James Mason
Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK — May 15 1909• Died Jul 27 1984
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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 showcas…
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Warren Barrow
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Maxwell Becker
Thomas & Friends
Writing
What's My Line?
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Henry Chambers
Stoney Burke
The Derelict
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
Lux Video Theatre
Self - Host
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Jesus of Nazareth
Joseph of Arimathea
ABC Stage 67
Otto Hoffman
Panic!
Lolita
Prof. Humbert Humbert
Salem's Lot
Richard K. Straker
North by Northwest
Phillip Vandamm
Hollywood
Self - Narrator
A.D.
Tiberius
Mandingo
Warren Maxwell
The Verdict
Ed Concannon
A Star Is Born
Norman Maine
Evil Under the Sun
Odell Gardener
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Captain Nemo
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Captain Vialez
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Cross of Iron
Oberst Brandt
Lord Jim
Gentleman Brown
General Electric Theater
Wayne Sebastian
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Timonides
Origins of the Mafia
Vianisi
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
The Blue Max
General Count von Klugermann
George Washington
Gen. Edward Braddock
Unknown Chaplin
Narrator (voice)
The Boys from Brazil
Eduard Seibert
The Last of Sheila
Philip Dexter
Caught
Larry Quinada
Genghis Khan
Kam Ling
Yellowbeard
Captain Hughes
Frankenstein: The True Story
Dr. John Polidori
Heaven Can Wait
Mr. Jordan
Murder by Decree
Dr. Watson
Ivanhoe
Isaac of York
Mayerling
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Cold Sweat
Captain Ross
The Deadly Affair
Charles Dobbs
Odd Man Out
Johnny McQueen
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
The Story of Three Loves
Charles Coutray
Age of Consent
Bradley Morahan
The MacKintosh Man
Sir George Wheeler
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
The Shooting Party
Sir Randolph Nettleby
Voyage of the Damned
Dr. Juan Remos
A Touch of Larceny
Cmdr. Max Easton
North Sea Hijack
Admiral Brindsen
Inside Out
Ernst Furben
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
The Reckless Moment
Martin Donnelly
The Wicked Lady
Captain Jerry Jackson
The Pumpkin Eater
Bob Conway
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Hendrick van der Zee
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Demon
Group Madness
Self
The Passage
Professor Bergson
5 Fingers
Ulysses Diello
Frankenstein: The True Story
Dr. John Polidori
Cry Terror!
Jim Molner
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
Fanny by Gaslight
Lord Manderstoke
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Odell Gardener
Bigger Than Life
Ed Avery
Face to Face
The Captain
Georgy Girl
James Leamington
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Dr. Fischer
The Assisi Underground
Bishop Nicolini
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
Ellis in Freedomland
The Refrigerator (voice)
One Way Street
Dr. Frank Matson
The Marseille Contract
Jacques Brizard
The Man in Grey
Lord Rohan
The Water Babies
Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
Prince Valiant
Sir Brack
Torpedo Bay
Captain Blayne
Appointment With Destiny
Narrator
Fire Over England
Hillary Vane
Kill!
Alan Hamilton
The Search for the Nile
Narrator
The Seventh Veil
Nicholas Cunningham
Tiara Tahiti
Captain Brett Aimsley
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Edward Carson
Bad Man's River
Francisco Paco Montero
The Sea Gull
Trigorin
John Brown's Raid
John Brown
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jean Tallien
Spring and Port Wine
Rafe Crompton
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Crew
Hero's Island
Jacob Weber
Forever, Darling
The Guardian Angel
Hatter's Castle
Dr. Renwick
Secret Mission
Raoul de Carnot
Duffy
Charles Calvert
Bloodline
Sir Alec Nichols
Charade
The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
A Dangerous Summer
George Engels
Fear in the City
Chief of Police
Kidnap Syndicate
Filippini
Thunder Rock
Streeter
East Side, West Side
Brandon Bourne
Lady Possessed
Jimmy Del Palma
The Secret of Stamboul
Larry
Child's Play
Jerome Malley
11 Harrowhouse
Charles D. Watts
Hotel Reserve
Peter Vadassy
They Met in the Dark
Richard Francis Heritage
Catch as Catch Can
Robert Leyland
The Man Between
Ivo Kern
The Bells Go Down
Ted Robbins
Stranger in the House
John Sawyer
Late Extra
Jim Martin
The Marriage-Go-Round
Paul Delville
The Upturned Glass
Michael Joyce
The Desert Rats
Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
The Flower in His Mouth
Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
Island in the Sun
Maxwell Fleury
The Hiding Place
Hans Frick
Escape from Zahrain
Johnson
The Uninhibited
Pascal Regnier
The Decks Ran Red
Capt. Edwin Rummill
Prison Breaker
'Bunny' Barnes
Alibi
Andre Laurent
Great Expectations
Magwitch
The Mill on the Floss
Tom Tulliver
Cyrano de Bergerac
Christian de Neuvillette
Candlelight in Algeria
Alan Thurston
Botany Bay
Capt. Paul Gilbert
The Tell-Tale Heart
Narrator
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
The Child
Directing
Twice Branded
Henry Hamilton
They Were Sisters
Geoffrey Lee
The Miser
Valere - In love with Elise
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Robert Patch
The Patient Vanishes
Mick Cardby
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
The Night Has Eyes
Stephen Deremid
A Place of One's Own
Henry Smedhurst
The Moon in the Yellow River
Darrell Blake
The High Command
Capt. Heverell
The Circle
Edward Luton
Alexandre
The Father
Autobiography of a Princess
Cyril Sahib
People of the Wind
Jafar Qoli (voice)
The Star of Bethlehem
Himself
Bob the Builder: Building Sky High
Writing
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Y.Y. Go
John Keats: His Life and Death
Narrator
The Reformation: Age of Revolt
Narrator
The London Nobody Knows
Himself - Narrator
I Met a Murderer
Mark Warrow
Theatre 62: Rebecca
Maxim de Winter
Troubled Waters
John Merriman
Home, James
Self
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Narrator - English version
Blind Man's Bluff
Stephen Neville
The Popes and Their Art
Presentor
The Left Hand of the Law
Senatore Leandri
The Search for Alexander the Great
Narrator
The Glory of the Garden
Narrator
The Wind in the Wires
Narrator
Lasseter's Bones
Archival Footage
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)