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James Mason
James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was an English actor who achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes (winning once) and two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. Mason's career began as a stage actor, then he gradually became an influential figure in movies during the early 1940s. He became the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945 and starred in several celebrated films including 'The Seventh Veil (1945)', 'The Wicked Lady (1945)', and 'Odd Man Out (1947)'. He transferred to the United States in the subsequent decade and starred in notable films such as 'George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954)', 'Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959)', 'Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962)', 'Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978)', and 'Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982)'. Mason was educated at Marlborough College and took a first in architecture at Peterhouse, Cambridge. His acting career started remarkably after his graduation and continued flourishing till his death in 1984, where his ashes were interred close to the tomb of his close friend, fellow English actor Sir Charlie Chaplin.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: James Neville Mason
Born: Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Citizenship: England
Birthday: May 15, 1909
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1931–1984
Children: 2
Spouses: Pamela Mason, Clarissa Kaye
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Awards and Nominations Received by James Mason
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
The VerdictMovies Featuring James Mason
A Star Is Born
The Passage
Lolita
Odd Man Out
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Cross of Iron
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Evil Under the Sun
North by Northwest
Heaven Can Wait
The Verdict
The Boys from Brazil
ffolkes
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Lasseter’s Bones
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
William Kelly’s War
Sid & Judy
Funky Monkey
The Making of Agatha Christie’s ‘Evil Under the Sun’
Night of 100 Stars
North Sea Hijack
Unknown Chaplin
The Shooting Party
A.D.
A Dangerous Summer
Don’t Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Assisi Underground
The Slaughterhouse Killer
Ivanhoe
Hollywood
George Washington
Darklands
Ivanhoe
Hollywood
People of the Wind
Georgy Girl
The London Nobody Knows
Candlelight in Algeria
Tiara Tahiti
Genghis Khan
Cold Sweat
Caught
George Washington
The Tell-Tale Heart
Hero’s Island
The Last of Sheila
The Left Hand of the Law
The Uninhibited
Duffy
A Touch of Larceny
The Upturned Glass
Julius Caesar
Escape from Zahrain
11 Harrowhouse
Hotel Reserve
Salem’s Lot
The Reckless Moment
Face to Face
Murder by Decree
The Marriage-Go-Round
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Secret Mission
East Side, West Side
Uncertain Verification
The Blue Max
Bigger Than Life
Kill!
Frankenstein: The True Story
The Flower in His Mouth
Prince Valiant
The Desert Rats
Stranger in the House
The Decks Ran Red
Spring and Port Wine
They Met in the Dark
Bad Man’s River
Child’s Play
The Sea Gull
They Were Sisters
One Way Street
Secret of Stamboul
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Autobiography of a Princess
Fanny by Gaslight
The Wicked Lady
Age of Consent
Botany Bay
Island in the Sun
5 Fingers
Forever, Darling
The MacKintosh Man
Cry Terror!
Mandingo
The Night Has Eyes
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Water Babies
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Late Extra
The Story of Three Loves
Madame Bovary
Jesus of Nazareth
Mayerling
Hatter’s Castle
The Prisoner of Zenda
Inside Out
Great Expectations
I Met a Murderer
Lord Jim
Thunder Rock
The Marseille Contract
Charade
The Pumpkin Eater
The Man in Grey
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Fear in the City
The Man Between
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Kidnap Syndicate
The Mill on the Floss
The Bells Go Down
Bloodline
The Deadly Affair
Career Timeline
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2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Self - Actor, Age of Consent
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self
2012
Lasseter’s Bones
Archival Footage
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
Self
1982
Evil Under the Sun
The Verdict
The Making of Agatha Christie’s ‘Evil Under the Sun’
Self / Odell Gardener
Night of 100 Stars
Self
A Dangerous Summer
George Engels
Ivanhoe
Isaac of York
Ivanhoe
Isaac of York
1975
The Left Hand of the Law
Senatore Leandri
The Flower in His Mouth
Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
Autobiography of a Princess
Cyril Sahib
Mandingo
Warren Maxwell
Inside Out
Ernst Furben
Kidnap Syndicate
Filippini
1974
11 Harrowhouse
Charles D. Watts
Great Expectations
Magwitch
The Marseille Contract
Jacques Brizard
1973
The Last of Sheila
Philip
Frankenstein: The True Story
Dr. John Polidori
The MacKintosh Man
Sir George Wheeler
1970
Cold Sweat
Captain Ross
Spring and Port Wine
Rafe Crompton
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Y.Y. Go
1968
The London Nobody Knows
Himself - Narrator
Duffy
Charles Calvert
The Sea Gull
Trigorin
Mayerling
Franz Joseph I of Austria
1965
Genghis Khan
Kam Ling
The Uninhibited
Pascal Regnier
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
Lord Jim
Gentleman Brown
1962
Lolita
Tiara Tahiti
Captain Brett Aimsley
Hero’s Island
Jacob Weber
Escape from Zahrain
Johnson
1953
The Tell-Tale Heart
Narrator
Julius Caesar
Brutus
The Desert Rats
Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
The Story of Three Loves
Charles Coutray
Charade
The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
The Man Between
Ivo Kern
1952
Face to Face
The Captain
Botany Bay
Capt. Paul Gilbert
5 Fingers
Ulysses Diello
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
1949
Caught
Larry Quinada
The Reckless Moment
Martin Donnelly
East Side, West Side
Brandon Bourne
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
1944
Candlelight in Algeria
Alan Thurston
Hotel Reserve
Peter Vadassy
Fanny by Gaslight
Lord Manderstoke
1943
They Met in the Dark
Richard Francis Heritage
The Man in Grey
Lord Rohan
The Bells Go Down
Ted Robbins
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