James Mason

James Mason

actor, producer, writer

James Mason was born on May 15, 1909 in UK. James Mason's big-screen debut came with Late Extra directed by Albert Parker in 1935, strarring Jim Martin. James Mason is known for A.D. directed by Stuart Cooper, Anthony Andrews stars as Nero and Colleen Dewhurst as Antonia. James Mason has got 6 awards and 13 nominations so far. The most recent award James Mason achieved is London Critics Circle Film Awards. The upcoming new movie James Mason plays is La partie de chasse which will be released on Dec 11, 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.

  • Birthday

    May 15, 1909
  • Place of Birth

    Huddersfield, Yorkshire [now in Kirklees, West Yorkshire], England, UK

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 13 nominations

London Critics Circle Film Awards
1986
Actor of the Year
Winner - ALFS Award
The Shooting Party (1984)
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1978
Winner - Special Award
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