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James Mason

1909 - 1984

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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 nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes (winning once) and two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. Mason began his career as a stage actor on the West End, before transitioning into leading man roles in films during the early 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Mason is the 107th most popular actor (up from 903rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,011th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Actor.

James Mason was a British actor, best known for his roles in North by Northwest, The Elephant Man, and Lolita.

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Among actors, James Mason ranks 107 out of 13,578. Before him are Cameron Diaz, Charlton Heston, Sigourney Weaver, Donald Sutherland, John Holmes, and Ben Affleck. After him are Johnny Depp, Diane Keaton, Charlotte Rampling, Peter Falk, Gary Cooper, and Samuel L. Jackson.

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Among people born in 1909, James Mason ranks 7. Before him are Stepan Bandera, Eugène Ionesco, Nicholas Winton, Juliana of the Netherlands, Simone Weil, and Osamu Dazai. After him are Edward Tatum, Mohammed Daoud Khan, U Thant, Francis Bacon, Andrei Gromyko, and Rita Levi-Montalcini. Among people deceased in 1984, James Mason ranks 9. Before him are Yuri Andropov, Richard Burton, Marvin Gaye, Paul Dirac, François Truffaut, and Truman Capote. After him are Alfred Kastler, Tigran Petrosian, Mohamed Naguib, Mikhail Sholokhov, Julio Cortázar, and Johnny Weissmuller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Mason ranks 241 out of 8,785. Before him are Sting (1951), Robert Owen (1771), Clementine Churchill (1885), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Duns Scotus (1265), and J. K. Rowling (1965). After him are Bobby Charlton (1937), Boudica (33), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), C. F. Powell (1903), and Charlotte Rampling (1946).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Mason ranks 13. Before him are Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), Maggie Smith (1934), Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), and Rowan Atkinson (1955). After him are Charlotte Rampling (1946), Roger Moore (1927), Cary Grant (1904), Leslie Howard (1893), Helen Mirren (1945), and Jane Birkin (1946).

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