James Mason

Actor Filmography: Late Extra (1935) Twice Branded (1936) Troubled Waters (1936) Secret of Stamboul (1936) Prison Breaker (1936) The High Command (1936) Blind Man's Bluff (1936) The Mill on the Floss (1937) Catch As Catch Can (1937) Fire Over England (1937) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) I Met a Murderer (1939) The Patient Vanishes (1941) Hatter's Castle (1941) The Night Has Eyes (1942) Alibi (1942) Secret Mission (1942) Thunder Rock (1943) The Bells Go Down (1943) The Man in Grey (1943) They Met in the Dark (1943) Hotel Reserve (1944) Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Candlelight in Algeria (1944) A Place of One's Own (1945) They Were Sisters (1945) The Wicked Lady (1945) The Seventh Veil (1945) Odd Man Out (1947) The Upturned Glass (1947) Caught (1949, by Max Ophüls) Madame Bovary (1949) The Reckless Moment (1949, by Max Ophüls) East Side, West Side (1949) One Way Street (1950) Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) Lady Possessed (1952) (also producer and writer) 5 Fingers (1952) The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) Face to Face (1952) Charade (1953) (also producer and writer) The Story of Three Loves (1953) Botany Bay (1953) The Desert Rats (1953) Julius Caesar (1953, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz) The Man Between (1953) The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) (animated short subject) (voice) Prince Valiant (1954) A Star Is Born (1954, by George Cukor) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Forever, Darling (1956) Bigger Than Life (1956, by Nicholas Ray) (also producer and writer) Island in the Sun (1957) Cry Terror! (1958) The Decks Ran Red (1958) A Touch of Larceny (1959) North by Northwest (1959) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) The Marriage-Go-Round (1961) Escape from Zahrain (1962) Lolita (1962) Hero's Island (1962) Tiara Tahiti (1962) Torpedo Bay (1963) The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) The Pumpkin Eater (1964) Lord Jim (1965) Genghis Khan (1965) The Uninhibited (1965) The Blue Max (1966) Georgy Girl (1966) The Deadly Affair (1966) The London Nobody Knows (1967) (documentary) (narrator) Stranger in the House (1967) Vienna: The Years Remembered (1968) (short subject) Duffy (1968) Mayerling (1968) The Sea Gull (1968, by Sidney Lumet) Age of Consent (1969) The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go (1970) Spring and Port Wine (1970) Cold Sweat (1970) Bad Man's River (1971) Kill! (1971) Child's Play (1972) The Last of Sheila (1973) The MacKintosh Man (1973) The Marseille Contract (1974) 11 Harrowhouse (1974) The Year of the Wildebeest (1975) (documentary) (narrator) The Left Hand of the Law (1975) The Flower in His Mouth (1975) Mandingo (1975) Kidnap Syndicate (1975) Autobiography of a Princess (1975, by James Ivory) Inside Out (1975) Hot Stuff (1976) People of the Wind (1976) (documentary) (narrator) Voyage of the Damned (1976) Jesus of Nazareth (1977) Cross of Iron (1977) Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977) (documentary) (narrator in English version) The Water Babies (1978) (voice) Heaven Can Wait (1978) The Boys from Brazil (1978) Murder by Decree (1979) The Passage (1979) Bloodline (1979) Salem's Lot (1979) (for American TV) North Sea Hijack (1980) A Dangerous Summer (1981) Evil Under the Sun (1982) The Verdict (1982) Group Madness (1983) (documentary) Alexandre (1983) Yellowbeard (1983) The Shooting Party (1985, by Alan Bridges) The Assisi Underground (1985)
I was born in England but I have lived the last 20 years in Switerzland. I love both countries dearly.
I have a passion for wine and they made a limited bottling of a vintage Corseaux wine with my portrait on the label!
Despite some of my film roles, I am a pacifist.
My son Morgan is married to Belinda Carlisle.
I am known to take on any part offered. Some better than others.
I was nominated 3 times for an Oscar and 3 times for a Golden Globe. I won one Golden Globe.
Patrick Stewart unveiled a bust of me in 2004 at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in my old hometown of Huddersfield.