James Mason
1909–1984 · British actor
James Neville Mason was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and two BAFTA Awards in his career.
James Mason, in order
- 1926 For Heaven's Sake: acted · directed by Sam Taylor
- 1935 Late Extra: acted · directed by Albert Parker
- 1936 Prison Breaker: acted · directed by Adrian Brunel
- 1936 Twice Branded: acted · directed by Maclean Rogers
- 1937 Catch as Catch Can: acted · directed by Roy Kellino
- 1937 Fire Over England: acted · directed by William K. Howard
- 1937 The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel: acted · directed by Hanns Schwarz
- 1939 I Met a Murderer: acted · directed by Roy Kellino
- 1941 This Man Is Dangerous: acted · directed by Lawrence Huntington
- 1942 Alibi: acted · directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
- 1942 Hatter's Castle: acted · directed by Lance Comfort
- 1942 Secret Mission: acted · directed by Harold French
- 1942 Thunder Rock: acted · directed by Roy Boulting
- 1943 The Bells Go Down: acted · directed by Basil Dearden
- 1943 The Man in Grey: acted · directed by Leslie Arliss
- 1943 They Met in the Dark: acted · directed by Karel Lamač
- 1944 Candlelight in Algeria: acted · directed by George King
- 1944 Fanny by Gaslight: acted · directed by Anthony Asquith
- 1944 Hotel Reserve: acted · directed by Lance Comfort and Mutz Greenbaum
- 1945 A Place of One's Own: acted · directed by Bernard Knowles
- 1945 The Seventh Veil: acted · directed by Compton Bennett
- 1945 The Wicked Lady: acted · directed by Leslie Arliss · critics 43%, audiences 79% · streaming on Criterion Channel
- 1945 They Were Sisters: acted · directed by Arthur Crabtree
- 1947 Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1947 The Upturned Glass: acted · directed by Lawrence Huntington
- 1949 Caught: acted · directed by Max Ophüls
- 1949 Madame Bovary: acted · directed by Vincente Minnelli
- 1949 The Reckless Moment: acted · directed by Max Ophüls
- 1950 East Side, West Side: acted · directed by Mervyn LeRoy
- 1950 One Way Street: acted · directed by Hugo Fregonese
- 1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman: acted · directed by Albert Lewin
- 1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway · critics 83%, audiences 61%
- 1952 5 Fingers: acted · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · critics 100%, audiences 90%
- 1952 Face to Face: acted · directed by Bretaigne Windust and John Brahm
- 1952 Lady Possessed: acted · directed by Roy Kellino
- 1952 The Prisoner of Zenda: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
- 1953 Botany Bay: acted · directed by John Farrow
- 1953 Charade: produced, acted · directed by Roy Kellino
- 1953 Julius Caesar: acted · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · critics 97%, audiences 80% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
- 1953 The Desert Rats: acted · directed by Robert Wise · critics 100%, audiences 69%
- 1953 The Man Between: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1953 The Story of Three Loves: acted · directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and Vincente Minnelli
- 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
- 1954 A Star Is Born: acted · directed by George Cukor · critics 98%, audiences 81% · streaming on Plex
- 1954 Prince Valiant: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway · audiences 33%
- 1956 Bigger Than Life: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Nicholas Ray
- 1957 Island in the Sun: acted · directed by Robert Rossen · audiences 57%
- 1958 Cry Terror!: acted · directed by Andrew L. Stone
- 1958 The Decks Ran Red: acted · directed by Andrew L. Stone · audiences 45%
- 1959 A Touch of Larceny: acted · directed by Guy Hamilton
- 1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth: acted · directed by Henry Levin · critics 83%, audiences 69%
- 1959 North by Northwest: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 97%, audiences 94% · streaming on Philo, Tubi
- 1960 The Trials of Oscar Wilde: acted · directed by Ken Hughes
- 1961 The Marriage-Go-Round: acted · directed by Walter Lang
- 1962 Escape from Zahrain: acted · directed by Ronald Neame · audiences 54%
- 1962 Hero's Island: produced, acted · directed by Leslie Stevens
- 1962 Lolita: acted · directed by Stanley Kubrick · critics 82%, audiences 84% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
- 1962 Tiara Tahiti: acted · directed by Ted Kotcheff
- 1963 Torpedo Bay: acted · directed by Bruno Vailati and Charles Frend
- 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire: acted · directed by Anthony Mann
- 1964 The Pumpkin Eater: acted · directed by Jack Clayton
- 1965 Genghis Khan: acted · directed by Henry Levin
- 1965 Lord Jim: acted · directed by Richard Brooks
- 1965 The Uninhibited: acted · directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
- 1966 Georgy Girl: acted · directed by Silvio Narizzano · critics 82%, audiences 71% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 1966 The Blue Max: acted · directed by John Guillermin
- 1966 The Deadly Affair: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · audiences 65% · streaming on fuboTV
- 1967 Stranger in the House: acted · directed by Peter Uvaliev
- 1968 Duffy: acted · directed by Robert Parrish
- 1968 Mayerling: acted · directed by Terence Young
- 1968 The Sea Gull: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · audiences 33%
- 1969 Age of Consent: produced, acted · directed by Michael Powell
- 1970 Cold Sweat: acted · directed by Terence Young
- 1970 Spring and Port Wine: acted · directed by Peter Hammond
- 1971 Bad Man's River: acted · directed by Eugenio Martín
- 1972 Child's Play: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · audiences 50%
- 1972 Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!: acted · directed by Romain Gary
- 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story (TV movie): acted · directed by Jack Smight
- 1973 The Last of Sheila: acted · directed by Herbert Ross
- 1973 The Mackintosh Man: acted · directed by John Huston
- 1974 11 Harrowhouse: acted · directed by Aram Avakian
- 1974 The Marseille Contract: acted · directed by Robert Parrish
- 1975 Autobiography of a Princess: acted · directed by James Ivory
- 1975 Inside Out: acted · directed by Peter Duffell
- 1975 Kidnap Syndicate: acted · directed by Fernando Di Leo
- 1975 Mandingo: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
- 1975 The Flower in His Mouth: acted · directed by Luigi Zampa
- 1975 The Left Hand of the Law: acted · directed by Giuseppe Rosati
- 1976 Fear in the City: acted · directed by Giuseppe Rosati
- 1976 Origins of the Mafia (TV series): acted · directed by Enzo Muzii
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg · critics 82%, audiences 50% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Pluto TV
- 1977 Cross of Iron: acted · directed by Sam Peckinpah
- 1977 Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love: acted · directed by Harry Rasky
- 1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV series): acted · directed by Franco Zeffirelli · streaming on Peacock, Plex, Fawesome
- 1978 Heaven Can Wait: acted · directed by Buck Henry and Warren Beatty · critics 84%, audiences 69% · streaming on MGM+, Hoopla
- 1978 The Boys from Brazil: acted · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1978 The Water Babies: acted · directed by Lionel Jeffries
- 1979 Bloodline: acted · directed by Terence Young
- 1979 Murder by Decree: acted · directed by Bob Clark
- 1979 North Sea Hijack: acted · directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1979 Salem's Lot (TV series): acted · directed by Tobe Hooper
- 1979 The Passage: acted · directed by J. Lee Thompson
- 1980 Hollywood (TV series): acted · directed by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow
- 1980 Making 'The Shining' (short film): acted · directed by Vivian Kubrick
- 1981 The Search for Alexander the Great: acted · directed by Peter Sykes
- 1982 Evil Under the Sun: acted · directed by Guy Hamilton
- 1982 Ivanhoe (TV movie): acted · directed by Douglas Camfield · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 1982 The Verdict: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 87%, audiences 88%
- 1982 Unknown Chaplin: acted · directed by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow
- 1983 Yellowbeard: acted · directed by Mel Damski
- 1984 A.D. (TV series): acted · directed by Stuart Cooper
- 1984 George Washington (TV series): acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
- 1985 The Assisi Underground: acted · directed by Alexander Ramati
- 1985 The Shooting Party: acted · directed by Alan Bridges