James Mason

James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was an English actor.

James Mason
Mason, 1940s
Born	James Neville Mason (1909-05-15)15 May 1909 Huddersfield, England
Died	27 July 1984(1984-07-27) (aged 75) Lausanne, Switzerland
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1984
Spouses	Pamela Mason ​ ​ (m. 1941; div. 1964)​ Clarissa Kaye ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	Portland Morgan
Family	Belinda Carlisle (daughter-in-law)

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1935	Late Extra	Jim Martin
1936	Twice Branded	Henry Hamilton
	Prison Breaker	'Bunny' Barnes
	Troubled Waters	John Merriman
	Blind Man's Bluff	Stephen Neville
	The Secret of Stamboul	Larry
	The Mill on the Floss	Tom Tulliver
1937	Fire Over England	Hillary Vane
	The High Command	Capt. Heverell
	Catch As Catch Can	Robert Leyland
	The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel	Jean Tallien
1939	I Met a Murderer	Mark Warrow
1941	This Man Is Dangerous	Mick Cardby	aka The Patient Vanishes
1942	Hatter's Castle	Dr Renwick
	The Night Has Eyes	Stephen Deremid	aka Terror House
	Alibi	Andre Laurent
	Secret Mission	Raoul de Carnot
	Thunder Rock	Streeter
1943	The Bells Go Down	Ted Robbins
	The Man in Grey	Lord Rohan
	They Met in the Dark	Richard Francis Heritage
1944	Candlelight in Algeria	Alan Thurston
	Fanny by Gaslight	Lord Manderstoke	aka Man of Evil
	Hotel Reserve	Peter Vadassy
1945	A Place of One's Own	Smedhurst
	They Were Sisters	Geoffrey Lee
	The Seventh Veil	Nicholas
	The Wicked Lady	Capt. Jerry Jackson
1947	Odd Man Out	Johnny McQueen
	The Upturned Glass	Michael Joyce
1949	Caught	Larry Quinada
	Madame Bovary	Gustave Flaubert
	The Reckless Moment	Martin Donnelly
	East Side, West Side	Brandon Bourne
1950	One Way Street	Frank Matson
1951	Pandora and the Flying Dutchman	Hendrik van der Zee
	The Desert Fox	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
1952	Lady Possessed	Jimmy del Palma	Also producer and writer
	5 Fingers	Ulysses Diello
	Face to Face	The Captain ('The Secret Sharer')
	The Prisoner of Zenda	Rupert of Hentzau
	Botany Bay	Capt. Paul Gilbert
1953	The Story of Three Loves	Charles Coutray	Segment: "The Jealous Lover"
	The Desert Rats	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
	Julius Caesar	Brutus
	The Man Between	Ivo Kern
	The Tell-Tale Heart	Narrator	Voice; Animated short subject
1954	Prince Valiant	Sir Brack
	Charade	The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson	Also producer and writer
	A Star Is Born	Norman Maine
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Captain Nemo
1956	Forever, Darling	The Guardian Angel
	Bigger Than Life	Ed Avery	Also producer and writer
1957	Island in the Sun	Maxwell Fleury
1958	Cry Terror!	Jim Molner
	The Decks Ran Red	Capt. Edwin Rummill
1959	North by Northwest	Phillip Vandamm
	A Touch of Larceny	Cmdr. Max Easton
	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Sir Edward Carson
1961	The Marriage-Go-Round	Paul Delville
1962	Escape from Zahrain	Johnson	Uncredited
	Lolita	Prof. Humbert Humbert
	Tiara Tahiti	Capt. Brett Aimsley
	Hero's Island	Jacob Weber
1963	Torpedo Bay	Captain Blayne
1964	The Fall of the Roman Empire	Timonides
	The Pumpkin Eater	Bob Conway
1965	Lord Jim	Gentleman Brown
	Genghis Khan	Kam Ling
	The Uninhibited	Pascal Regnier
1966	Georgy Girl	James Leamington
	The Blue Max	General Count von Klugermann
	Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn	Otto Hoffman
1967	The Deadly Affair	Charles Dobbs
	The London Nobody Knows	Narrator	Documentary
	Stranger in the House	John Sawyer	(also known as Cop Out)
1968	Duffy	Charles Calvert
	Mayerling	Emperor Franz-Joseph
	The Sea Gull	Trigorin, a writer
1969	Age of Consent	Bradley Morahan
1970	Spring and Port Wine	Rafe Crompton
	Cold Sweat	Captain Ross
	The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go	Y.Y. Go
1971	Bad Man's River	Francisco Paco Montero
	Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!	Alan Hamilton
1972	Child's Play	Jerome Mailey
1973	John Keats: His Life and Death	Narrator (voice)
	The Last of Sheila	Phillip
	The Mackintosh Man	Sir George Wheeler
1974	11 Harrowhouse	Charles D. Watts
	Great Expectations	Abel Magwitch
	The Marseille Contract	Jacques Brizard	Released as The Destructors
1975	The Year of the Wildebeest	Narrator	Documentary
	Mandingo	Warren Maxwell
	Kidnap Syndicate	Fillippini
	The Left Hand of the Law	Senator Leandri
	Autobiography of a Princess	Cyril Sahib
	Inside Out	Ernst Furben
	The Flower in His Mouth	Bellocampo
1976	People of the Wind	Narrator	Documentary
	Voyage of the Damned	Juan Ramos
	Fear in the City	Prosecutor
1977	Cross of Iron	Oberst Brandt
	Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love	Narrator	Documentary
1978	The Water Babies	Mr Grimes Voice of Killer Shark
	Heaven Can Wait	Mr Jordan
	The Boys from Brazil	Eduard Seibert
1979	Murder by Decree	John H. Watson
	The Passage	Prof. John Bergson
	Bloodline	Sir Alec Nichols
1982	Evil Under the Sun	Odell Gardener
	Ivanhoe	Isaac of York
	A Dangerous Summer	George Engels
	The Verdict	Ed Concannon
	Socrates	Socrates
1983	Yellowbeard	Captain Hughes
	Alexandre	The Father
1984	Dr. Fischer of Geneva	Dr Fischer
1985	The Shooting Party	Sir Randolph Nettleby
	The Assisi Underground	Bishop Nicolini	Final film role

Television

Year	Title	Role
1962	Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Captive Audience	Warren Borrow	S1 E5 TV Series
1973	Frankenstein: The True Story	Dr. John Polidori	TV miniseries
1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Joseph of Arimathea	TV miniseries
1979	North Sea Hijack	Admiral Brinsden	Released as Assault Force on US TV
	Salem's Lot	Richard K. Straker	TV miniseries
1983	Don't Eat the Pictures	Demon	TV
1984	George Washington	Edward Braddock	TV miniseries
1985	A.D.	Tiberius	TV miniseries

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1933	Henry VIII	Cromwell	The Old Vic, London
1933	Measure for Measure	Claudio
1933-34	The Cherry Orchard	Yasha
1934	The Tempest	Francisco
1934	The Importance of Being Earnest	Merriam
1934	Macbeth	Lennox
1947	Bathsheba	David	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1979	Faith Healer	Frank Hardy	Longacre Theatre, Broadway

Radio

Year	Programme	Episode/source
1950	Suspense	Banquo's Chair
1952		Odd Man Out[1]
1953		The Queen's Ring