James Mason
| Highest Rated: | 100% Age of Consent(1969) |
| Lowest Rated: | 22% Yellowbeard(1983) |
| Birthday: | May 15, 1909 |
| Birthplace: | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Bio: | Lending his mellifluous voice and regal mien to more than 100 films, British actor James Mason built a long career playing assorted villains, military men, and rather dubious romantic leads. Born the son of a wool merchant in the British mill town of Huddersfield, Mason excelled in school and earned… |
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Highest Rated Movies
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Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | Australia's Lost Gold (Lasseter's Bones) |
| -- | 2016 |
| 3:33 AM: The Witching Hour |
| -- | 2015 | |
| Hatter's Castle (A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle) |
| -- | 2014 | |
| People of the Wind |
| -- | 1998 | |
| Zigzag |
| -- | 1997 | |
| Cold Sweat (De la part des copains) |
| -- | 1997 | |
| The Assisi Underground |
| -- | 1985 | |
| The Shooting Party |
| -- | 1985 | |
| George Washington |
| -- | 1984 | |
| Unknown Chaplin |
| -- | 1983 | |
| 22% | Yellowbeard |
| -- | 1983 |
| Ivanhoe |
| -- | 1982 | |
| 96% | The Verdict |
| -- | 1982 |
| 83% | Evil Under the Sun |
| -- | 1982 |
| Dangerous Summer |
| -- | 1982 | |
| 33% | North Sea Hijack (ffolkes) (Assault Force) |
| -- | 1980 |
| The Passage |
| -- | 1979 | |
| Sidney Sheldon's 'Bloodline' |
| -- | 1979 | |
| 83% | Salem's Lot |
| -- | 1979 |
| 88% | Murder by Decree |
| -- | 1979 |
| Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline |
| -- | 1979 | |
| 89% | Heaven Can Wait |
| -- | 1978 |
| Water Babies |
| -- | 1978 | |
| 70% | The Boys from Brazil |
| -- | 1978 |
| The Water Babies |
| -- | 1978 | |
| Jesus of Nazareth |
| -- | 1977 | |
| Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love |
| -- | 1977 | |
| 80% | Cross of Iron |
| -- | 1977 |
| Origins of the Mafia |
| -- | 1976 | |
| Street War |
| -- | 1976 | |
| 89% | Voyage of the Damned |
| -- | 1976 |
| Autobiography of a Princess |
| -- | 1975 | |
| Kidnap Syndicate (La cittą sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori) |
| -- | 1975 | |
| 31% | Mandingo |
| -- | 1975 |
| Inside Out (The Golden Heist) (Hitler's Gold) |
| -- | 1975 | |
| Gente di rispetto (The Flower in His Mouth) |
| -- | 1975 | |
| Great Expectations |
| -- | 1974 | |
| 11 Harrowhouse |
| -- | 1974 | |
| Bad Man's River |
| -- | 1974 | |
| The Marseille Contract (The Destructors) |
| -- | 1974 | |
| Frankenstein: The True Story |
| -- | 1973 | |
| 92% | The Last of Sheila |
| -- | 1973 |
| 50% | The MacKintosh Man (El Emisario de Mackintosh) |
| -- | 1973 |
| Child's Play |
| -- | 1972 | |
| Kill |
| -- | 1971 | |
| The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go |
| -- | 1971 | |
| Hunt the Man Down (Bad Man's River) |
| -- | 1971 | |
| Cold Sweat |
| -- | 1970 | |
| The London Nobody Knows |
| -- | 1969 | |
| 100% | Age of Consent |
| -- | 1969 |
| Mayerling |
| -- | 1968 | |
| The Sea Gull |
| -- | 1968 | |
| Duffy |
| -- | 1968 | |
| Cop-Out |
| -- | 1967 | |
| The Deadly Affair |
| -- | 1966 | |
| The Blue Max |
| -- | 1966 | |
| 90% | Georgy Girl |
| -- | 1966 |
| 54% | Lord Jim |
| -- | 1965 |
| Genghis Khan |
| -- | 1965 | |
| 64% | The Pumpkin Eater |
| -- | 1964 |
| 100% | The Fall of the Roman Empire |
| -- | 1964 |
| Tiara Tahiti |
| -- | 1962 | |
| Hero's Island |
| -- | 1962 | |
| Escape from Zahrain |
| -- | 1962 | |
| 95% | Lolita |
| -- | 1962 |
| The Trials of Oscar Wilde |
| -- | 1960 | |
| 85% | Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| -- | 1959 |
| 100% | North by Northwest |
| -- | 1959 |
| A Touch of Larceny |
| -- | 1959 | |
| Cry Terror! |
| -- | 1958 | |
| The Decks Ran Red |
| -- | 1958 | |
| Island in the Sun |
| -- | 1957 | |
| Forever, Darling |
| -- | 1956 | |
| 92% | Bigger Than Life (1956) |
| -- | 1956 |
| 89% | 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea |
| -- | 1954 |
| 96% | A Star Is Born |
| -- | 1954 |
| Prince Valiant |
| -- | 1954 | |
| The Tell-Tale Heart |
| -- | 1953 | |
| Charade |
| -- | 1953 | |
| The Story of Three Loves |
| -- | 1953 | |
| Botany Bay |
| -- | 1953 | |
| 80% | The Desert Rats |
| -- | 1953 |
| 95% | Julius Caesar |
| -- | 1953 |
| The Man Between |
| -- | 1953 | |
| The Prisoner of Zenda |
| -- | 1952 | |
| 100% | 5 Fingers |
| -- | 1952 |
| 71% | The Desert Fox |
| -- | 1951 |
| Santa Fe |
| -- | 1951 | |
| 86% | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman |
| -- | 1951 |
| One Way Street |
| -- | 1950 | |
| East Side, West Side |
| -- | 1949 | |
| Battle By Air |
| -- | 1949 | |
| 100% | Caught |
| -- | 1949 |
| Madame Bovary |
| -- | 1949 | |
| The Reckless Moment |
| -- | 1949 | |
| 100% | Odd Man Out |
| -- | 1947 |
| The Upturned Glass |
| -- | 1947 | |
| Seventh Veil |
| -- | 1947 | |
| Hotel Reserve |
| -- | 1946 | |
| Fanny by Gaslight (Man of Evil) |
| -- | 1945 | |
| They Were Sisters |
| -- | 1945 | |
| The Man in Grey |
| -- | 1945 | |
| 29% | The Wicked Lady |
| -- | 1945 |
| The Seventh Veil |
| -- | 1945 | |
| A Place of One's Own |
| -- | 1945 | |
| Candlelight in Algeria |
| -- | 1944 | |
| The Bells Go Down |
| -- | 1943 | |
| They Met in the Dark |
| -- | 1943 | |
| Thunder Rock |
| -- | 1942 | |
| Secret Mission |
| -- | 1942 | |
| Billy the Kid Trapped |
| -- | 1942 | |
| Night Has Eyes |
| -- | 1942 | |
| Let Freedom Ring |
| -- | 1939 | |
| I Met a Murderer |
| -- | 1939 | |
| Return Of The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| -- | 1938 | |
| The High Command |
| -- | 1938 | |
| Fire Over England |
| -- | 1937 | |
| 100% | The Prisoner of Zenda |
| -- | 1937 |
| Mill on the Floss |
| -- | 1937 | |
| Where Trails Divide |
| -- | 1937 | |
| Hills of Old Wyoming |
| -- | 1937 | |
| Troubled Waters |
| -- | 1936 | |
| The Plainsman |
| -- | 1936 | |
| Mayerling |
| -- | 1936 | |
| Hopalong Cassidy Enters |
| -- | 1935 | |
| Late Extra |
| -- | 1935 | |
| Treasure Island |
| -- | 1934 | |
| Drum Taps |
| -- | 1933 | |
| Lone Avenger |
| -- | 1933 | |
| Pack Up Your Troubles |
| -- | 1932 | |
| Texas Gun Fighter |
| -- | 1932 | |
| Glamour Girls |
| -- | 1930 | |
| Ellis in Freedomland |
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James Mason Trivia
He met his second wife Clarissa Kaye on the set of Age of consent (1969) and the pair married in 1971. Now pushing 70, there was no stopping Mason and he appeared in a string of movies and television series until his death from a heart attack at his home in Switzerland on July 27, 1984. He was 75.
Mason and his wife divorced in 1964 and he continued working at a furious pace throughout the decade, earning another Oscar nod for best Supporting Actor for the romantic comedy Georgy Girl (1966).
Quotes from James Mason's Characters
| Ed Concannon: | They lied? They lied! |
| Captain Nemo: | I am not what is called a civilized man, Professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore, I do not obey its laws. |
