James Mason

James Mason

1909-05-15 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK 158 Credits

Biography

James Neville Mason, known as James Mason, was an accomplished English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. He was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and passed away on July 27, 1984, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustri...

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Sid & Judy

Sid & Judy

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, n...

Bob the Builder: Building Sky High

Bob the Builder: Building Sky High

2016

Writer

Writing

Bob and his team are ready to build big! Bob is on hand to rescue his friends when Scoop is stranded sky-high and Leo gets trapped in Fixham castle. W...

Lasseter's Bones

Lasseter's Bones

2012

as Archival Footage

6.4
Acting

Australia’s El Dorado was found by Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter – if we believe his claims in the late 1800s to have discovered a vast gold deposit in c...

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

2011

In Memory Of

A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009

as Self (archive)

Acting

During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope with stereophonic sound. These two episodes explore ho...

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from inter...

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.

The Assisi Underground

The Assisi Underground

1985

as Bishop Nicolini

5.2
Acting

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.

The Shooting Party

The Shooting Party

1985

as Sir Randolph Nettleby

6.6
Acting

1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal d...

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

1984

as Dr. Fischer

5.6
Acting

Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow man endure enticed by valuable presents? Dignity for mo...

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

as Self

Acting

Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie excerpt...

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983

as Demon

6.5
Acting

As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the n...

Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

1983

as Captain Hughes

5.5
Acting

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sent...

Group Madness

Group Madness

1983

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

Alexandre

Alexandre

1983

as The Father

6.0
Acting

Three years ago Ariane left Antoine, sending him a postcard announcing her departure for the mountains with a certain Alexandre. After a long journey ...

The Popes and Their Art

The Popes and Their Art

1983

as Presentor

Acting

A visit of the art collections of the Vatican Museums with British actor James Mason.

The Verdict

The Verdict

1982

as Ed Concannon

7.4
Acting

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a m...

A Dangerous Summer

A Dangerous Summer

1982

as George Engels

4.0
Acting

Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certa...

The Glory of the Garden

The Glory of the Garden

1982

as Narrator

Acting

This documentary is a cinematic celebration of how Lionel de Rothschild spent a fortune in creating one of the most spectacular gardens in the world.

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun

1982

as Odell Gardener

6.9
Acting

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangli...

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

1982

as Isaac of York

6.3
Acting

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John a...

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

1982

as Self / Odell Gardener

8.5
Acting

Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.

The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

as Narrator

Acting

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.

North Sea Hijack

North Sea Hijack

1980

as Admiral Brindsen

6.2
Acting

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his u...

Bloodline

Bloodline

1979

as Sir Alec Nichols

4.9
Acting

A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless bo...

The Passage

The Passage

1979

as Professor Bergson

6.2
Acting

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pur...

Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

1979

as Dr. Watson

6.4
Acting

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using informat...

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978

as Eduard Seibert

6.7
Acting

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1978

as Mr. Jordan

6.6
Acting

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to...

The Water Babies

The Water Babies

1978

as Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark

5.9
Acting

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young ap...

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love

1977

as Narrator - English version

5.0
Acting

For over three-quarters of a century, Russian-born Marc Chagall set new standards for modern art with his colorful, heartfelt paintings, murals and st...

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

1977

as Oberst Brandt

7.1
Acting

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews betw...

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

1976

as Dr. Juan Remos

5.9
Acting

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

People of the Wind

People of the Wind

1976

as Jafar Qoli (voice)

5.0
Acting

The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most hazardous tests of human endurance known to mankind. Every year, 500,000 men, women and children — along wi...

Fear in the City

Fear in the City

1976

as Prosecutor

5.1
Acting

The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night p...

The Flower in His Mouth

The Flower in His Mouth

1975

as Avv. Antonio Bellocampo

6.5
Acting

A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival. The dead man insulted her on the bus on the way int...

Inside Out

Inside Out

1975

as Ernst Furben

6.5
Acting

An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp. Together they spring a N...

Autobiography of a Princess

Autobiography of a Princess

1975

as Cyril Sahib

5.0
Acting

On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movie...

The Left Hand of the Law

The Left Hand of the Law

1975

as Senatore Leandri

6.0
Acting

After a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of the squad takes it really personally! His violent pa...

Kidnap Syndicate

Kidnap Syndicate

1975

as Filippini

6.7
Acting

After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his...

Mandingo

Mandingo

1975

as Warren Maxwell

6.7
Acting

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settle...

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

1974

as Charles D. Watts

5.7
Acting

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen...

Frankenstein: The True Story

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974

as Dr. John Polidori

7.5
Acting

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.

The Marseille Contract

The Marseille Contract

1974

as Jacques Brizard

5.9
Acting

An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1974

as Magwitch

6.2
Acting

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

1973

as Sir George Wheeler

6.0
Acting

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate ...

The Last of Sheila

The Last of Sheila

1973

as Philip

7.0
Acting

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scaveng...

The Reformation: Age of Revolt

The Reformation: Age of Revolt

1973

as Narrator

Acting

This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. It also Interprets the reforms of ...

John Keats: His Life and Death

John Keats: His Life and Death

1973

as Narrator

Acting

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

Child's Play

Child's Play

1972

as Jerome Malley

6.0
Acting

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is ...

Home, James

Home, James

1972

as Self

6.5
Acting

Actor James Mason returns to his Huddersfield roots. Harking back to his childhood memories, he remarks how the town has changed and developed but the...

The Wind in the Wires

The Wind in the Wires

1972

as Narrator

Acting

This documentary recounts the history of modern aviation (primarily in Britain) from roughly 1900 until the inter-war period, using old monochrome foo...

Kill!

Kill!

1971

as Alan Hamilton

6.3
Acting

Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

Bad Man's River

Bad Man's River

1971

as Francisco Paco Montero

4.5
Acting

Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government o...

The Search for the Nile

The Search for the Nile

1971

as Narrator

Acting

The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service o...

Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

1970

as Captain Ross

5.7
Acting

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, ...

Spring and Port Wine

Spring and Port Wine

1970

as Rafe Crompton

5.6
Acting

A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1970

as Y.Y. Go

4.6
Acting

An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go, an organized crime mastermind. They consp...

Age of Consent

Age of Consent

1969

as Bradley Morahan

6.0
Acting

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once m...

Age of Consent

Age of Consent

1969

Producer

6.0
Producing

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once m...

The Sea Gull

The Sea Gull

1968

as Trigorin

6.2
Acting

Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.

The London Nobody Knows

The London Nobody Knows

1968

as Himself - Narrator

6.3
Acting

Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights, ...

Mayerling

Mayerling

1968

as Franz Joseph I of Austria

6.2
Acting

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. R...

Duffy

Duffy

1968

as Charles Calvert

6.0
Acting

Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth wit...

Cop-Out

Cop-Out

1967

as John Sawyer

5.3
Acting

John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is acc...

The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

1967

as Charles Dobbs

6.2
Acting

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife...

Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl

1966

as James Leamington

6.3
Acting

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously stuck...

The Blue Max

The Blue Max

1966

as General Count von Klugermann

6.8
Acting

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.

Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification

1965

as (archive footage)

6.6
Acting

A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.

The Uninhibited

The Uninhibited

1965

as Pascal Regnier

5.8
Acting

Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their...

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

1965

as Kam Ling

5.8
Acting

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tr...

Lord Jim

Lord Jim

1965

as Gentleman Brown

6.8
Acting

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in pa...

The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964

as Bob Conway

6.7
Acting

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physi...

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

as Timonides

6.5
Acting

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius h...

Torpedo Bay

Torpedo Bay

1963

as Captain Blayne

Acting

An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters while being stalked by a British warship. They both make it to the neutral...

Hero's Island

Hero's Island

1962

as Jacob Weber

4.8
Acting

A family shipwrecked on an island must deal with escaped convicts and pirates.

Tiara Tahiti

Tiara Tahiti

1962

as Captain Brett Aimsley

5.6
Acting

James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their person...

Lolita

Lolita

1962

as Prof. Humbert Humbert

7.3
Acting

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at...

Escape from Zahrain

Escape from Zahrain

1962

as Johnson

6.2
Acting

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and th...

Theatre 62: Rebecca

Theatre 62: Rebecca

1962

as Maxim de Winter

Acting

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.

The Marriage-Go-Round

The Marriage-Go-Round

1961

as Paul Delville

4.2
Acting

An anthropology professor and his professor wife have the perfect marriage--until a Swedish colleague's daughter comes to visit. Not only is the litt...

John Brown's Raid

John Brown's Raid

1960

as John Brown

Acting

White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virgini...

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

as Edward Carson

6.4
Acting

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with th...

A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny

1960

as Cmdr. Max Easton

5.8
Acting

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook

6.9
Acting

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

1959

as Phillip Vandamm

8.0
Acting

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

The Decks Ran Red

The Decks Ran Red

1958

as Capt. Edwin Rummill

6.4
Acting

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.

Cry Terror!

Cry Terror!

1958

as Jim Molner

6.2
Acting

A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.

Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun

1957

as Maxwell Fleury

6.7
Acting

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life

1956

as Ed Avery

7.1
Acting

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life

1956

Producer, Additional Writing

7.1
Producing

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling

1956

as The Guardian Angel

7.0
Acting

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can se...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as Captain Nemo

7.0
Acting

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

The Star of Bethlehem

The Star of Bethlehem

1954

as Himself

Acting

James Mason and his wife Pamela read sections from the bible that lead up to the birth of Jesus. James Mason then visits his daughter in bed and their...

The Star of Bethlehem

The Star of Bethlehem

1954

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

James Mason and his wife Pamela read sections from the bible that lead up to the birth of Jesus. James Mason then visits his daughter in bed and their...

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954

as Norman Maine

7.1
Acting

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

1954

as Sir Brack

5.9
Acting

A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.

The Child

1954

Director

Directing

In 1908, lonely middle-aged spinster Janet reluctantly bids farewell to a young relative, a schoolboy, who has spent a brief holiday with her. Janet, ...

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

1953

as Narrator

7.3
Acting

One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his l...

The Man Between

The Man Between

1953

as Ivo Kern

7.1
Acting

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

Charade

Charade

1953

as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson

5.5
Acting

This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware tha...

Charade

Charade

1953

Producer, Writer

5.5
Producing Writing

This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware tha...

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953

as Brutus

7.1
Acting

The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.

The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats

1953

as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

6.3
Acting

In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important p...

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

1953

as Charles Coutray

5.6
Acting

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Botany Bay

Botany Bay

1952

as Capt. Paul Gilbert

6.5
Acting

Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving ...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

as Rupert of Hentzau

6.8
Acting

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king ...

Face to Face

Face to Face

1952

as The Captain

5.7
Acting

Two short films released together under a collective title. The first, "Secret Sharer", directed by John Brahm and starring James Mason, is based on a...

Ellis in Freedomland

Ellis in Freedomland

1952

as The Refrigerator (voice)

Acting

Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second...

5 Fingers

5 Fingers

1952

as Ulysses Diello

7.6
Acting

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Lady Possessed

Lady Possessed

1952

as Jimmy Del Palma

5.1
Acting

A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, th...

Lady Possessed

Lady Possessed

1952

Screenplay, Producer

5.1
Writing Producing

A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, th...

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

6.7
Acting

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

1951

as Hendrik van der Zee

6.6
Acting

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hend...

One Way Street

One Way Street

1950

as Dr. Frank Matson

5.2
Acting

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side

1949

as Brandon Bourne

7.0
Acting

A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949

as Martin Donnelly

6.8
Acting

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

1949

as Gustave Flaubert

6.8
Acting

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

Caught

Caught

1949

as Larry Quinada

6.6
Acting

Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, vio...

The Upturned Glass

The Upturned Glass

1947

as Michael Joyce

6.8
Acting

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the wo...

The Upturned Glass

The Upturned Glass

1947

Producer

6.8
Producing

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the wo...

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out

1947

as Johnny McQueen

7.3
Acting

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

1945

as Captain Jerry Jackson

6.4
Acting

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

The Seventh Veil

The Seventh Veil

1945

as Nicholas Cunningham

6.4
Acting

A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.

They Were Sisters

They Were Sisters

1945

as Geoffrey Lee

5.6
Acting

The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriag...

A Place of One's Own

A Place of One's Own

1945

as Henry Smedhurst

5.6
Acting

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However,...

Hotel Reserve

Hotel Reserve

1944

as Peter Vadassy

6.5
Acting

A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

Fanny by Gaslight

Fanny by Gaslight

1944

as Lord Manderstoke

5.7
Acting

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds ...

Candlelight in Algeria

Candlelight in Algeria

1944

as Alan Thurston

5.7
Acting

Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. This drama follo...

They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark

1943

as Richard Francis Heritage

6.3
Acting

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court m...

The Man in Grey

The Man in Grey

1943

as Lord Rohan

6.0
Acting

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school ent...

The Bells Go Down

The Bells Go Down

1943

as Ted Robbins

7.2
Acting

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London ...

Thunder Rock

Thunder Rock

1942

as Streeter

6.3
Acting

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his payc...

Secret Mission

Secret Mission

1942

as Raoul de Carnot

4.3
Acting

World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in sear...

Alibi

Alibi

1942

as Andre Laurent

6.0
Acting

In 1930s France a bar hostess helps a man prove himself innocent of murder.

The Night Has Eyes

The Night Has Eyes

1942

as Stephen Deremid

6.5
Acting

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they ...

Hatter's Castle

Hatter's Castle

1942

as Dr. Renwick

5.9
Acting

The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embra...

The Patient Vanishes

The Patient Vanishes

1941

as Mick Cardby

Acting

Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackma...

The Circle

1939

as Edward Luton

Acting

In London, aware of her husband's longstanding affair and feeling neglected, a woman flirts with a former flame in a plot to teach her husband a lesso...

The Miser

The Miser

1939

as Valere - In love with Elise

Acting

Television broadcast of L'avare by Molière.

I Met a Murderer

I Met a Murderer

1939

as Mark Warrow

4.7
Acting

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

I Met a Murderer

I Met a Murderer

1939

Story

4.7
Writing

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

Bees on the Boat-Deck

1939

as Robert Patch

Acting

Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.

The Moon in the Yellow River

1938

as Darrell Blake

Acting

Television broadcast of The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston.

Cyrano de Bergerac

1938

as Christian de Neuvillette

Acting

Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon sword...

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1937

as Jean Tallien

4.2
Acting

Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but noth...

The High Command

The High Command

1937

as Capt. Heverell

5.6
Acting

A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.

Catch as Catch Can

Catch as Catch Can

1937

as Robert Leyland

Acting

Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for reluc...

Fire Over England

Fire Over England

1937

as Hillary Vane

6.1
Acting

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the ti...

The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss

1937

as Tom Tulliver

4.0
Acting

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owne...

Secret of Stamboul

Secret of Stamboul

1936

as Larry

6.0
Acting

A man travels to Istanbul to try and prevent a revolution.

Twice Branded

Twice Branded

1936

as Henry Hamilton

6.0
Acting

A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.

Blind Man's Bluff

1936

as Stephen Neville

Acting

A formerly blind scientist continues to feign his condition in order to thwart his philandering wife's romantic plans.

Troubled Waters

1936

as John Merriman

Acting

James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Mer...

Prison Breaker

Prison Breaker

1936

as 'Bunny' Barnes

Acting

A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds hi...

Late Extra

Late Extra

1935

as Jim Martin

5.6
Acting

A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.