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Acting

James Mason

Career: Active from 1935 to 2016, with a break from 1986 to 2011, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 118
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: North by Northwest
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 90 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Mason Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 13
Historical Drama 11
Historical Setting 10
Character Study 9
Character-Driven 9
Moral Ambiguity 7
Social Commentary 7
Psychological Thriller 6
Intrigue 6
Mystery 6
Melancholy 5
Melancholic Tone 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 82

Bob the Builder: Building Sky High

Writer

Lasseter's Bones

82

as Archival Footage

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

In Memory Of

1990s

1 title

Halloween Monster Bash

as Stephen Deremid (archive footage)

1980s

17 titles · average score 64

The Shooting Party

67

as Sir Randolph Nettleby

The Assisi Underground

56

as Bishop Nicolini

George Washington

77

TV show · as Gen. Edward Braddock

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

65

as Dr. Fischer

Alexandre

as The Father

Yellowbeard

38

as Captain Hughes

Evil Under the Sun

72

as Odell Gardener

Ivanhoe

68

as Isaac of York

The Verdict

77

as Ed Concannon

A Dangerous Summer

39

as George Engels

The Search for Alexander the Great

TV show · as Narrator

North Sea Hijack

57

as Admiral Brindsen

1970s

39 titles · average score 60

Salem's Lot

74

TV show · as Richard K. Straker

Murder by Decree

61

as Dr. Watson

Bloodline

39

as Sir Alec Nichols

The Boys from Brazil

62

as Eduard Seibert

Heaven Can Wait

73

as Mr. Jordan

Cross of Iron

71

as Oberst Brandt

Mandingo

45

as Warren Maxwell

Frankenstein: The True Story

71

as Dr. John Polidori

Frankenstein: The True Story

77

TV show · as Dr. John Polidori

The MacKintosh Man

57

as Sir George Wheeler

Kill!

56

as Alan Hamilton

Bad Man's River

37

as Francisco Paco Montero

1960s

29 titles · average score 62

Age of Consent

78

as Bradley Morahan

Mayerling

55

as Franz Joseph I of Austria

The Deadly Affair

64

as Charles Dobbs

The Blue Max

85

as General Count von Klugermann

Georgy Girl

74

as James Leamington

Lord Jim

60

as Gentleman Brown

Genghis Khan

57

as Kam Ling

The Pumpkin Eater

69

as Bob Conway

Lolita

82

as Prof. Humbert Humbert

Tiara Tahiti

60

as Captain Brett Aimsley

A Touch of Larceny

49

as Cmdr. Max Easton

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

81

as Edward Carson

1950s

32 titles · average score 71

North by Northwest

91

as Phillip Vandamm

Journey to the Center of the Earth

75

as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook

Bigger Than Life

83

as Ed Avery

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

79

as Captain Nemo

A Star Is Born

85

as Norman Maine

Prince Valiant

52

as Sir Brack

Julius Caesar

85

as Brutus

The Tell-Tale Heart

74

as Narrator

The Desert Rats

83

as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

5 Fingers

89

as Ulysses Diello

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

73

as Hendrick van der Zee

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

74

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

1940s

22 titles · average score 61

Caught

85

as Larry Quinada

The Reckless Moment

70

as Martin Donnelly

Madame Bovary

58

as Gustave Flaubert

East Side, West Side

57

as Brandon Bourne

Odd Man Out

85

as Johnny McQueen

They Were Sisters

61

as Geoffrey Lee

The Seventh Veil

62

as Nicholas Cunningham

The Wicked Lady

54

as Captain Jerry Jackson

Hotel Reserve

56

as Peter Vadassy

Fanny by Gaslight

53

as Lord Manderstoke

The Man in Grey

63

as Lord Rohan

The Night Has Eyes

54

as Stephen Deremid

1930s

17 titles · average score 56

I Met a Murderer

57

as Mark Warrow

Bees on the Boat-Deck

as Robert Patch

The Mill on the Floss

as Tom Tulliver

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

50

as Jean Tallien

Catch as Catch Can

as Robert Leyland

The High Command

60

as Capt. Heverell

The Secret of Stamboul

as Larry

Twice Branded

as Henry Hamilton

Troubled Waters

as John Merriman

Prison Breaker

as 'Bunny' Barnes

Blind Man's Bluff

as Stephen Neville

Late Extra

as Jim Martin