of 75. He is known to have appeared in 187 film and television credits.
Career overview
James Mason began his acting career in the 1930s, initially gaining recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. His film debut occurred in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his on-screen journey.
Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex characters. His commanding presence and distinctive voice allowed him to transition between genres, including dramas and thrillers. Mason's versatility in his acting range enabled him to excel in various film types.
Mason accumulated a significant number of film credits throughout his career, with a total of 187 known credits. His acting career spanned multiple decades, with his birthdate being May 15, 1909, and his passing on July 27, 1984, at the age of 75.
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- Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Sid & Judy (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Bob the Builder: Building Sky High (2016) Writer
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Lasseter's Bones (2012) as Archival Footage
- Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011) In Memory Of
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009) as Self (archive)
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- Halloween Monster Bash (1991) as Stephen Deremid (archive footage)
- A.D. (1985) as Tiberius
- The Assisi Underground (1985) as Bishop Nicolini
- The Shooting Party (1985) as Sir Randolph Nettleby
- House Without Foundation (1984) as Self - Narrator
- George Washington (1984) as Gen. Edward Braddock
- Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984) as Dr. Fischer
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984) as Self
- Group Madness (1983) as Self
- Alexandre (1983) as The Father
- Yellowbeard (1983) as Captain Hughes
- Unknown Chaplin (1983) as Narrator (voice)
- The Popes and Their Art (1983) as Presentor
- Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983) as Demon
- Ivanhoe (1982) as Isaac of York
- Evil Under the Sun (1982) as Odell Gardener
- The Verdict (1982) as Ed Concannon
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- A Dangerous Summer (1982) as George Engels
- The Glory of the Garden (1982) as Narrator
- The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982) as Self / Odell Gardener
- The Search for Alexander the Great (1981) as Narrator
- North Sea Hijack (1980) as Admiral Brindsen
- Hollywood (1980) as Self - Narrator
- Salem's Lot (1979) as Richard K. Straker
- The Passage (1979) as Professor Bergson
- Murder by Decree (1979) as Dr. Watson
- Bloodline (1979) as Sir Alec Nichols
- The Boys from Brazil (1978) as Eduard Seibert
- Heaven Can Wait (1978) as Mr. Jordan
- The Water Babies (1978) as Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Joseph of Arimathea
- Cross of Iron (1977) as Oberst Brandt
- Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977) as Narrator - English version
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) as Dr. Juan Remos
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976) as Self (archive footage)
- Origins of the Mafia (1976) as Vianisi
- Fear in the City (1976) as Chief of Police
- People of the Wind (1976) as Jafar Qoli (voice)
- Mandingo (1975) as Warren Maxwell
- Kidnap Syndicate (1975) as Filippini
- Inside Out (1975) as Ernst Furben
- Autobiography of a Princess (1975) as Cyril Sahib
- The Flower in His Mouth (1975) as Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
- The Left Hand of the Law (1975) as Senatore Leandri
- The Marseille Contract (1974) as Jacques Brizard
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974) as Y.Y. Go
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1974) as Dr. John Polidori
- Great Expectations (1974) as Magwitch
- 11 Harrowhouse (1974) as Charles D. Watts
- The MacKintosh Man (1973) as Sir George Wheeler
- The Last of Sheila (1973) as Philip Dexter
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) as Dr. John Polidori
- The Reformation: Age of Revolt (1973) as Narrator
- John Keats: His Life and Death (1973) as Narrator
- Child's Play (1972) as Jerome Malley
- Home, James (1972) as Self
- The Wind in the Wires (1972) as Narrator
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Kill! (1971) as Alan Hamilton
- Bad Man's River (1971) as Francisco Paco Montero
- The Search for the Nile (1971) as Narrator
- Appointment With Destiny (1971) as Narrator
- Cold Sweat (1970) as Captain Ross
- Spring and Port Wine (1970) as Rafe Crompton
- Age of Consent (1969) as Bradley Morahan
- Age of Consent (1969) Producer
- Mayerling (1968) as Franz Joseph I of Austria
- Duffy (1968) as Charles Calvert
- The Sea Gull (1968) as Trigorin
- The London Nobody Knows (1968) as Himself - Narrator
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967) as Self
- The Deadly Affair (1967) as Charles Dobbs
- Stranger in the House (1967) as John Sawyer
- Apropos Film (1967) as Self
- ABC Stage 67 (1966) as Otto Hoffman
- The Blue Max (1966) as General Count von Klugermann
- Georgy Girl (1966) as James Leamington
- Lord Jim (1965) as Gentleman Brown
- Genghis Khan (1965) as Kam Ling
- Uncertain Verification (1965) as (archive footage)
- The Uninhibited (1965) as Pascal Regnier
- The Pumpkin Eater (1964) as Bob Conway
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Timonides
- Torpedo Bay (1963) as Captain Blayne
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Warren Barrow
- Stoney Burke (1962) as The Derelict
- Lolita (1962) as Prof. Humbert Humbert
- Tiara Tahiti (1962) as Captain Brett Aimsley
- Escape from Zahrain (1962) as Johnson
- Hero's Island (1962) as Jacob Weber
- Theatre 62: Rebecca (1962) as Maxim de Winter
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dr. Maxwell Becker
- The Marriage-Go-Round (1961) as Paul Delville
- A Touch of Larceny (1960) as Cmdr. Max Easton
- John Brown's Raid (1960) as John Brown
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) as Edward Carson
- Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (1960) as Hans Frick
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Henry Chambers
- North by Northwest (1959) as Phillip Vandamm
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
- The Decks Ran Red (1958) as Capt. Edwin Rummill
- Cry Terror! (1958) as Jim Molner
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- Panic! (1957)
- Island in the Sun (1957) as Maxwell Fleury
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Guest
- Bigger Than Life (1956) as Ed Avery
- Bigger Than Life (1956) Producer
- Bigger Than Life (1956) Additional Writing
- Forever, Darling (1956) as The Guardian Angel
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) as Captain Nemo
- Prince Valiant (1954) as Sir Brack
- A Star Is Born (1954) as Norman Maine
- The Star of Bethlehem (1954) as Himself
- The Star of Bethlehem (1954) Director
- The Star of Bethlehem (1954) Producer
- The Child (1954) Director
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) as Narrator
- The Story of Three Loves (1953) as Charles Coutray
- Julius Caesar (1953) as Brutus
- Charade (1953) as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
- Charade (1953) Writer
- Charade (1953) Producer
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Wayne Sebastian
- The Man Between (1953) as Ivo Kern
- The Desert Rats (1953) as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
- 5 Fingers (1952) as Ulysses Diello
- Face to Face (1952) as The Captain
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) as Rupert of Hentzau
- Lady Possessed (1952) as Jimmy Del Palma
- Lady Possessed (1952) Screenplay
- Lady Possessed (1952) Producer
- Botany Bay (1952) as Capt. Paul Gilbert
- Ellis in Freedomland (1952) as The Refrigerator (voice)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Captain Vialez
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Self - Host
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) as Hendrick van der Zee
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Self - Host
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) Interactive Manager
- One Way Street (1950) as Dr. Frank Matson
- Caught (1949) as Larry Quinada
- East Side, West Side (1949) as Brandon Bourne
- Madame Bovary (1949) as Gustave Flaubert
- The Reckless Moment (1949) as Martin Donnelly
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Odd Man Out (1947) as Johnny McQueen
- The Upturned Glass (1947) as Michael Joyce
- The Upturned Glass (1947) Producer
- They Were Sisters (1945) as Geoffrey Lee
- A Place of One's Own (1945) as Henry Smedhurst
- The Seventh Veil (1945) as Nicholas Cunningham
- The Wicked Lady (1945) as Captain Jerry Jackson
- Hotel Reserve (1944) as Peter Vadassy
- Fanny by Gaslight (1944) as Lord Manderstoke
- Candlelight in Algeria (1944) as Alan Thurston
- They Met in the Dark (1943) as Richard Francis Heritage
- The Man in Grey (1943) as Lord Rohan
- The Bells Go Down (1943) as Ted Robbins
- Secret Mission (1942) as Raoul de Carnot
- The Night Has Eyes (1942) as Stephen Deremid
- Hatter's Castle (1942) as Dr. Renwick
- Thunder Rock (1942) as Streeter
- Alibi (1942) as Andre Laurent
- The Patient Vanishes (1941) as Mick Cardby
- The Circle (1939) as Edward Luton
- I Met a Murderer (1939) as Mark Warrow
- I Met a Murderer (1939) Story
- The Miser (1939) as Valere - In love with Elise
- Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939) as Robert Patch
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1938) as Christian de Neuvillette
- The Moon in the Yellow River (1938) as Darrell Blake
- Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) as Jean Tallien
- Fire Over England (1937) as Hillary Vane
- The High Command (1937) as Capt. Heverell
- Catch as Catch Can (1937) as Robert Leyland
- The Mill on the Floss (1937) as Tom Tulliver
- The Secret of Stamboul (1936) as Larry
- Blind Man's Bluff (1936) as Stephen Neville
- Troubled Waters (1936) as John Merriman
- Prison Breaker (1936) as 'Bunny' Barnes
- Twice Branded (1936) as Henry Hamilton
- Late Extra (1935) as Jim Martin