James Mason
James Neville Mason (; 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 Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962), Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978), and Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982). He also starred in a number of successful British and American films from the 1950s to the early 1980s, including: The Desert Fox (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Bigger Than Life (1956), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Georgy Girl (1966), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). Mason was nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes (winning the Golden Globe in 1955 for A Star is Born) and two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. Following his death in 1984, his ashes were interred near the tomb of his close friend, fellow English actor Sir Charlie Chaplin. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 15, 1909 (Huddersfield), Died July 27, 1984 (Lausanne)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Decca | 104456 | 5/3/1954 | The tell-tale heart | James Mason | speaker | |||
Decca | 104457 | 5/3/1954 | Annabel Lee | James Mason | speaker | |||
Decca | 104458 | 5/3/1954 | Silence | James Mason | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mason, James," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/330164.
Mason, James. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/330164.
"Mason, James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: James Mason
Discogs: James Mason
IMDb: James Mason
Britannica: James Mason
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Mason, James, 1909-1984 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044100
Wikidata: James Mason - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q209186
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/51852845
MusicBrainz: James Mason - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c1895b0-b087-4d1c-9f6b-3cb81217ca05
ISNI: 0000 0001 1026 7743 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000110267743
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.