James Mason: movies and TV shows
James Mason has 200 credits in the archive: 165 films and 35 TV series, from 1935 to 2020. Highest rated: Frankenstein: The True Story (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 2020 · busiest year: 1953 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 111 |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 110 |
| 2019 | Churchill and the Movie Mogul | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 110 |
| 2016 | Bob the Builder: Building Sky High | Film | 7.0 | 107 | |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 104 |
| 2012 | Lasseter's Bones | Archival Footage | Film | 6.4 | 103 |
| 2011 | Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War | Film | — | 102 | |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | Self (archive) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 1995 | Roger Moore: A Matter of Class | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 86 |
| 1991 | Halloween Monster Bash | Stephen Deremid (archive footage) | Film | — | 82 |
| 1985 | A.D. | Tiberius | TV | 5.4 | 76 |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground | Bishop Nicolini | Film | 5.1 | 76 |
| 1985 | The Shooting Party | Sir Randolph Nettleby | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 1984 | House Without Foundation | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 75 |
| 1984 | George Washington | Gen. Edward Braddock | TV | 7.7 | 75 |
| 1984 | Dr. Fischer of Geneva | Dr. Fischer | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 1984 | James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 1983 | Group Madness | Self | Film | 9.0 | 74 |
| 1983 | Alexandre | The Father | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Captain Hughes | Film | 5.6 | 74 |
| 1983 | Unknown Chaplin | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 74 |
| 1983 | The Popes and Their Art | Presentor | Film | — | 74 |
| 1983 | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Demon | Film | 6.6 | 74 |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Isaac of York | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Odell Gardener | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Ed Concannon | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1982 | A Dangerous Summer | George Engels | Film | 4.1 | 73 |
| 1982 | The Glory of the Garden | Narrator | Film | — | 73 |
| 1982 | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Odell Gardener | Film | 8.3 | 73 |
| 1981 | The Search for Alexander the Great | Narrator | TV | — | 72 |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack | Admiral Brindsen | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1980 | Hollywood | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.4 | 71 |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot | Richard K. Straker | TV | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1979 | The Passage | Professor Bergson | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Dr. Watson | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 1979 | Bloodline | Sir Alec Nichols | Film | 4.9 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Eduard Seibert | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Mr. Jordan | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 1978 | The Water Babies | Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Joseph of Arimathea | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1977 | Cross of Iron | Oberst Brandt | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1977 | Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love | Narrator - English version | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Dr. Juan Remos | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 67 |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia | Vianisi | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1976 | Fear in the City | Chief of Police | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1976 | People of the Wind | Jafar Qoli (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1975 | Mandingo | Warren Maxwell | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1975 | Kidnap Syndicate | Filippini | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1975 | Inside Out | Ernst Furben | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1975 | Autobiography of a Princess | Cyril Sahib | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1975 | The Flower in His Mouth | Avv. Antonio Bellocampo | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1975 | The Left Hand of the Law | Senatore Leandri | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1974 | The Marseille Contract | Jacques Brizard | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Y.Y. Go | Film | 4.9 | 65 |
| 1974 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Dr. John Polidori | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1974 | Great Expectations | Magwitch | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1974 | 11 Harrowhouse | Charles D. Watts | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | Sir George Wheeler | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1973 | The Last of Sheila | Philip Dexter | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Dr. John Polidori | TV | 8.5 | 64 |
| 1973 | The Reformation: Age of Revolt | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 1973 | John Keats: His Life and Death | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 1972 | Child's Play | Jerome Malley | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1972 | Home, James | Self | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1972 | The Wind in the Wires | Narrator | Film | — | 63 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 62 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1971 | Kill! | Alan Hamilton | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1971 | Bad Man's River | Francisco Paco Montero | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1971 | The Search for the Nile | Narrator | TV | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1971 | Appointment With Destiny | Narrator | TV | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat | Captain Ross | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1970 | Spring and Port Wine | Rafe Crompton | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Bradley Morahan | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Film | 5.9 | 60 | |
| 1968 | Mayerling | Franz Joseph I of Austria | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1968 | Duffy | Charles Calvert | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Trigorin | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1968 | The London Nobody Knows | Himself - Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 7.4 | 58 |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Charles Dobbs | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1967 | Stranger in the House | John Sawyer | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1967 | Apropos Film | Self | TV | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Otto Hoffman | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1966 | The Blue Max | General Count von Klugermann | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1966 | Georgy Girl | James Leamington | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Gentleman Brown | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1965 | Genghis Khan | Kam Ling | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1965 | Uncertain Verification | (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1965 | The Uninhibited | Pascal Regnier | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater | Bob Conway | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Timonides | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1963 | Torpedo Bay | Captain Blayne | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Warren Barrow | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | The Derelict | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1962 | Lolita | Prof. Humbert Humbert | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1962 | Tiara Tahiti | Captain Brett Aimsley | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1962 | Escape from Zahrain | Johnson | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1962 | Hero's Island | Jacob Weber | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1962 | Theatre 62: Rebecca | Maxim de Winter | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Maxwell Becker | TV | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1961 | The Marriage-Go-Round | Paul Delville | Film | 4.4 | 52 |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny | Cmdr. Max Easton | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1960 | John Brown's Raid | John Brown | Film | — | 51 |
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Edward Carson | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1960 | Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place | Hans Frick | Film | — | 51 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Henry Chambers | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Phillip Vandamm | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1958 | The Decks Ran Red | Capt. Edwin Rummill | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1958 | Cry Terror! | Jim Molner | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1957 | Panic! | TV | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1957 | Island in the Sun | Maxwell Fleury | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life | Ed Avery | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1956 | Forever, Darling | The Guardian Angel | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Captain Nemo | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant | Sir Brack | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Norman Maine | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1954 | The Star of Bethlehem | Himself | Film | — | 45 |
| 1954 | The Star of Bethlehem | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1954 | The Star of Bethlehem | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1954 | The Child | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1953 | The Tell-Tale Heart | Narrator | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves | Charles Coutray | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Brutus | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1953 | Charade | The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1953 | Charade | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 1953 | Charade | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Wayne Sebastian | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1953 | The Man Between | Ivo Kern | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats | Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers | Ulysses Diello | Film | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1952 | Face to Face | The Captain | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Rupert of Hentzau | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1952 | Lady Possessed | Jimmy Del Palma | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1952 | Lady Possessed | Film | 5.5 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Lady Possessed | Film | 5.5 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Botany Bay | Capt. Paul Gilbert | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1952 | Ellis in Freedomland | The Refrigerator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Captain Vialez | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Self - Host | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1951 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Hendrick van der Zee | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Self - Host | TV | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | TV | 6.7 | 41 | |
| 1950 | One Way Street | Dr. Frank Matson | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1949 | Caught | Larry Quinada | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side | Brandon Bourne | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1949 | The Reckless Moment | Martin Donnelly | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out | Johnny McQueen | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1947 | The Upturned Glass | Michael Joyce | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1947 | The Upturned Glass | Film | 6.8 | 38 | |
| 1945 | They Were Sisters | Geoffrey Lee | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1945 | A Place of One's Own | Henry Smedhurst | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1945 | The Seventh Veil | Nicholas Cunningham | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1945 | The Wicked Lady | Captain Jerry Jackson | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1944 | Hotel Reserve | Peter Vadassy | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1944 | Fanny by Gaslight | Lord Manderstoke | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1944 | Candlelight in Algeria | Alan Thurston | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark | Richard Francis Heritage | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1943 | The Man in Grey | Lord Rohan | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1943 | The Bells Go Down | Ted Robbins | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1942 | Secret Mission | Raoul de Carnot | Film | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1942 | The Night Has Eyes | Stephen Deremid | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1942 | Hatter's Castle | Dr. Renwick | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1942 | Thunder Rock | Streeter | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1942 | Alibi | Andre Laurent | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Patient Vanishes | Mick Cardby | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | The Circle | Edward Luton | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1939 | I Met a Murderer | Mark Warrow | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1939 | I Met a Murderer | Film | 5.5 | 30 | |
| 1939 | The Miser | Valere - In love with Elise | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1939 | Bees on the Boat-Deck | Robert Patch | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1938 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Christian de Neuvillette | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1938 | The Moon in the Yellow River | Darrell Blake | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1937 | Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Jean Tallien | Film | 4.4 | 28 |
| 1937 | Fire Over England | Hillary Vane | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1937 | The High Command | Capt. Heverell | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1937 | Catch as Catch Can | Robert Leyland | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1937 | The Mill on the Floss | Tom Tulliver | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1936 | The Secret of Stamboul | Larry | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1936 | Blind Man's Bluff | Stephen Neville | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1936 | Troubled Waters | John Merriman | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1936 | Prison Breaker | 'Bunny' Barnes | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1936 | Twice Branded | Henry Hamilton | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1935 | Late Extra | Jim Martin | Film | 6.3 | 26 |