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James Mason

Highest Rated: 100% Five Fingers (1952)

Lowest Rated: 22% Yellowbeard (1983)

Birthday: May 15, 1909

Birthplace: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gifted with one of the most mellifluous and distinctive voices of his era, James Mason managed to convey volumes of emotion while often remaining surprisingly understated. Following some stage experience and roles in British B-pictures, Mason became a star in his homeland via films like "The Man in Grey" (1943), "The Wicked Lady" (1945), and "Odd Man Out" (1947) and was eventually lured to Hollywood. His performances in "The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel" (1951), "A Star is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962) ranked amongst his very finest. He also appeared in such projects as "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), "Murder by Decree" (1979), and "The Verdict" (1982), all of which made excellent use of attributes that had long endeared Mason to audiences worldwide. Mason's uniqueness and versatility were his greatest assets and served him well throughout his career, particularly when he aged into being one of the finest character players in cinema.

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Highest rated movies

100% 90% Five Fingers
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100% 77% Caught
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100% 48% Age of Consent
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100% 61% The Shooting Party
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100% 76% The Blue Max
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100% 86% Odd Man Out
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100% 71% The Desert Rats
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100% 50% The Trials of Oscar Wilde
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98% 81% A Star Is Born
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James Mason

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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 50% The Assisi Underground Bishop Nicolini (Character) - 1985
100% 61% The Shooting Party Sir Randolph Nettleby (Character) - 1984
22% 63% Yellowbeard Captain Hughes (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alexandre The Father (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Fischer of Geneva Dr. Fischer (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Dangerous Summer George Engels (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 73% Ivanhoe Isaac of York (Character) - 1982
92% 73% Evil Under the Sun Odell Gardener (Character) - 1982
88% 88% The Verdict Ed Concannon (Character) - 1982
43% 47% ffolkes Admiral Brindsen (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 25% Bloodline Sir Alec Nichols (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 39% The Passage Prof. John Bergson (Character) - 1979
89% 65% Salem's Lot Richard K. Straker (Character) - 1979
86% 64% Murder by Decree Dr. John H. Watson (Character) - 1979
70% 66% The Boys From Brazil Eduard Seibert (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 70% The Water Babies Mr. Grimes/Voice of Killer Shark (Character) - 1978
86% 69% Heaven Can Wait Mr. Jordan (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slip Slide Adventures Mr. Grimes/Voice of Killer Shark (Character) - 1978
71% 87% Cross of Iron Oberst Brandt (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 70% Kidnap Syndicate Filippini (Character) - 1976
83% 52% Voyage of the Damned Dr. Juan Remos (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet People of the Wind Narrator - 1976
29% 65% Mandingo Warren Maxwell (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flower in His Mouth Avv. Antonio Bellocampo (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 56% Inside Out Ernst Furben (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 50% Autobiography of a Princess Cyril Sahib (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 45% The Destructors Jacques Brizard (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 75% 11 Harrowhouse Charles D. Watts (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 51% Great Expectations Magwitch (Character) - 1974
58% 43% The Mackintosh Man Sir George Wheeler (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 67% Frankenstein: The True Story Dr. John Polidori (Character) - 1973
90% 84% The Last of Sheila Philip (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go Y.Y. Go (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 52% Child's Play Jerome Malley (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kill! Hamilton (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 20% Bad Man's River Francisco Montero (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 23% Cold Sweat Captain Ross (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spring and Port Wine Rafe Crompton (Character) - 1970
100% 48% Age of Consent Bradley Morahan (Character),
Producer 		- 1969
No Score Yet 36% Duffy Charles Calvert (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sea Gull Trigorin (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 38% Mayerling Emperor Franz-Josef (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Legend of Silent Night Franz Gruber (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Uninhibited Pascal Regnier (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cop-Out John Sawyer (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 86% The London Nobody Knows Narrator - 1967
No Score Yet 64% The Deadly Affair Charles Dobbs (Character) - 1966
100% 76% The Blue Max General Count von Klugermann (Character) - 1966
83% 71% Georgy Girl James Leamington (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 38% Genghis Khan Kam Ling (Character) - 1965
57% 56% Lord Jim Gentleman Brown (Character) - 1965
93% 69% The Fall of the Roman Empire Timonides (Character) - 1964
69% 71% The Pumpkin Eater Bob Conway (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Torpedo Bay Captain Blayne (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 27% Hero's Island Jacob Weber (Character),
Producer 		- 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tiara Tahiti Capt. Brett Aimsley (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 54% Escape From Zahrain Johnson (Character) - 1962
91% 84% Lolita Prof. Humbert Humbert (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Marriage-Go-Round Paul Delville (Character) - 1960
100% 50% The Trials of Oscar Wilde Sir Edward Carson (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 25% A Touch of Larceny Cmdr. Max Easton (Character) - 1960
84% 69% Journey to the Center of the Earth Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook (Character) - 1959
97% 94% North by Northwest Phillip Vandamm (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 38% Cry Terror Jim Molner (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 40% The Decks Ran Red Capt. Edwin Rummill (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 57% Island in the Sun Maxwell Fleury (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 48% Forever Darling The Guardian Angel (Character) - 1956
91% 83% Bigger Than Life Ed Avery (Character),
Producer 		- 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Star of Bethlehem Unknown (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1954
98% 81% A Star Is Born Norman Maine (Character) - 1954
90% 74% 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Capt. Nemo (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 35% Prince Valiant Sir Brack (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 78% The Man Between Ivo Kern (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 57% The Story of Three Loves Charles Coutray (Character) - 1953
100% 71% The Desert Rats Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 82% The Tell-Tale Heart Narrator - 1953
96% 81% Julius Caesar Brutus (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 56% Charade The Murderer/Maj. Linden/Jonah Watson (Character),
Producer,
Screenwriter 		- 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Botany Bay Capt. Paul Gilbert (Character) - 1953
100% 90% Five Fingers Ulysses Diello (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 63% The Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hentzau (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady Possessed Jimmy Del Palma (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Face to Face The Captain (Character) - 1952
83% 62% The Desert Fox Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel (Character) - 1951
68% 75% Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Hendrik van der Zee (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 30% One Way Street Dr. Frank Matson (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 70% Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 73% The Reckless Moment Martin Donnelly (Character) - 1949
43% 74% East Side, West Side Brandon Bourne (Character) - 1949
100% 77% Caught Larry Quinada (Character) - 1949
100% 86% Odd Man Out Johnny McQueen (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 60% The Upturned Glass Unknown (Character) - 1947
38% 78% The Wicked Lady Captain Jerry Jackson (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 57% The Seventh Veil Nicholas (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 29% A Place of One's Own Smedhurst (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Were Sisters Geoffrey Lee (Character) - 1945
50% 52% Fanny by Gaslight Lord Manderstroke (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 31% Hotel Reserve Peter Vadassy (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Candlelight in Algeria Alan Thurston (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 0% They Met in the Dark Richard Francis Heritage (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 62% The Man in Grey Lord Rohan (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 40% The Bells Go Down Ted Robbins (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 0% Secret Mission Raoul de Carnot (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 33% Terror House Stephen Deremid (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 61% Thunder Rock Streeter (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alibi Andre Laurent (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hatters Castle Dr. Renwick (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Patient Vanishes Mick Cardby (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Met a Murderer Mark Warrow (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel Jean Tallien (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Command Capt. Heverell (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mill on the Floss Tom Tulliver (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Man's Bluff Stephen Neville (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Troubled Waters John Merriman (Character) - 1936

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No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1951 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Dr. Maxwell Becker (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1962