James Mason(1909-1984)

Actor
Producer
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James Mason at NBC Studios in Hollywood, CA, 1955.

While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.

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La partie de chasse (1985)

James Mason was born in Huddersfield and had a film career spanning over 50 years during which he appeared in over 100 films in England and America but never won an Oscar. Whatever role he played, from the wounded Belfast gunman in Odd Man Out to Rommel in The Desert Fox, his creamy velvet voice gave him away. Like Charlie Chaplin James left the screen to spend his later life living in Switzerland. His first marriage had been to Pamela Kellino, a Yorkshire mill owner's daughter and his second to Australian actress Clarissa Kaye.

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 11 wins & 15 nominations total

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Known for

Lolita

7.5

Prof. Humbert Humbert

1962

La Mort aux trousses

8.3

Phillip Vandamm

1959

Une étoile est née

7.5

Norman Maine

1954

Huit heures de sursis

7.6

Johnny McQueen

1947

Credits

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Actor

The Assisi Underground
6.0
- Bishop Nicolini
- 1985
A.D.
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Tiberius
- 1985
La partie de chasse
6.8
- Sir Randolph Nettleby
- 1985
Le docteur Fischer de Genève
7.1
TV Movie
- Dr. Fischer
- 1984
George Washington
7.8
TV Mini Series
- General Braddock
- 1984
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
7.9
TV Movie
- Demon
- 1983
Alexandre
6.0
- The Father
- 1983
Barbe d'or et les pirates
5.9
- Captain Hughes
- 1983
Socrates
8.0
TV Movie
- Socrates
- 1982
Le verdict
7.7
- Ed Concannon
- 1982
L'été de tous les risques
3.5
- George Engels
- 1982
Ivanhoe
6.7
TV Movie
- Isaac of York
- 1982
Meurtre au soleil
7.0
- Odell Gardener
- 1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Narrator
- 1981
Les loups de Haute Mer
6.3
- Admiral Brinsden
- 1980

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Alternative name
- Enoch Gates
Height
- 1.80 m
Born
- May 15, 1909
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire [now in Kirklees, West Yorkshire], England, UK
Died
- July 27, 1984
- Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland(heart attack)
Spouses
Children
Parents
Relatives
- James Duke Mason(Grandchild)
Other works
Illustrated book (w/Pamela Mason; as "Pamela Kellino"): "The Cats in Our Lives"
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Trivia
In 1952, while remodeling his home, he discovered several reels of Buster Keaton's lost films (Mason had purchased Keaton's Hollywood mansion) and immediately recognized their historical significance and was responsible for their preservation.