James Mason

ActorWriterCrewProducerDirector May 15 (died age 75) Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK 1935–2019 (84 year career)

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Biography

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 illustri…

Known For

Film

North by Northwest

Phillip Vandamm

Film

Lolita

Prof. Humbert Humbert

Film

The Verdict

Ed Concannon

Film

Jesus of Nazareth

Joseph of Arimathea

Film

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Captain Nemo

Film

Cross of Iron

Oberst Brandt

Film

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook

Film

Evil Under the Sun

Odell Gardener

Filmography

Acting (180)

Movies (148)

Sid & Judy

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Lasseter's Bones

2012

as Archival Footage

6.4

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)

6.0

The Assisi Underground

1985

as Bishop Nicolini

5.2

The Shooting Party

1985

as Sir Randolph Nettleby

6.5

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

1984

as Dr. Fischer

5.6

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

as Self

Yellowbeard

1983

as Captain Hughes

5.6

The Popes and Their Art

1983

as Presentor

Alexandre

1983

as The Father

6.0

Group Madness

1983

as Self

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

as Demon

The Verdict

as Ed Concannon

Evil Under the Sun

as Odell Gardener

Ivanhoe

as Isaac of York

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

The Glory of the Garden

1982

as Narrator

A Dangerous Summer

1982

as George Engels

3.7

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

1982

as Self / Odell Gardener

8.5

The Search for Alexander the Great

as Narrator

North Sea Hijack

as Admiral Brindsen

Murder by Decree

as Dr. Watson

Bloodline

as Sir Alec Nichols

Salem’s Lot

as Richard K. Straker

The Passage

as Professor Bergson

The Boys from Brazil

as Eduard Seibert

Heaven Can Wait

as Mr. Jordan

The Water Babies

as Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark

6.0

Cross of Iron

1977

as Oberst Brandt

7.1

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love

1977

as Narrator - English version

5.0

People of the Wind

1976

as Jafar Qoli (voice)

Voyage of the Damned

as Dr. Juan Remos

Fear in the City

as Chief of Police

Mandingo

as Warren Maxwell

Autobiography of a Princess

as Cyril Sahib

Kidnap Syndicate

as Filippini

Inside Out

as Ernst Furben

The Flower in His Mouth

1975

as Avv. Antonio Bellocampo

6.2

The Left Hand of the Law

as Senatore Leandri

11 Harrowhouse

as Charles D. Watts

The Marseille Contract

as Jacques Brizard

Great Expectations

as Magwitch

Frankenstein: The True Story

as Dr. John Polidori

The Last of Sheila

as Philip Dexter

The MacKintosh Man

as Sir George Wheeler

6.1

The Reformation: Age of Revolt

1973

as Narrator

John Keats: His Life and Death

1973

as Narrator

Child's Play

1972

as Jerome Malley

6.0

The Wind in the Wires

1972

as Narrator

Home, James

as Self

Kill!

as Alan Hamilton

Bad Man's River

as Francisco Paco Montero

4.5

Cold Sweat

1970

as Captain Ross

5.6

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

as Y.Y. Go

Spring and Port Wine

as Rafe Crompton

Age of Consent

as Bradley Morahan

Duffy

as Charles Calvert

Mayerling

as Franz Joseph I of Austria

6.2

The Sea Gull

1968

as Trigorin

6.2

The London Nobody Knows

1968

as Himself - Narrator

6.3

The Deadly Affair

1967

as Charles Dobbs

6.2

Stranger in the House

1967

as John Sawyer

5.2

The Blue Max

1966

as General Count von Klugermann

Georgy Girl

as James Leamington

Lord Jim

as Gentleman Brown

The Uninhibited

as Pascal Regnier

Genghis Khan

as Kam Ling

Uncertain Verification

1965

as (archive footage)

6.6

The Fall of the Roman Empire

as Timonides

The Pumpkin Eater

as Bob Conway

Torpedo Bay

as Captain Blayne

Lolita

1962

as Prof. Humbert Humbert

7.3

Tiara Tahiti

1962

as Captain Brett Aimsley

Hero's Island

as Jacob Weber

Escape from Zahrain

as Johnson

Theatre 62: Rebecca

as Maxim de Winter

The Marriage-Go-Round

1961

as Paul Delville

3.8

The Hiding Place

1960

as Hans Frick

A Touch of Larceny

1960

as Cmdr. Max Easton

5.9

John Brown's Raid

1960

as John Brown

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

as Edward Carson

North by Northwest

as Phillip Vandamm

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook

Cry Terror!

as Jim Molner

The Decks Ran Red

as Capt. Edwin Rummill

Island in the Sun

as Maxwell Fleury

Bigger Than Life

as Ed Avery

Forever, Darling

as The Guardian Angel

7.0

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as Captain Nemo

7.0

The Star of Bethlehem

1954

as Himself

A Star Is Born

as Norman Maine

Prince Valiant

as Sir Brack

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

The Story of Three Loves

1953

as Charles Coutray

5.8

Charade

1953

as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson

The Tell-Tale Heart

as Narrator

The Desert Rats

as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

The Man Between

as Ivo Kern

Face to Face

as The Captain

5 Fingers

as Ulysses Diello

Lady Possessed

as Jimmy Del Palma

Ellis in Freedomland

as The Refrigerator (voice)

Botany Bay

1952

as Capt. Paul Gilbert

6.6

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

as Rupert of Hentzau

6.8

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

6.7

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

1951

as Hendrick van der Zee

One Way Street

as Dr. Frank Matson

Caught

as Larry Quinada

Madame Bovary

as Gustave Flaubert

The Reckless Moment

as Martin Donnelly

East Side, West Side

as Brandon Bourne

Odd Man Out

as Johnny McQueen

The Upturned Glass

as Michael Joyce

The Seventh Veil

as Nicholas Cunningham

They Were Sisters

as Geoffrey Lee

The Wicked Lady

as Captain Jerry Jackson

A Place of One's Own

as Henry Smedhurst

Hotel Reserve

as Peter Vadassy

Fanny by Gaslight

as Lord Manderstoke

Candlelight in Algeria

as Alan Thurston

The Man in Grey

as Lord Rohan

They Met in the Dark

as Richard Francis Heritage

The Bells Go Down

as Ted Robbins

The Night Has Eyes

as Stephen Deremid

Secret Mission

as Raoul de Carnot

Alibi

as Andre Laurent

Thunder Rock

as Streeter

Hatter's Castle

as Dr. Renwick

The Patient Vanishes

as Mick Cardby

Bees on the Boat-Deck

1939

as Robert Patch

The Circle

1939

as Edward Luton

The Miser

1939

as Valere - In love with Elise

I Met a Murderer

1939

as Mark Warrow

4.7

Cyrano de Bergerac

1938

as Christian de Neuvillette

The Moon in the Yellow River

1938

as Darrell Blake

The Mill on the Floss

1937

as Tom Tulliver

4.0

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as Jean Tallien

Fire Over England

as Hillary Vane

The High Command

as Capt. Heverell

Catch as Catch Can

as Robert Leyland

Blind Man's Bluff

1936

as Stephen Neville

Prison Breaker

1936

as 'Bunny' Barnes

The Secret of Stamboul

as Larry

Twice Branded

as Henry Hamilton

Troubled Waters

as John Merriman

Late Extra

1935

as Jim Martin

5.6

Television (32)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

A.D.

as Tiberius

George Washington

as Gen. Edward Braddock

Unknown Chaplin

as Narrator (voice)

Hollywood

as Self - Narrator

Salem's Lot

as Richard K. Straker

6.8

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

as Joseph of Arimathea

7.8

Origins of the Mafia

1976

as Vianisi

Frankenstein: The True Story

as Dr. John Polidori

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Appointment With Destiny

1971

as Narrator

The Search for the Nile

1971

as Narrator

6.0

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self

Apropos Film

as Self

ABC Stage 67

as Otto Hoffman

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Warren Barrow

7.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Stoney Burke

as The Derelict

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Dr. Maxwell Becker

5.5

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Henry Chambers

6.3

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Panic!

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

General Electric Theater

1953

as Wayne Sebastian

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Self - Host

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Captain Vialez

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Self - Host

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (16)

Movies (14)

Bob the Builder: Building Sky High

2016

Writer

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

2011

In Memory Of

Age of Consent

Producer

Bigger Than Life

Additional Writing

Bigger Than Life

Producer

The Star of Bethlehem

1954

Director

The Star of Bethlehem

1954

Producer

The Child

1954

Director

Charade

Producer

Charade

Writer

Lady Possessed

Producer

Lady Possessed

Screenplay

The Upturned Glass

Producer

I Met a Murderer

Story

Television (2)

Thomas & Friends

Writer

Lux Video Theatre

Interactive Manager