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James Mason (I) (1909–1984)

Actor | Producer | Writer

Great English actor of British and American films. Born in Yorkshire, attended Marlborough and Cambridge, where he discovered acting on a lark and abandoned a planned career as an architect. Following work in stock companies, he joined the Old Vic under the guidance of Sir Tyrone Guthrie and of Alexander Korda... See full bio »

Born:

James Neville Mason
May 15, 1909 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died:

July 27, 1984 (age 75) in Lausanne, Switzerland
Still of James Mason in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Still of Alec Guinness and James Mason in The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations See more awards »

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1985 Dr. Fischer of Geneva (TV movie)
Dr. Fischer
 
1985 The Assisi Underground
Bishop Nicolini
 
1985 A.D. (TV mini-series)
Tiberius
– Part 2 (1985) … Tiberius
– Part 1 (1985) … Tiberius
 
1985 The Shooting Party
Sir Randolph Nettleby
 
1984 George Washington (TV mini-series)
Gen. Edward Braddock
 
1983 Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (TV movie)
Demon
 
1983 Yellowbeard
Captain Hughes
 
1983 Alexandre
The Father
 
1982 The Verdict
Ed Concannon
 
1982 A Dangerous Summer
George Engels
 
1982 Ivanhoe (TV movie)
Isaac of York
 
1982 Evil Under the Sun
Odell Gardener
 
1982 Socrates
Socrates
 
1981 The Search for Alexander the Great (TV mini-series)
Host/Narrator
 
1980 Ffolkes
Admiral Brindsen
 
1979 Salem's Lot (TV movie)
Richard K. Straker
 
1979 Bloodline
Sir Alec Nichols
 
1979 The Passage
Professor Bergson
 
1979 Murder by Decree
Dr. John H. Watson
 
1978 The Boys from Brazil
Eduard Seibert
 
1978 Heaven Can Wait
Mr. Jordan
 
1978 The Water Babies
Mr. Grimes/Voice of Killer Shark
 
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)
Joseph of Arimathea
– Part 2 (1977) … Joseph of Arimathea
 
1977 Cross of Iron
Col. Oberst Brandt
 
1976 Voyage of the Damned
Dr. Juan Remos
 
1976 Origins of the Mafia (TV mini-series)
Vianisi
– Omertà (1976) … Vianisi
 
1976 La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere
Senator Leandri
 
1976 Hot Stuff
Prosecutor
 
1975 The Flower in His Mouth
Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
 
1975 Inside Out
Ernst Furben
 
1975 Autobiography of a Princess
Cyril Sahib
 
1975 Kidnap Syndicate
Ing. Filippini
 
1975 Mandingo
Warren Maxwell
 
1974 Great Expectations (TV movie)
Magwitch
 
1974 11 Harrowhouse
Charles D. Watts
 
1974 The Destructors
Jacques Brizard
 
1973 Frankenstein: The True Story (TV movie)
Dr. John Polidori
 
1973 The MacKintosh Man
Sir George Wheeler
 
1973 The Last of Sheila
Philip
 
1973 John Keats: His Life and Death
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 Child's Play
Jerome Malley
 
1971 Hunt the Man Down
Francisco Montero
 
1971 Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Alan Hamilton
 
1971-1972 The Search for the Nile (TV mini-series)
Narrator
– Conquest and Death (1971) … Narrator (voice)
– Find Livingstone (1971) … Narrator (voice)
– The Great Debate (1971) … Narrator (voice)
– The Secret Fountains (1971) … Narrator (voice)
– Discovery and Betrayal (1971) … Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 Appointment with Destiny (TV series)
Narrator
– The Plot to Murder Hitler (1971) … Narrator
 
1970 Cold Sweat
Captain Ross
 
1970 Spring and Port Wine
Rafe Crompton
 
1970 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Y.Y. Go
 
1969 Age of Consent
Bradley Morahan
 
1968 The Legend of Silent Night (TV movie)
Franz Gruber
 
1968 The Sea Gull
Trigorin, a writer
 
1968 Mayerling
Emperor Franz-Josef
 
1968 Duffy
Charles Calvert
 
1967 Cop-Out
John Sawyer
 
1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Bernard Sholto
– The Tormentors (1966) … Bernard Sholto
 
1966 The Deadly Affair
Charles Dobbs
 
1966 Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn (TV movie)
Otto Hoffman
 
1966 Georgy Girl
James Leamington
 
1966 The Blue Max
General Count von Klugermann
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Otto Hoffmann
– Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn? (1966) … Otto Hoffmann
 
1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr. Maxwell Becker
– The Horizontal Hero (1965) … Dr. Maxwell Becker
– Web of Hate (1965) … Dr. Maxwell Becker
– A Life for a Life (1965) … Dr. Maxwell Becker
– Behold the Great Man (1965) … Dr. Maxwell Becker
 
1965 The Uninhibited
Pascal Regnier
 
1965 Genghis Khan
Kam Ling
 
1965 Lord Jim
Gentleman Brown
 
1965 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
Torquil Callander
– A Tall, Stalwart Lancer (1965) … Torquil Callander
 
1964 The Pumpkin Eater
Bob Conway
 
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire
Timonides
 
1963 Torpedo Bay
Captain Blayne
 
1962 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Enoch Gates, the 'Derelict'
– The Scavenger (1962) … Enoch Gates, the 'Derelict'
 
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Warren Barrow
– Captive Audience (1962) … Warren Barrow
 
1962 Hero's Island
Jacob Weber
 
1962 Tiara Tahiti
Capt. Brett Aimsley
 
1962 Lolita
Prof. Humbert Humbert
 
1962 Escape from Zahrain
Johnson (uncredited)
 
1962 Rebecca (TV movie)
Maxim de Winter
 
1962 Golden Showcase (TV series)
Sourab
– Tonight in Samarkand (1962) … Sourab
 
1961 The Marriage-Go-Round
Paul Delville
 
1960 John Brown's Raid (TV movie)
John Brown
 
1960 The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Sir Edward Carson
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Henry Chambers
– Once Upon a Knight (1960) … Henry Chambers
 
1957-1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Hans Frick / Hesketh / John Brown / …
– The Hiding Place (1960) … Hans Frick
– John Brown's Raid (1960) … John Brown
– The Second Man (1959) … Hesketh
– Not the Glory (1958) … Wilhelm Konreid
– The Thundering Wave (1957) … Sidney Lowe
 
1959 A Touch of Larceny
Cmdr. Max Easton
 
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth
Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
 
1959 North by Northwest
Phillip Vandamm
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Marius
– A Sword for Marius (1959) … Marius
 
1958 The Decks Ran Red
Capt. Edwin Rummill
 
1958 Cry Terror!
Jim Molner
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Captain Vialez
– No Boat for Four Months (1958) … Captain Vialez
 
1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Wayne Sebastian
– The Questioning Note (1957) … Wayne Sebastian
 
1957 Island in the Sun
Maxwell Fleury
 
1957 Panic! (TV series)
– Marooned (1957)
 
1956 Bigger Than Life
Ed Avery
 
1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV series)
– Duel at Dawn (1956)
 
1956 Forever, Darling
The Guardian Angel
 
1956 The James Mason Show (TV series)
Host/Performer
 
1954 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Captain Nemo
 
1954 A Star Is Born
Norman Maine
 
1954 Prince Valiant
Sir Brack
 
1953/I The Tell-Tale Heart (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1953 The Man Between
Ivo Kern
 
1953 Julius Caesar
Brutus
 
1953 The Desert Rats
Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
 
1953 Botany Bay
Capt. Paul Gilbert
 
1953 The Story of Three Loves
Charles Coutray (segment "The Jealous Lover")
 
1953 Omnibus (TV series)
Napoleon
– The Love Story of Napoleon (1953) … Napoleon
 
1953 Charade
The Murderer/Maj. Linden/Jonah Watson
 
1952 Face to Face
The Captain ('The Secret Sharer')
 
1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
 
1952 5 Fingers
Ulysses Diello
 
1952 Lady Possessed
Jimmy Del Palma
 
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel
 
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Hendrik van der Zee
 
1950 One Way Street
Dr. Frank Matson
 
1949 East Side, West Side
Brandon Bourne
 
1949 The Reckless Moment
Martin Donnelly
 
1949 Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
 
1949 Caught
Larry Quinada
 
1947 The Upturned Glass
Michael Joyce
 
1947 Odd Man Out
Johnny McQueen
 
1945 The Wicked Lady
Captain Jerry Jackson
 
1945 The Seventh Veil
Nicholas
 
1945 They Were Sisters
Geoffrey Lee
 
1945 A Place of One's Own
Mr. Henry Smedhurst
 
1945 Man of Evil
Lord Manderstoke
 
1944 Hotel Reserve
Peter Vadassy
 
1944 Candlelight in Algeria
Alan Thurston
 
1943 They Met in the Dark
Richard Francis Heritage
 
1943 The Man in Grey
Lord Rohan
 
1943 The Bells Go Down
Ted Robbins
 
1942 Thunder Rock
Streeter
 
1942 Secret Mission
Raoul de Carnot
 
1942 Alibi
Andre Laurent
 
1942 Terror House
Stephen Deremid
 
1942 A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
Dr. Renwick
 
1941 The Patient Vanishes
Mick Cardby
 
1939 The Circle (TV movie)
Edward Luton
 
1939 L'avare (TV movie)
Valere - in love with Elise
 
1939 I Met a Murderer
Mark Warrow
 
1939 Square Pegs (TV movie)
Lead role (27th February 1939 version)
 
1939 Bees on the Boat-Deck (TV movie)
Robert Patch
 
1938 The Moon in the Yellow River (TV movie)
Darrell Blake
 
1938 Cyrano de Bergerac (TV movie)
Christian de Neuvillette
 
1938 The High Command
Capt. Heverell
 
1937 Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jean Tallien
 
1937 Catch As Catch Can
Robert Leyland
 
1937 Fire Over England
Hillary Vane
 
1937 The Mill on the Floss
Tom Tulliver
 
1936 Secret of Stamboul
Larry
 
1936 Blind Man's Bluff
Stephen Neville
 
1936 Troubled Waters
John Merriman
 
1936 Prison Breaker
'Bunny' Barnes
 
1936 Twice Branded
Henry Hamilton
 
1935 Late Extra
Jim Martin
 
Show ShowProducer (6 titles)
1969 Age of Consent (producer)
 
1962 Hero's Island (producer)
 
1956 Bigger Than Life (producer)
 
1953 Charade (producer)
 
1952 Lady Possessed (producer)
 
1947 The Upturned Glass (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Elevator (1958) (story)
 
1956 Bigger Than Life (uncredited)
 
1953 Charade (writer)
 
1952 Lady Possessed (screenplay)
 
1939 I Met a Murderer (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1964 Rome in Madrid (documentary short)
 
1954 The Child (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1954 20000 Leagues Under the Sea ("Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" partial)
 
Show ShowSelf (41 titles)
1999 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Prof. Humbert Humbert
– Episode dated 8 March 1999 (1999) … Prof. Humbert Humbert
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1983 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Unknown Chaplin (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
1983 Group Madness (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (TV documentary short)
Himself/Odell Gardener
 
1982 The Making of 'The Verdict' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– End of an Era (1980) … Himself/Narrator (voice)
– Star Treatment (1980) … Himself/Narrator (voice)
– Trick of the Light (1980) … Himself/Narrator (voice)
– The Man with the Megaphone (1980) … Himself/Narrator (voice)
– Out West (1980) … Himself/Narrator (voice)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1980 Making 'The Shining' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1979 The Royal Variety Performance 1979 (TV special)
 
1970-1979 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Final Edition (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 April 1971 (1971) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 April 1971 (1971) … Himself - Guest
See all 11 episodes »
 
1979 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1977 Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (documentary)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
1976 People of the Wind (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.2 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 The Year of the Wildebeest (documentary)
Narrator
 
1972 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 August 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1968-1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– James Mason and Spike Milligan (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 Gala 70 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.25 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The London Nobody Knows (documentary)
Himself - Guide/Narrator
 
1968 The World About Us (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– River Nile (1968) … Himself - Narrator
 
1968 Vienna: The Years Remembered (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.10 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.38 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.9 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 March 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 A Bob Hope Comedy Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1951-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 10 July 1966 (1966) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 21 February 1965 (1965) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 17 June 1962 (1962) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 30 September 1956 (1956) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 29 July 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
See all 6 episodes »
 
1965 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Contestant
– Episode dated 18 March 1965 (1965) … Himself - Celebrity Contestant
 
1964 Lena (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 March 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #7.2 (1959) … Himself
– Episode #7.1 (1959) … Himself
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Himself
– Around the World in 90 Minutes (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.5 (1956) … Himself - Guest
 
1955 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 December 1955 (1955) … Himself
 
1951-1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.13 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #5.11 (1951) … Himself
 
1954-1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host
– It Grows on Trees (1955) … Himself - Host
– A Bell for Adano (1955) … Himself - Host
– The Heiress (1954) … Himself - Host
– Christmas in July (1954) … Himself - Host
– Two Dozen Roses (1954) … Himself - Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2010 A Star Is Born: Special Features (video)
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary)
 
2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary)
Captain Nemo
 
2008 George W. Bush Battles Jesus Christ (short)
Joseph of Arimathea
 
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2006 A Dangerous Summer Rekindled (video)
 
2005 The Agatha Christie Code (TV documentary)
Odell Gardener
 
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Ed Concannon
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1995 The Celluloid Heroes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Great Performances (TV series documentary)
 
1985 The Golden Gong (TV documentary)
 
1984 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
 
1984 TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1976 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1965 La verifica incerta (documentary short)
 
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book (w/Pamela Mason; as "Pamela Kellino"): "The Cats in Our Lives" See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 7 Articles  | 18 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 11½" (1.82 m)

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Personal Quote:

[on Rudolph Valentino] That Valentino was certainly a very splendid fellow. And his unique glamor was not entirely due to the fact that he was unhampered by banal dialogue. Modern dialogue is not always banal, and the screen hero who could match Valentino's posturing technique with an equally polished vocal technique has a perfectly fair chance of becoming his romantic peer... See more »

Trivia:

In 1952 while remodeling his home, he discovered several reels of Buster Keaton 's "lost" films (Mason had purchased Keaton's Hollywood mansion) and immediately recognized their historical significance and was responsible for their preservation. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus
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