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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 showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces.
One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man.
Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim.
Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision.
Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.
Most Popular James Mason Trailers
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26 January 1967
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan.
15 February 1965
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
17 December 1953
One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye.
24 June 1983
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts.
23 June 1978
Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young apprentice, Tom, for the crime.
20 May 1953
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city.
09 March 1979
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees.
01 February 1985
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot.
01 July 1962
James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.
16 July 1964
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter.
04 August 1966
A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously stuck-up roommate Meredith.
13 May 1969
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more.
04 November 1952
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation.
29 January 1977
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front.
19 September 1974
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr.
02 February 1973
This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe.
10 December 1971
Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
26 January 1952
A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage.
13 June 1962
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture.
03 May 1985
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
18 November 1953
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
28 May 1960
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
10 October 1958
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
05 October 1942
World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
22 December 1949
A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
21 April 1965
Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career.
23 May 1962
Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo.
19 October 1975
An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp.
08 May 1944
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke.
26 March 1953
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
27 August 1975
After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic.
02 May 1958
A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
08 July 1959
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
04 December 1942
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan.
01 January 1983
Three years ago Ariane left Antoine, sending him a postcard announcing her departure for the mountains with a certain Alexandre.
02 October 1970
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
06 June 1975
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation.
09 December 1949
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
01 June 1944
A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
19 March 1944
Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell.
29 June 1979
A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless board members and grasping family members who will seemingly stop at nothing to profit.
15 November 1945
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
30 October 1975
A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival. The dead man insulted her on the bus on the way into town.
15 December 1959
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
06 May 1981
Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.
06 June 2011
A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.
12 June 1957
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.
16 May 1943
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service).
16 October 1951
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
16 November 1983
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy.
24 March 1964
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
06 January 1961
An anthropology professor and his professor wife have the perfect marriage--until a Swedish colleague's daughter comes to visit.
11 January 1939
Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.
17 June 1947
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died.
09 February 1956
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems.
22 October 1982
Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up.
05 October 1936
A man travels to Istanbul to try and prevent a revolution.
23 August 1937
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
26 December 1952
Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay.
01 January 1982
Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
