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James Neville Mason (/ ˈ m eɪ s ən /; 15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was an English actor.He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films included The Seventh Veil (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945). He starred in Odd Man Out (1947), the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.. Mason starred in such films as George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954), Alfred ...
Aug 6, 2018 · By this time, Mason and Pamela had already moved to Hollywood, a transition which started out badly and hardly improved with time. James had always hated the idea of committing to a long-term contract with a big studio, then still the norm. He happened to meet Paramount producer David Rose and impulsively agreed to sign a multi-picture deal ...
Jul 28, 1984 · James Neville Mason was born on May 15, 1909, the son of a wool merchant in the Yorkshire mill town of Huddersfield. He majored in architecture at Marlborough College and Cambridge University, but ...
May 15, 2023 · James Mason, born in 1909 in the United Kingdom, was a dashing star of countless timeless classic films in British cinema and Hollywood alike. Despite his passing in 1984, he remains one of the ...
Aug 9, 2018 · One of Britain’s finest exports, James Mason was the darkly hypnotic star of more than 100 films. With his distinctively velvety tones, he exuded menacing gravitas as the sadistic brute in the Gainsborough melodrama The Wicked Lady (1945) and as the tragic antihero of Odd Man Out (1947) before crossing the pond to work with directors including Max Ophuls (The Reckless Moment, 1949) and Alfred Hitchcock (North by Northwest, 1959).
Jun 20, 2024 · James Mason (born May 15, 1909, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England—died July 27, 1984, Lausanne, Switzerland) was a British stage and motion-picture actor best known for his urbane characterizations. During his 50-year acting career, he played in 106 films. Mason studied architecture before trying for a theatrical career. Following four years as a stage actor, his first film was Late Extra (1935). From then on he became one of the busiest of motion-picture actors.
Mason seemed, at 69, to be not only in the prime of life but, most particularly, in the prime of James Mason. He projected civilization, manners, wit, the perfectly phrased understatement. “Look at these bookshelves with real books on them,” he said, conducting a short tour of his suite at the Whitehall.
Nov 27, 2000 · Screen legend James Mason has been finally laid to rest -- 16 years after his death, a British newspaper reported. Mason's children buried his ashes in a Swiss cemetery on Friday after an ...
James Mason. Actor: Lolita. 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...
James Mason. Actor: Lolita. 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...
