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James Mason Acting Filmography (150)

Kubrick by Kubrick
2020·Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019·Self (archive footage)
Lasseter's Bones
2012·Archival Footage
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009·Self (archive)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000·Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995·Self (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991·Stephen Deremid (archive footage)
The Shooting Party
1985·Sir Randolph Nettleby
The Assisi Underground
1985·Bishop Nicolini
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984·Self
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984·Dr. Fischer
Yellowbeard
1983·Captain Hughes
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983·Demon
Alexandre
1983·The Father
Group Madness
1983·Self
The Popes and Their Art
1983·Presentor
Evil Under the Sun
1982·Odell Gardener
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982·Self / Odell Gardener
The Verdict
1982·Ed Concannon
Ivanhoe
1982·Isaac of York
A Dangerous Summer
1982·George Engels
The Glory of the Garden
1982·Narrator
Night of 100 Stars
1982·Self
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981·Narrator
North Sea Hijack
1980·Admiral Brindsen
Bloodline
1979·Sir Alec Nichols
Murder by Decree
1979·Dr. Watson
The Passage
1979·Professor Bergson
Heaven Can Wait
1978·Mr. Jordan
The Water Babies
1978·Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
The Boys from Brazil
1978·Eduard Seibert
Cross of Iron
1977·Oberst Brandt
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
1977·Narrator - English version
Fear in the City
1976·Chief of Police
Voyage of the Damned
1976·Dr. Juan Remos
People of the Wind
1976·Jafar Qoli (voice)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·Self (archive footage)
Mandingo
1975·Warren Maxwell
Kidnap Syndicate
1975·Filippini
Inside Out
1975·Ernst Furben
The Flower in His Mouth
1975·Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
The Left Hand of the Law
1975·Senatore Leandri
Autobiography of a Princess
1975·Cyril Sahib
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974·Dr. John Polidori
Great Expectations
1974·Magwitch
The Marseille Contract
1974·Jacques Brizard
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974·Y.Y. Go
11 Harrowhouse
1974·Charles D. Watts
John Keats: His Life and Death
1973·Narrator
The Last of Sheila
1973·Philip Dexter
The MacKintosh Man
1973·Sir George Wheeler
The Reformation: Age of Revolt
1973·Narrator
The Wind in the Wires
1972·Narrator
Child's Play
1972·Jerome Malley
Home, James
1972·Self
Bad Man's River
1971·Francisco Paco Montero
Kill!
1971·Alan Hamilton
Cold Sweat
1970·Captain Ross
Spring and Port Wine
1970·Rafe Crompton
Age of Consent
1969·Bradley Morahan
Mayerling
1968·Franz Joseph I of Austria
The London Nobody Knows
1968·Himself - Narrator
Duffy
1968·Charles Calvert
The Sea Gull
1968·Trigorin
The Deadly Affair
1967·Charles Dobbs
Stranger in the House
1967·John Sawyer
Georgy Girl
1966·James Leamington
The Blue Max
1966·General Count von Klugermann
Genghis Khan
1965·Kam Ling
Lord Jim
1965·Gentleman Brown
Uncertain Verification
1965·(archive footage)
The Uninhibited
1965·Pascal Regnier
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964·Timonides
The Pumpkin Eater
1964·Bob Conway
Torpedo Bay
1963·Captain Blayne
Lolita
1962·Prof. Humbert Humbert
Theatre 62: Rebecca
1962·Maxim de Winter
Tiara Tahiti
1962·Captain Brett Aimsley
Escape from Zahrain
1962·Johnson
Hero's Island
1962·Jacob Weber
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961·Paul Delville
A Touch of Larceny
1960·Cmdr. Max Easton
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960·Edward Carson
John Brown's Raid
1960·John Brown
The Hiding Place
1960·Hans Frick
North by Northwest
1959·Phillip Vandamm
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959·Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
Cry Terror!
1958·Jim Molner
The Decks Ran Red
1958·Capt. Edwin Rummill
Island in the Sun
1957·Maxwell Fleury
Bigger Than Life
1956·Ed Avery
Forever, Darling
1956·The Guardian Angel
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954·Captain Nemo
A Star Is Born
1954·Norman Maine
Prince Valiant
1954·Sir Brack
The Star of Bethlehem
1954·Himself
The Man Between
1953·Ivo Kern
The Desert Rats
1953·Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
Julius Caesar
1953·Brutus
The Tell-Tale Heart
1953·Narrator
The Story of Three Loves
1953·Charles Coutray
Charade
1953·The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952·Rupert of Hentzau
5 Fingers
1952·Ulysses Diello
Botany Bay
1952·Capt. Paul Gilbert
Face to Face
1952·The Captain
Lady Possessed
1952·Jimmy Del Palma
Ellis in Freedomland
1952·The Refrigerator (voice)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951·Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951·Hendrick van der Zee
One Way Street
1950·Dr. Frank Matson
The Reckless Moment
1949·Martin Donnelly
Caught
1949·Larry Quinada
Madame Bovary
1949·Gustave Flaubert
East Side, West Side
1949·Brandon Bourne
Odd Man Out
1947·Johnny McQueen
The Upturned Glass
1947·Michael Joyce
The Wicked Lady
1945·Captain Jerry Jackson
A Place of One's Own
1945·Henry Smedhurst
The Seventh Veil
1945·Nicholas Cunningham
They Were Sisters
1945·Geoffrey Lee
Hotel Reserve
1944·Peter Vadassy
Fanny by Gaslight
1944·Lord Manderstoke
Candlelight in Algeria
1944·Alan Thurston
The Man in Grey
1943·Lord Rohan
They Met in the Dark
1943·Richard Francis Heritage
The Bells Go Down
1943·Ted Robbins
Secret Mission
1942·Raoul de Carnot
Hatter's Castle
1942·Dr. Renwick
Thunder Rock
1942·Streeter
The Night Has Eyes
1942·Stephen Deremid
Alibi
1942·Andre Laurent
The Patient Vanishes
1941·Mick Cardby
I Met a Murderer
1939·Mark Warrow
Bees on the Boat-Deck
1939·Robert Patch
The Miser
1939·Valere - In love with Elise
The Circle
1939·Edward Luton
Cyrano de Bergerac
1938·Christian de Neuvillette
The Moon in the Yellow River
1938·Darrell Blake
Fire Over England
1937·Hillary Vane
The High Command
1937·Capt. Heverell
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937·Jean Tallien
The Mill on the Floss
1937·Tom Tulliver
Catch as Catch Can
1937·Robert Leyland
The Secret of Stamboul
1936·Larry
Troubled Waters
1936·John Merriman
Prison Breaker
1936·'Bunny' Barnes
Blind Man's Bluff
1936·Stephen Neville
Twice Branded
1936·Henry Hamilton
Late Extra
1935·Jim Martin