James Mason
Ator, Escrito por, Produção, Realização
15 de maio de 1909 — 27 de julho de 1984 (75 anos)
James Neville Mason, known as James Mason, was an accomplished English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. He was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and passed away on July 27, 1984, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustrious on-screen journey.
Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces.
One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man.
Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim.
Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision.
Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.
Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustrious on-screen journey.
Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces.
One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man.
Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim.
Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision.
Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.
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| 2018 | Playing for Keeps · as Jack Davies |
| 2014 | Kubrick Remembered · as Cast |
| 2012 | Room 237 · as Prof. Humbert HumbertNo Plex |
| 2012 | Australia's Lost Gold: The Legend of Lasseter · as Archival Footage |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Down Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor · as Bradley Morahan |
| 2009 | Age of Consent: Helen Mirren - A Conversation with Cora · as Bradley Morahan |
| 2008 | The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics · as Captain Nemo |
| 2005 | The Agatha Christie Code · as Odell GardenerNo Plex |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Ed Concannon |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground · as Bishop Nicolini |
| 1985 | A.D. - Anno Domini · as Tiberius |
| 1985 | The Shooting Party · as Sir Randolph Nettleby |
| 1984 | Dr. Fischer of Geneva · as Dr. Fischer |
| 1984 | George Washington (1984) · as Gen. Edward Braddock |
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| 1983 | Yellowbeard · as Captain Hughes |
| 1983 | Unknown Chaplin · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1983 | Alexandre · as The Father |
| 1982 | The Verdict · as Ed Concannon |
| 1982 | A Dangerous Summer · as George EngelsNo Plex |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun · as Odell GardenerNo Plex |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe · as Isaac Of York |
| 1981 | The Search for Alexander the Great · as Narrator |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack · as Admiral Brindsen |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot · as Richard K. Straker |
| 1979 | Bloodline · as Sir Alec Nichols |
| 1979 | The Passage · as Professor Bergson |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree · as Dr. WatsonNo Plex |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil · as Eduard SeibertNo Plex |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait · as Mr. Jordan |
| 1978 | The Water Babies · as Mr. Grimes / Voice Of Killer Shark |
| 1977 | Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love · as Narrator - English Version |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth · as Joseph Of ArimatheaNo Plex |
| 1977 | Cross of Iron · as Oberst Brandt |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned · as Dr. Juan RemosNo Plex |
| 1976 | People of the Wind · as Jafar Qoli (voice) |
| 1976 | Hot Stuff · as Chief Of Police |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia · as Vianisi |
| 1975 | The Flower in His Mouth · as Avv. Antonio Bellocampo |
| 1975 | Inside Out · as Ernst FurbenNo Plex |
| 1975 | Autobiography of a Princess · as Cyril Sahib |
| 1975 | The Left Hand of the Law · as Senatore Leandri |
| 1975 | Kidnap Syndicate · as Filippini |
| 1975 | Mandingo · as Warren Maxwell |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go · as Y.y. Go |
| 1974 | Great Expectations · as MagwitchNo Plex |
| 1974 | 11 Harrowhouse · as Charles D. Watts |
| 1974 | The Destructors · as Jacques Brizard |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story · as Dr. John Polidori |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man · as Sir George Wheeler |
| 1973 | The Last of Sheila · as Philip Dexter |
| 1973 | John Keats: His Life and Death · as Narrator |
| 1972 | Child's Play · as Jerome Malley |
| 1972 | The Wind in the Wires · as Narrator |
| 1971 | Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! · as Alan Hamilton |
| 1971 | Bad Man's River · as Francisco Paco MonteroNo Plex |
| 1971 | The Search for the Nile · as Narrator |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat · as Captain RossNo Plex |
| 1970 | Spring and Port Wine · as Rafe Crompton |
| 1969 | Age of Consent · as Bradley Morahan |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull · as Trigorin |
| 1968 | Mayerling · as Franz Joseph I Of Austria |
| 1968 | Duffy · as Charles Calvert |
| 1967 | Cop-Out · as John Sawyer |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair · as Charles Dobbs |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 · as Otto Hoffman |
| 1966 | Georgy Girl · as James Leamington |
| 1966 | The Blue Max · as General Count Von Klugermann |
| 1965 | Genghis Khan · as Kam Ling |
| 1965 | The Uninhibited · as Pascal Regnier |
| 1965 | Lord Jim · as Gentleman Brown |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater · as Bob Conway |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire · as Timonides |
| 1963 | Torpedo Bay · as Captain Blayne |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke · as The Derelict |
| 1962 | Lolita · as Prof. Humbert Humbert |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · as Warren Barrow |
| 1962 | Hero's Island · as Jacob Weber |
| 1962 | Tiara Tahiti · as Captain Brett Aimsley |
| 1962 | Escape from Zahrain · as Johnson |
| 1962 | Theatre 62: Rebecca · as Maxim De Winter |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare · as Dr. Maxwell Becker |
| 1961 | The Marriage-Go-Round · as Paul Delville |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny · as Cmdr. Max Easton |
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde · as Edward Carson |
| 1959 | Journey to the Center of the Earth · as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show · as Henry Chambers |
| 1959 | North by Northwest · as Phillip Vandamm |
| 1958 | The Decks Ran Red · as Capt. Edwin Rummill |
| 1958 | Cry Terror! · as Jim Molner |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre · as Marius |
| 1957 | Island in the Sun · as Maxwell Fleury |
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| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Hans Frick |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life · as Ed Avery |
| 1956 | Forever, Darling · as The Guardian Angel |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Bernard Sholto |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · as Captain Nemo |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born · as Norman Maine |
| 1954 | Charade · as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant · as Sir Brack |
| 1953 | The Tell-Tale Heart · as Narrator |
| 1953 | The Man Between · as Ivo Kern |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar · as Brutus |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats · as Field Marshal Erwin Von Rommel |
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves · as Charles Coutray |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Wayne Sebastian |
| 1952 | Botany Bay · as Capt. Paul Gilbert |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Rupert Of Hentzau |
| 1952 | Omnibus · as Napoleon (segment "napoleon's Love Letters") |
| 1952 | Face to Face · as The Captain |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers · as Ulysses Diello |
| 1952 | Lady Possessed · as Jimmy Del Palma |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel · as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
| 1951 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman · as Hendrick Van Der Zee |
| 1950 | One Way Street · as Dr. Frank Matson |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side · as Brandon Bourne |
| 1949 | The Reckless Moment · as Martin Donnelly |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary · as Gustave Flaubert |
| 1949 | Caught · as Larry Quinada |
| 1947 | The Upturned Glass · as Michael Joyce |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out · as Johnny McqueenNo Plex |
| 1945 | The Wicked Lady · as Captain Jerry Jackson |
| 1945 | The Seventh Veil · as Nicholas Cunningham |
| 1945 | They Were Sisters · as Geoffrey Lee |
| 1945 | A Place of One's Own · as Henry Smedhurst |
| 1944 | Hotel Reserve · as Peter Vadassy |
| 1944 | Man of Evil · as Lord Manderstoke |
| 1943 | Candlelight in Algeria · as Alan Thurston |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark · as Richard Francis Heritage |
| 1943 | The Man in Grey · as Lord Rohan |
| 1943 | Far into the Night · as Ted Robbins |
| 1942 | Thunder Rock · as Streeter |
| 1942 | Secret Mission · as Raoul De CarnotNo Plex |
| 1942 | Alibi · as Andre Laurent |
| 1942 | Terror House · as Stephen Deremid |
| 1942 | Hatter's Castle · as Dr. Renwick |
| 1939 | I Met a Murderer · as Mark Warrow |
| 1937 | The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel · as Jean Tallien |
| 1937 | The High Command · as Capt. Heverell |
| 1937 | Fire Over England · as Hillary Vane |
| 1936 | The Mill on the Floss · as Tom Tulliver |
| 1936 | The Spy in White · as Larry |
| 1936 | Troubled Waters · as John Merriman |
| 1936 | Twice Branded · as Henry Hamilton |
| 1935 | Late Extra · as Jim Martin |
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| 2023 | Merchant Ivory · as Self |
| 2022 | My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2021 | Lolita, méprise sur un fantasme · as Self |
| 2020 | Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life · as Self - Captain Nemo, 20000 Leagues Under The Sea 1954 |
| 2020 | Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan · as SelfNo Plex |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Churchill and the Movie Mogul · as Self |
| 2017 | Filmworker · as Self |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures (2013) · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 1995 | The Celluloid Heroes · as Self |
| 1984 | TV's Funniest Game Show Moments · as Self |
| 1984 | James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate · as Self |
| 1983 | The 55th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Self |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Hollywood · as Self - Narrator |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award · as Self |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 1971 | The Generation Game · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel · as Self |
| 1968 | The London Nobody Knows · as Himself - Narrator |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show · as Self - GuestNo Plex |
| 1967 | The World About Us · as Self - Narrator |
| 1967 | Personality · as Self |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1961 | Password · as Self |
| 1961 | Survival · as Self - Narrator |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood · as Self |
| 1959 | Premier Khrushchev in the USA · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) · as Self |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Self |
| 1954 | Caesar's Hour · as Self - Commercial Spokesman For Puss 'n' Boots Cat Food |
| 1953 | Person to Person · as Self |
| 1952 | The Linkletter Show · as Self |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1952 | Today · as Self - Guest |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Self - Host |
| 1950 | The Frank Sinatra Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1950 | Four Star Revue · as Self |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre · as Self - Host |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |
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| 1952 | Lady Possessed · as Screenplay |
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| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show · as Story |
| 1939 | I Met a Murderer · as Story |