Acting
James Mason
- Titles
- 155movies33TV shows
- Career
Active from 1935 to 2016, with a break from 1986 to 2011, with up to 6 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 118top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
North by Northwest91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Mystery5.1average 4.1
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Tension6.7average 6.0
- Melancholy5.4average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Coming of Age2.2, average 3.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 13
- Historical Drama 11
- Historical Setting 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Character Study 8
- Social Commentary 7
- Moral Ambiguity 7
- Mystery 6
- Psychological Thriller 6
- Intrigue 6
- Class Conflict 5
- Suspenseful 5
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Pamela MasonActorCharade, Lady Possessed, They Were Sisters, I Met a Murderer, The Star of Bethlehem, +3 more
Raymond LovellActorThe Man in Grey, Hotel Reserve, Candlelight in Algeria, Troubled Waters, Alibi
Stephen BoydActorThe Fall of the Roman Empire, Genghis Khan, Island in the Sun, Kill!, The Left Hand of the Law
Enid Stamp-TaylorActorThe Wicked Lady, Candlelight in Algeria, Hatter's Castle, Blind Man's Bluff, Alibi
Freddie YoungCinematographerBloodline, Lord Jim, The Deadly Affair, Island in the Sun, Great Expectations
Sidney LumetDirectorThe Verdict, The Deadly Affair, The Sea Gull, Child's Play, Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
John GielgudActorJulius Caesar, Murder by Decree, The Shooting Party, 11 Harrowhouse
Omar SharifActorThe Fall of the Roman Empire, Bloodline, Mayerling, Genghis Khan
Michael WildingActorFrankenstein: The True Story, Frankenstein: The True Story, Secret Mission, Late Extra
Margaret LockwoodActorThe Man in Grey, The Wicked Lady, A Place of One's Own, Alibi
Harry AndrewsActorThe MacKintosh Man, The Deadly Affair, The Sea Gull, A Touch of Larceny
Clarissa Kaye-MasonActorFrankenstein: The True Story, Frankenstein: The True Story, The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go, Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Movies and TV shows
1592010s
3 titles · average score 82
as Archival Footage
In Memory Of
1990s
1 title
as Stephen Deremid (archive footage)
1980s
17 titles · average score 64
as Sir Randolph Nettleby
as Bishop Nicolini
TV show · as Gen. Edward Braddock
as Dr. Fischer
as The Father
as Captain Hughes
as Odell Gardener
as Isaac of York
as Ed Concannon
as George Engels
TV show · as Narrator
as Admiral Brindsen
1970s
38 titles · average score 59
TV show · as Richard K. Straker
as Dr. Watson
as Sir Alec Nichols
as Professor Bergson
as Eduard Seibert
as Mr. Jordan
as Oberst Brandt
as Warren Maxwell
as Filippini
TV show · as Dr. John Polidori
as Sir George Wheeler
as Francisco Paco Montero
1960s
29 titles · average score 62
as Bradley Morahan
as Franz Joseph I of Austria
as Trigorin
as Charles Dobbs
as John Sawyer
as General Count von Klugermann
as James Leamington
as Kam Ling
as Gentleman Brown
as Bob Conway
as Prof. Humbert Humbert
as Edward Carson
1950s
32 titles · average score 70
as Phillip Vandamm
as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
as Ed Avery
as Norman Maine
as Captain Nemo
as Sir Brack
as Brutus
as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
as Capt. Paul Gilbert
as Ulysses Diello
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
as Hendrick van der Zee
1940s
22 titles · average score 61
as Martin Donnelly
as Gustave Flaubert
as Larry Quinada
as Brandon Bourne
as Johnny McQueen
as Nicholas Cunningham
as Captain Jerry Jackson
as Henry Smedhurst
as Lord Manderstoke
as Peter Vadassy
as Lord Rohan
as Stephen Deremid
1930s
17 titles · average score 56
as Mark Warrow
as Robert Patch
as Tom Tulliver
as Robert Leyland
as Jean Tallien
as Capt. Heverell
as Larry
as John Merriman
as 'Bunny' Barnes
as Henry Hamilton
as Stephen Neville
as Jim Martin