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Also Known As	James Neville Mason
Born	May 15, 1909 • Huddersfield • England
Died	July 27, 1984 (aged 75) • Lausanne • Switzerland
Married To	Clarissa Kaye-Mason (married 1971) • Pamela Mason (1941–1964)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo" (1970) • "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" (1960) • "Beta Som" (1963) • "The Sea Gull" (1968) • "The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel" (1937) • "Inside Out" (1975) • "The Pumpkin Eater" (1964) • "Cross of Iron" (1977) • "Dr. Kildare" (1965) • "La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori" (1975) • "Catch As Catch Can" (1937) • "Stranger in the House" (1967) • "Spring and Port Wine" (1970) • "Secret Mission" (1942) • "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951) • "The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel" (1951) • "Voyage of the Damned" (1976) • "The Assisi Underground" (1985) • "The Man in Grey" (1943) • "Madame Bovary" (1949) • "The Blue Max" (1966) • "I Met a Murderer" (1939) • "Island in the Sun" (1957) • "Charade" (1954) • "Late Extra" (1935) • "Evil Under the Sun" (1982) • "Botany Bay" (1952) • "11 Harrowhouse" (1974) • "The Bells Go Down" (1943) • "The Reckless Moment" (1949) • "Twice Branded" (1936) • "North by Northwest" (1959) • "The Doctor and the Devil" (1965) • "Alibi" (1942) • "El hombre de Río Malo" (1971) • "Yellowbeard" (1983) • "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962) • "Hatter's Castle" (1942) • "The MacKintosh Man" (1973) • "Prince Valiant" (1954) • "De la part des copains" (1970) • "Cry Terror!" (1958) • "Fanny by Gaslight" (1944) • "The Boys from Brazil" (1978) • "Lolita" (1962) • "They Met in the Dark" (1943) • "Prison Breaker" (1936) • "The Last of Sheila" (1973) • "Bloodline" (1979) • "Mayerling" (1968) • "A Touch of Larceny" (1960) • "Julius Caesar" (1953) • "Caught" (1949) • "Lady Possessed" (1952) • "Tiara Tahiti" (1962) • "Bigger Than Life" (1956) • "Murder by Decree" (1979) • "ABC Stage 67" (1966) • "The Desert Rats" (1953) • "Hero's Island" (1962) • "Fire Over England" (1937) • "Playhouse 90" (1957–1960) • "The Verdict" (1982) • "Theatre '62" (1962) • "The Wicked Lady" (1945) • "Panic!" (1957) • "Stoney Burke" (1962) • "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954) • "General Electric Theater" (1957) • "Los pianos mecánicos" (1965) • "The Story of Three Loves" (1953) • "Troubled Waters" (1936) • "The Search for the Nile" (1971) • "The Passage" (1979) • "Gente di rispetto" (1975) • "The Seventh Veil" (1945) • "The Secret of Stamboul" (1936) • "John Keats: His Life and Death" (1973) • "Alle origini della mafia" (1976) • "A Dangerous Summer" (1982) • "One Way Street" (1950) • "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go" (1978) • "Kill!" (1971) • "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) • "The Water Babies" (1978) • "Heaven Can Wait" (1978) • "Forever, Darling" (1956) • "The Mill on the Floss" (1936) • "The Decks Ran Red" (1958) • "Paura in città" (1976) • "The James Mason Show" (1956) • "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1952) • "Omnibus" (1953) • "5 Fingers" (1952) • "A Star Is Born" (1954) • "A Place of One's Own" (1945) • "ITV Play of the Week" (1966) • "The Shooting Party" (1985) • "East Side, West Side" (1949) • "ITV Sunday Night Drama" (1965) • "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964) • "Ellis in Freedomland" (1952) • "Autobiography of a Princess" (1975) • "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959) • "The Upturned Glass" (1947) • "A.D." (1985) • "Candlelight in Algeria" (1944) • "They Were Sisters" (1945) • "Thunder Rock" (1942) • "Age of Consent" (1969) • "Socrates" (1982) • "The Patient Vanishes" (1941) • "The Marseille Contract" (1974) • "The Search for Alexander the Great" (1981) • "General Electric Summer Originals" (1956) • "Georgy Girl" (1966) • "Blind Man's Bluff" (1936) • "Alexandre" (1983) • "North Sea Hijack" (1980) • "The High Command" (1937) • "Face to Face" (1952) • "Golden Showcase" (1962) • "The Night Has Eyes" (1942) • "Lord Jim" (1965) • "The Marriage-Go-Round" (1961) • "Appointment with Destiny" (1971) • "Child's Play" (1972) • "Odd Man Out" (1947) • "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" (1960) • "Goodyear Theatre" (1959) • "The Man Between" (1953) • "Mandingo" (1975) • "The Deadly Affair" (1967) • "Duffy" (1968) • "George Washington" (1984) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1958) • "Genghis Khan" (1965) • "Hotel Reserve" (1944) • "La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere!" (1975)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Telephone Time" (1957)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Lady Possessed" (1952) • "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1958) • "Charade" (1954) • "I Met a Murderer" (1939)