
James Mason
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 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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
7.5 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8 The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.8 The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.7 Dr. Kildare
1961
7.0 What's My Line?
1950
7.0 The Bob Hope Show
1950
6.8 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.2 The Steve Allen Show
1956
8.0 Loode kaude põhja
1959
7.8 Jesus of Nazareth
1977
6.8 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Filmograafia
- 2020Kubrick by Kubrick (Self (archive footage))
- 2019Sid & Judy (Self (archive footage))
- 2019Churchill and the Movie Mogul (Self (archive footage))
- 2013Talking Pictures (Self (archive footage))
- 2012Lasseter's Bones (Archival Footage)
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (Self (archive))
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (Self (archive footage))
- 1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (Self (archive footage))
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash (Stephen Deremid (archive footage))
- 1985The Assisi Underground (Bishop Nicolini)
- 1985A.D. (Tiberius)
- 1985The Shooting Party (Sir Randolph Nettleby)
- 1984Dr. Fischer of Geneva (Dr. Fischer)
- 1984George Washington (Gen. Edward Braddock)
- 1984James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (Self)
- 1984House Without Foundation (Self - Narrator)
- 1983Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Demon)
- 1983Yellowbeard (Captain Hughes)
- 1983Group Madness (Self)
- 1983Unknown Chaplin (Narrator (voice))
- 1983Alexandre (The Father)
- 1983The Popes and Their Art (Presentor)
- 1982The Verdict (Ed Concannon)
- 1982A Dangerous Summer (George Engels)
- 1982The Glory of the Garden (Narrator)
- 1982Night of 100 Stars (Self)
- 1982Evil Under the Sun (Odell Gardener)
- 1982Ivanhoe (Isaac of York)
- 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (Self / Odell Gardener)
- 1981The Search for Alexander the Great (Narrator)
- 1980ffolkes (Admiral Brindsen)
- 1980Hollywood (Self - Narrator)
- 1979Salem's Lot (Richard K. Straker)
- 1979Bloodline (Sir Alec Nichols)
- 1979The Passage (Professor Bergson)
- 1979Murder by Decree (Dr. Watson)
- 1978The Boys from Brazil (Eduard Seibert)
- 1978Heaven Can Wait (Mr. Jordan)
- 1978The Water Babies (Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark)
- 1977Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (Narrator - English version)
- 1977Jesus of Nazareth (Joseph of Arimathea)
- 1977Cross of Iron (Oberst Brandt)
- 1976Voyage of the Damned (Dr. Juan Remos)
- 1976Alle origini della mafia (Vianisi)
- 1976People of the Wind (Jafar Qoli (voice))
- 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy (Self (archive footage))
- 1976Paura in città (Chief of Police)
- 1975Gente di rispetto (Avv. Antonio Bellocampo)
- 1975Inside Out (Ernst Furben)
- 1975Autobiography of a Princess (Cyril Sahib)
- 1975La Polizia Interviene: Ordine Di Uccidere (Senatore Leandri)
- 1975La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (Filippini)
- 1975Mandingo (Warren Maxwell)
- 1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (Y.Y. Go)
- 197411 Harrowhouse (Charles D. Watts)
- 1974Frankenstein: The True Story (Dr. John Polidori)
- 1974The Marseille Contract (Jacques Brizard)
- 1974Great Expectations (Magwitch)
- 1973Frankenstein: The True Story (Dr. John Polidori)
- 1973The MacKintosh Man (Sir George Wheeler)
- 1973The Last of Sheila (Philip Dexter)
- 1973The Reformation: Age of Revolt (Narrator)
- 1973John Keats: His Life and Death (Narrator)
- 1972Child's Play (Jerome Malley)
- 1972Home, James (Self)
- 1972The Wind in the Wires (Narrator)
- 1971Kill! (Alan Hamilton)
- 1971Appointment With Destiny (Narrator)
- 1971Film '72 (Self)
- 1971Bad Man's River (Francisco Paco Montero)
- 1971The Search for the Nile (Narrator)
- 1971V.I.P. Schaukel (Self)
- 1970Cold Sweat (Captain Ross)
- 1970Spring and Port Wine (Rafe Crompton)
- 1969Age of Consent (Bradley Morahan)
- 1968The Sea Gull (Trigorin)
- 1968The London Nobody Knows (Himself - Narrator)
- 1968Mayerling (Franz Joseph I of Austria)
- 1968Duffy (Charles Calvert)
- 1967Apropos Film (Self)
- 1967Stranger in the House (John Sawyer)
- 1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Self)
- 1967The Deadly Affair (Charles Dobbs)
- 1966ABC Stage 67 (Otto Hoffman)
- 1966Georgy Girl (James Leamington)
- 1966The Blue Max (General Count von Klugermann)
- 1965La verifica incerta ((archive footage))
- 1965Los pianos mecánicos (Pascal Regnier)
- 1965Genghis Khan (Kam Ling)
- 1965Lord Jim (Gentleman Brown)
- 1964The Pumpkin Eater (Bob Conway)
- 1964The Fall of the Roman Empire (Timonides)
- 1963Beta Som (Captain Blayne)
- 1962The Merv Griffin Show (Self)
- 1962Stoney Burke (The Derelict)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Self)
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Warren Barrow)
- 1962Hero's Island (Jacob Weber)
- 1962Tiara Tahiti (Captain Brett Aimsley)
- 1962Lolita (Prof. Humbert Humbert)
- 1962Escape from Zahrain (Johnson)
- 1962Theatre 62: Rebecca (Maxim de Winter)
- 1961The Mike Douglas Show (Self)
- 1961Dr. Kildare (Dr. Maxwell Becker)
- 1961The Marriage-Go-Round (Paul Delville)
- 1960John Brown's Raid (John Brown)
- 1960The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Edward Carson)
- 1960Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (Hans Frick)
- 1960A Touch of Larceny (Cmdr. Max Easton)
- 1959Journey to the Center of the Earth (Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook)
- 1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson (Henry Chambers)
- 1959Loode kaude põhja (Phillip Vandamm)
- 1958The Decks Ran Red (Capt. Edwin Rummill)
- 1958Cry Terror! (Jim Molner)
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar (Self)
- 1957Island in the Sun (Maxwell Fleury)
- 1957Panic!
- 1956Bigger Than Life (Ed Avery)
- 1956The Steve Allen Show (Self - Guest)
- 1956Forever, Darling (Guardian Angel)
- 195420,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo)
- 1954The Star of Bethlehem (Himself)
- 1954A Star Is Born (Norman Maine)
- 1954Prince Valiant (Sir Brack)
- 1953The Tell-Tale Heart (Narrator)
- 1953The Man Between (Ivo Kern)
- 1953Charade (The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson)
- 1953Julius Caesar (Brutus)
- 1953The Desert Rats (Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel)
- 1953The Story of Three Loves (Charles Coutray)
- 1953General Electric Theater (Wayne Sebastian)
- 1952Botany Bay (Capt. Paul Gilbert)
- 1952The Prisoner of Zenda (Rupert of Hentzau)
- 1952Face to Face (The Captain)
- 1952Ellis in Freedomland (The Refrigerator (voice))
- 19525 Fingers (Ulysses Diello)
- 1952Lady Possessed (Jimmy Del Palma)
- 1951The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (Field Marshal Erwin Rommel)
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Captain Vialez)
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Self - Host)
- 1951Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Hendrick van der Zee)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Self - Host)
- 1950The Bob Hope Show (Self)
- 1950One Way Street (Dr. Frank Matson)
- 1950What's My Line? (Self)
- 1949East Side, West Side (Brandon Bourne)
- 1949The Reckless Moment (Martin Donnelly)
- 1949Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
- 1949Caught (Larry Quinada)
- 1948The Ed Sullivan Show (Self)
- 1947The Upturned Glass (Michael Joyce)
- 1947Odd Man Out (Johnny McQueen)
- 1945The Wicked Lady (Captain Jerry Jackson)
- 1945The Seventh Veil (Nicholas Cunningham)
- 1945They Were Sisters (Geoffrey Lee)
- 1945A Place of One's Own (Henry Smedhurst)
- 1944Hotel Reserve (Peter Vadassy)
- 1944Fanny by Gaslight (Lord Manderstoke)
- 1944Candlelight in Algeria (Alan Thurston)
- 1943They Met in the Dark (Richard Francis Heritage)
- 1943The Man in Grey (Lord Rohan)
- 1943The Bells Go Down (Ted Robbins)
- 1942Thunder Rock (Streeter)
- 1942Secret Mission (Raoul de Carnot)
- 1942Alibi (Andre Laurent)
- 1942The Night Has Eyes (Stephen Deremid)
- 1942Hatter's Castle (Dr. Renwick)
- 1941The Patient Vanishes (Mick Cardby)
- 1939The Circle (Edward Luton)
- 1939L'avare (Valere - In love with Elise)
- 1939I Met a Murderer (Mark Warrow)
- 1939Bees on the Boat-Deck (Robert Patch)
- 1938The Moon in the Yellow River (Darrell Blake)
- 1938Cyrano de Bergerac (Christian de Neuvillette)
- 1937Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Jean Tallien)
- 1937The High Command (Capt. Heverell)
- 1937Catch as Catch Can (Robert Leyland)
- 1937Fire Over England (Hillary Vane)
- 1937The Mill on the Floss (Tom Tulliver)
- 1936The Secret of Stamboul (Larry)
- 1936Twice Branded (Henry Hamilton)
- 1936Blind Man's Bluff (Stephen Neville)
- 1936Troubled Waters (John Merriman)
- 1936Prison Breaker ('Bunny' Barnes)
- 1935Late Extra (Jim Martin)