James Mason
(1909–84)
British actor, producer, writer (died aged 75) | North by Northwest (1959), Secret Mission (1942), A Place of One’s Own (1945)
James Mason, British actor, wears a black dinner jacket and bow tie
Mini Biography
James Mason later went to Hollywood and initially had a thin time, but during the 1950s became a respected interpreter of varied and interesting characters. Married Pamela Kellino.
Latest James Mason Pictures
The Seventh Veil (1945) photograph (1) | Ann Todd, James Mason
- 7th May, 2023
The Seventh Veil (1945) photograph (1) | Ann Todd, James Mason
Evil Under the Sun (1982) royal premiere photograph (1) | James Mason, Queen Elizabeth II
- 18th September, 2022
- Candid
James Mason, Queen Elizabeth II
Evil Under the Sun (1982) royal premiere photograph (1) | James Mason, Queen Elizabeth II
Bigger Than Life (1956) photograph (2) | Barbara Rush, James Mason
- 8th August, 2022
Barbara Rush, James Mason
Bigger Than Life (1956) photograph (2) | Barbara Rush, James Mason
A Star Is Born (1954) photograph (2) | James Mason, Judy Garland
- 3rd June, 2022
James Mason, Judy Garland
A Star Is Born (1954) photograph (2) | James Mason, Judy Garland
Select James Mason Filmography
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Father and Son (1936)
- Henry Hamilton
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Fire Over England (1937)
- Vane
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The Mill on the Floss (1937)
- Tom Tulliver
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The High Command (1937)
- Capt Heverell
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The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
- Jean Tallien
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I Met a Murderer (1939)
- Mark Warrow
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Alibi (1942)
- Andre Laurent
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Hatter’s Castle (1942)
- Dr Renwick
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The Night Has Eyes (1942)
- Stephen Deremid
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Secret Mission (1942)
- Raoul de Carnot
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Thunder Rock (1942)
- Streeter
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The Bells Go Down (1943)
- Ted Robbins
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The Man in Grey (1943)
- Lord Rohan
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They Met in the Dark (1943)
- Richard Francis Heritage
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Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
- Alan Thurston
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Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
- Lord Manderstoke
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Hotel Reserve (1944)
- Peter Vadassy
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The Seventh Veil (1945)
- Nicholas
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A Place of One’s Own (1945)
- Smedhurst
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They Were Sisters (1945)
- Geoffrey Lee
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The Wicked Lady (1945)
- Capt Jerry Jackson
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Odd Man Out (1947)
- Johnny McQueen
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The Upturned Glass (1947)
- Michael Joyce
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Caught (1949)
- Larry Quinada
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The Reckless Moment (1949)
- Martin Donnelly
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Rommel, Desert Fox (1951)
- Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
- Hendrik van der Zee
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
- Rupert of Hentzau
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Botany Bay (1952)
- Capt Paul Gilbert
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Five Fingers (1952)
- Ulysses Diello
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The Desert Rats (1953)
- Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
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Julius Caesar (1953)
- Brutus
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The Man Between (1953)
- Ivo Kern
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- Captain Nemo
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A Star Is Born (1954)
- Norman Maine
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Prince Valiant (1954)
- Sir Brack
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Bigger Than Life (1956)
- Ed Avery
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The Decks Ran Red (1958)
- Capt Edwin Rummill
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
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North by Northwest (1959)
- Phillip Vandamm
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
- Sir Edward Carson
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A Touch of Larceny (1960)
- Cdr Max Easton
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Escape from Zahrain (1962)
- Johnson
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Tiara Tahiti (1962)
- Capt Brett Aimsley
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Lolita (1962)
- Prof Humbert Humbert
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
- Timonides
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The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
- Bob Conway
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Lord Jim (1965)
- Gentleman Brown
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Genghis Khan (1965)
- Kam Ling
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The Blue Max (1966)
- General Count von Klugermann
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Georgy Girl (1966)
- James Leamington
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The Deadly Affair (1967)
- Charles Dobbs
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Duffy (1968)
- J C Calvert
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The London Nobody Knows (1969)
- Himself – Guide / Narrator
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Age of Consent (1969)
- Bradley Morahan
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Spring and Port Wine (1970)
- Rafe Crompton
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Bad Man’s River (1971)
- Francisco Paco Montero
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Child’s Play (1972)
- Jerome Malley
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The MacKintosh Man (1973)
- Sir George Wheeler
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Great Expectations (1974)
- Magwitch
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Cross of Iron (1977)
- Oberst
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The Water Babies (1978)
- Mr Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
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The Boys from Brazil (1978)
- Eduard Seibert
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Bloodline (1979)
- Sir Alec Nichols
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The Passage (1979)
- Prof John Bergson
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Murder by Decree (1979)
- Dr John H Watson
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North Sea Hijack (1980)
- Admiral Brinsden
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The Verdict (1982)
- Ed Concannon
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Ivanhoe (1982)
- Isaac of York
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
- Odell Gardener
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Personal Details
Born 
Died -
Died
James Mason died in Lausanne, Switzerland on , aged 75.
Born
James Mason was born in Huddersfield on .
- Pamela Kellino
- Wife m. 1941–1964 (divorced)
- Morgan Mason
- Son
Watch James Mason on British television
- Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
- Spies seek the whereabouts of Allied rendezvous.
- Sunday at 9.45am on GREAT! action
- Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
- Spring and Port Wine (1970)
- A Lancashire family runs into trouble when stern father insists that teenage daughter should eat a meal she refuses.
- Wednesday at 9.05pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Spring and Port Wine (1970)
- The London Nobody Knows (1969)
- James Mason presents a guide from the late 1960s to some of the city’s less well-known areas.
- 9th December at 7.05pm on Talking Pictures TV
- The London Nobody Knows (1969)