
James Mason
Known for: Acting
Born: May 15, 1909
Died: July 27, 1984
James Neville Mason (known as James Mason; May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was an English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. His 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…
Known for

Lolita
1962

Frankenstein: The True Story
1974

Cry Terror!
1958

The Search for Alexander the Great
1981

The Wind in the Wires
1972

John Keats: His Life and Death
1973

Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951

Bigger Than Life
1956

The Water Babies
1978

The Reckless Moment
1949

One Way Street
1950

The Deadly Affair
1967

Island in the Sun
1957

Caught
1949

Odd Man Out
1947

The Seventh Veil
1945

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951

Prince Valiant
1954

Theatre 62: Rebecca
1962

Age of Consent
1969

The London Nobody Knows
1968

Child's Play
1972

They Met in the Dark
1943

I Met a Murderer
1939

The Shooting Party
1985

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974

The Upturned Glass
1947

5 Fingers
1952

A Touch of Larceny
1960

Hotel Reserve
1944

The Marriage-Go-Round
1961

The Night Has Eyes
1942

The Tell-Tale Heart
1953

The Decks Ran Red
1958

Fanny by Gaslight
1944

Tiara Tahiti
1962

Spring and Port Wine
1970

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
1977

The Sea Gull
1968

Candlelight in Algeria
1944

Hero's Island
1962

Stranger in the House
1967

Face to Face
1952

Lady Possessed
1952

Late Extra
1935

The Mill on the Floss
1937

Prison Breaker
1936

The Reformation: Age of Revolt
1973

Autobiography of a Princess
1975

Home, James
1972

The Patient Vanishes
1941

Charade
1953

The Popes and Their Art
1983
Catch as Catch Can
1937

Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984

The Star of Bethlehem
1954

People of the Wind
1976

The Glory of the Garden
1982

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
House Without Foundation
1984

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954

The Man Between
1953

A Star Is Born
1954

Evil Under the Sun
1982

Lord Jim
1965

Murder by Decree
1979

The Wicked Lady
1945

The Desert Rats
1953

A Place of One's Own
1945

Georgy Girl
1966

Mandingo
1975

Madame Bovary
1949

Ivanhoe
1982

Julius Caesar
1953

The Passage
1979

The Blue Max
1966

Kidnap Syndicate
1975

Duffy
1968

Bad Man's River
1971
Bees on the Boat-Deck
1939

Fear in the City
1976

East Side, West Side
1949

A Dangerous Summer
1982

They Were Sisters
1945

Botany Bay
1952

The Left Hand of the Law
1975

The Bells Go Down
1943

The Assisi Underground
1985

The Uninhibited
1965
Troubled Waters
1936

Torpedo Bay
1963

North by Northwest
1959

Bloodline
1979

Cross of Iron
1977

Genghis Khan
1965

Heaven Can Wait
1978

The MacKintosh Man
1973

Forever, Darling
1956

The Prisoner of Zenda
1952

The Man in Grey
1943

The Boys from Brazil
1978

Mayerling
1968

Great Expectations
1974

The Pumpkin Eater
1964

The Marseille Contract
1974

Hatter's Castle
1942
Cyrano de Bergerac
1938

The Flower in His Mouth
1975

Thunder Rock
1942

Alibi
1942

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960

Kill!
1971

The Secret of Stamboul
1936

11 Harrowhouse
1974

North Sea Hijack
1980

Alexandre
1983

Twice Branded
1936

Kubrick by Kubrick
2020

The Verdict
1982

Cold Sweat
1970

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964

Inside Out
1975

The Miser
1939

The High Command
1937

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937
Blind Man's Bluff
1936

Lasseter's Bones
2012

Ellis in Freedomland
1952

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982

The Last of Sheila
1973

Secret Mission
1942
The Circle
1939

Escape from Zahrain
1962

The Story of Three Loves
1953

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
The Moon in the Yellow River
1938

John Brown's Raid
1960

Uncertain Verification
1965

Yellowbeard
1983

Fire Over England
1937

Sid & Judy
2019

Group Madness
1983

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000

Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019

Voyage of the Damned
1976

Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976

Night of 100 Stars
1982

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

General Electric Theater
1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950

Stoney Burke
1962

The Steve Allen Show
1956

Jesus of Nazareth
1977

Salem's Lot
1979

George Washington
1984

Dr. Kildare
1961

Panic!
1957

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

Talking Pictures
2013
Appointment With Destiny
1971

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Bob Hope Show
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Unknown Chaplin
1983

A.D.
1985

Hollywood
1980
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

What's My Line?
1950

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
Apropos Film
1967

ABC Stage 67
1966

The Search for the Nile
1971

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Origins of the Mafia
1976
Film '72
1971

The Search for Alexander the Great
1981