James Mason
Filmography

James Mason

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1935	Late Extra	Jim Martin

Fighting Shadows	Horn

1936	Twice Branded	Henry Hamilton

Prison Breaker	'Bunny' Barnes

Troubled Waters	John Merriman

Blind Man's Bluff	Stephen Neville

Secret of Stamboul	Larry

The Mill on the Floss	Tom Tulliver

1937	Fire Over England	Hillary Vane

The High Command	Capt. Heverell

Catch As Catch Can	Robert Leyland

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel	Jean Tallien

1939	I Met a Murderer	Mark Warrow

1941	This Man Is Dangerous	Mick Cardby	Released in the U.S. as The Patient Vanishes

1942	Hatter's Castle	Dr. Renwick

The Night Has Eyes	Stephen Deremid	Released in the U.S. as Terror House

Alibi	Andre Laurent

Secret Mission	Raoul de Carnot

Thunder Rock	Streeter

1943	The Bells Go Down	Ted Robbins

The Man in Grey	Lord Rohan

They Met in the Dark	Richard Francis Heritage

1944	Candlelight in Algeria	Alan Thurston

Fanny by Gaslight	Lord Manderstoke	Released in the U.S. as Man of Evil

Hotel Reserve	Peter Vadassy

1945	A Place of One's Own	Smedhurst

They Were Sisters	Geoffrey Lee

The Seventh Veil	Nicholas

The Wicked Lady	Capt. Jerry Jackson

1947	Odd Man Out	Johnny McQueen

The Upturned Glass	Michael Joyce

1949	Caught	Larry Quinada

Madame Bovary	Gustave Flaubert

The Reckless Moment	Martin Donnelly

East Side, West Side	Brandon Bourne

1950	One Way Street	Dr. Frank Matson

1951	Pandora and the Flying Dutchman	Hendrik van der Zee

The Desert Fox	Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel

1952	Lady Possessed	Jimmy del Palma	Also producer and writer

5 Fingers	Ulysses Diello

Face to Face	The Captain ('The Secret Sharer')	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

The Prisoner of Zenda	Rupert of Hentzau

Botany Bay	Capt. Paul Gilbert

1953	The Story of Three Loves	Charles Coutray	Segment "The Jealous Lover"

The Desert Rats	Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

Julius Caesar	Brutus

The Man Between	Ivo Kern

The Tell-Tale Heart	Narrator (voice)	Animated short subject

1954	Prince Valiant	Sir Brack

Charade	The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson	Also producer and writer

A Star Is Born	Norman Maine	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (2nd place) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Captain Nemo

1956	Forever, Darling	The Guardian Angel	With Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Bigger Than Life	Ed Avery	Also producer and writer

1957	Island in the Sun	Maxwell Fleury

1958	Cry Terror!	Jim Molner

The Decks Ran Red	Capt. Edwin Rummill

1959	North by Northwest	Phillip Vandamm

A Touch of Larceny	Cmdr. Max Easton

Journey to the Center of the Earth	Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook

1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Sir Edward Carson

1961	The Marriage-Go-Round	Paul Delville

1962	Escape from Zahrain	Johnson	Uncredited

Lolita	Prof. Humbert Humbert	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Tiara Tahiti	Capt. Brett Aimsley

Hero's Island	Jacob Weber

1963	Torpedo Bay	Captain Blayne

1964	The Fall of the Roman Empire	Timonides

The Pumpkin Eater	Bob Conway

1965	Lord Jim	Gentleman Brown

Genghis Khan	Kam Ling

The Uninhibited	Pascal Regnier

1966	The Deadly Affair	Charles Dobbs	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Georgy Girl	James Leamington	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Blue Max	General Count von Klugermann

Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn	Otto Hoffman

1967	The London Nobody Knows	Narrator	Documentary

Stranger in the House	John Sawyer	(also known as Cop Out)

1968	Duffy	Charles Calvert

Mayerling	Emperor Franz-Joseph

The Sea Gull	Trigorin, a writer

1969	Age of Consent	Bradley Morahan

1970	Spring and Port Wine	Rafe Crompton

Cold Sweat	Captain Ross

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go	Y.Y. Go

1971	Bad Man's River	Francisco Paco Montero

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! [fr]	Alan Hamilton

1972	Child's Play	Jerome Mailey	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (3rd place)

1973	John Keats: His Life and Death	Narrator (voice)

The Last of Sheila	Phillip

The Mackintosh Man	Sir George Wheeler

Frankenstein: The True Story	Dr. John Polidori	TV mini-series

1974	11 Harrowhouse	Charles D. Watts

The Marseille Contract	Jacques Brizard	Released as The Destructors

1975	The Year of the Wildebeest	Narrator	Documentary

Mandingo	Warren Maxwell

Kidnap Syndicate	Fillippini

The Left Hand of the Law	Senator Leandri

Autobiography of a Princess	Cyril Sahib

Inside Out	Ernst Furben

The Flower in His Mouth	Bellocampo

1976	People of the Wind	Narrator	Documentary

Voyage of the Damned	Dr. Juan Ramos

Fear in the City	Prosecutor

1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Joseph of Arimathea	TV mini-series

Cross of Iron	Oberst Brandt

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love	Narrator	Documentary

1978	The Water Babies	Mr. Grimes Voice of Killer Shark

Heaven Can Wait	Mr. Jordan	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Boys from Brazil	Eduard Seibert

1979	North Sea Hijack	Admiral Brinsden	Released as ffolkes outside the UK and as Assault Force on US TV

Murder by Decree	Dr. John H. Watson

The Passage	Prof. John Bergson

Bloodline	Sir Alec Nichols

Salem's Lot	Richard K. Straker	TV mini-series

1982	Evil Under the Sun	Odell Gardener

Ivanhoe	Isaac of York

A Dangerous Summer	George Engels

The Verdict	Ed Concannon	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Socrates	Socrates

1983	Yellowbeard	Captain Hughes

Don't Eat the Pictures	Demon	TV

Alexandre	The Father

1984	George Washington	Edward Braddock	TV mini-series

Dr. Fischer of Geneva	Dr. Fischer

1985	The Shooting Party	Sir Randolph Nettleby	London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year (tied with Richard Farnsworth for The Grey Fox) National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (3rd place)

A.D.	Tiberius	TV mini-series

The Assisi Underground	Bishop Nicolini	(final film role)

Sentence(s)

James Mason played as Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).

final_sentence: James Mason played as Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).