Biography: life and films
James Mason was an English actor. He was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK on 15th May 1909 and died on 27th July 1984, aged 75.His best films as an actor include George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954), Andrew L. Stone's crime-thriller Cry Terror! (1958), Alfred Hitchcock's thriller North by Northwest (1959), Jack Clayton's The Pumpkin Eater (1964) and Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron (1977), and whose best work as a screenwriter include William Spier's Lady Possessed (1952), Roy Kellino's Charade (1953) and Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life (1956).
James Mason appeared in 116 films and scripted 4 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Sidney Lumet (4 films), Terence Young (3), Roy Kellino (3), Leslie Arliss (3), Albert Parker (3), Vincente Minnelli (2), Robert Parrish (2), Richard Fleischer (2), Max Ophüls (2), Lawrence Huntington (2), Lance Comfort (2), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2), Henry Levin (2), Henry Hathaway (2), Guy Hamilton (2), Giuseppe Rosati (2), Carol Reed (2) and Andrew L. Stone (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (75 films), Thriller (25), romance (14), War (12), crime-thriller (9), comedy (9), history (8), Fantasy (5), comedy-drama (4), Documentary (4), comedy-romance (3), Horror (3), Biography (3) and Western (2).
Our average rating for James Mason over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer
Late Extra (1935) [a]
Blind Man's Bluff (1936) [a]
Prison Breaker (1936) [a]
Secret of Stamboul (1936) [a]
The High Command (1936) [a]
Troubled Waters (1936) [a]
Twice Branded (1936) [a]
Catch As Catch Can (1937) [a]
Fire Over England (1937) [a]
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) [a]
The Mill on the Floss (1937) [a]
I Met a Murderer (1939) [a,w]
The Patient Vanishes (1941) [a]
Alibi (1942) [a]
Hatter's Castle (1942) [a]
Secret Mission (1942) [a]
The Night Has Eyes (1942) [a]
Thunder Rock (1942) [a]
The Bells Go Down (1943) [a]
They Met in the Dark (1943) [a]
Candlelight in Algeria (1944) [a]
Hotel Reserve (1944) [a]
A Place of One's Own (1945) [a]
They Were Sisters (1945) [a]
Caught (1949) [a]
East Side, West Side (1949) [a]
The Reckless Moment (1949) [a]
One Way Street (1950) [a]
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) [a]
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) [a]
5 Fingers (1952) [a]
Face to Face (1952) [a]
Lady Possessed (1952) [a,w]
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) [a]
Botany Bay (1953) [a]
Charade (1953) [a,w]
Julius Caesar (1953) [a]
The Desert Rats (1953) [a]
The Man Between (1953) [a]
The Story of Three Loves (1953) [a]
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) [a]
Prince Valiant (1954) [a]
Forever, Darling (1956) [a]
Island in the Sun (1957) [a]
The Decks Ran Red (1958) [a]
A Touch of Larceny (1959) [a]
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) [a]
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) [a]
The Marriage-Go-Round (1961) [a]
Escape from Zahrain (1962) [a]
Hero's Island (1962) [a]
Lolita (1962) [a]
Tiara Tahiti (1962) [a]
Beta Som (1963) [a]
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) [a]
Genghis Khan (1965) [a]
Lord Jim (1965) [a]
Los Pianos mecánicos (1965) [a]
Georgy Girl (1966) [a]
The Blue Max (1966) [a]
Stranger in the House (1967) [a]
Duffy (1968) [a]
Mayerling (1968) [a]
The Sea Gull (1968) [a]
Age of Consent (1969) [a]
The London Nobody Knows (1969) [a]
De la part des copains (1970) [a]
Spring and Port Wine (1970) [a]
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970) [a]
Bad Man's River (1971) [a]
Kill! (1971) [a]
Child's Play (1972) [a]
The Last of Sheila (1973) [a]
The MacKintosh Man (1973) [a]
11 Harrowhouse (1974) [a]
The Marseille Contract (1974) [a]
Autobiography of a Princess (1975) [a]
Gente di rispetto (1975) [a]
Inside Out (1975) [a]
La Città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (1975) [a]
La Polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere (1975) [a]
Mandingo (1975) [a]
Paura in città (1976) [a]
People of the Wind (1976) [a]
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977) [a]
Heaven Can Wait (1978) [a]
The Boys from Brazil (1978) [a]
The Water Babies (1978) [a]
Bloodline (1979) [a]
Murder by Decree (1979) [a]
North Sea Hijack (1979) [a]
The Passage (1979) [a]
A Dangerous Summer (1981) [a]
Socrates (1982) [a]
The Verdict (1982) [a]
Alexandre (1983) [a]
Group Madness (1983) [a]
Yellowbeard (1983) [a]
The Assisi Underground (1985) [a]
The Shooting Party (1985) [a]
A Day of Violence (2010) [a]
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