What happened to James Mason? Parents, Ethnicity, Net Worth

Known for movies

Short Info

Date Of Birth	May 15, 1909
Died	July 27, 1984, Lausanne, Switzerland
Spouse	Clarissa Kaye, Pamela Mason
Mark	Deep mellifluous voice
Fact	Told Playboy magazine in the late 1970s that he hated rock 'n' roll but loved country music.

James Mason was born in Yorkshire, England, on May 15, 1909. His father, John Mason, was a land agent for the Duke of Devonshire, and his mother, Mabel Hattersley, was a housewife. Mason had two brothers, Richard and Frank, and a sister, Dorothy. He was educated at Rugby School and at the University of Cambridge, where he studied architecture.

Mason began his acting career in the theater, appearing in such plays as “The Rascal” (1931), “The Wind and the Rain” (1932), and “The Green Bay Tree” (1933). He made his film debut in “The Private Life of Don Juan” (1934), and went on to appear in such films as “The Scarlet Pimpernel” (1935), “The 39 Steps” (1935), “The Prisoner of Zenda” (1937), “Journey’s End” (1930), “Of Human Bondage” (1934), “The Citadel” (1938), “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” (1939), “Rebecca” (1940), “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (1947), “A Star Is Born” (1954), “North by Northwest” (1959), “Lolita” (1962), “Valley of the Dolls” (1967), and “Funny Girl” (1968).

Mason married actress Pamela Kellino in 1933, and the couple had two sons, Morgan and David. They divorced in 1964. Mason married actress Clarissa Kaye in 1967, and the couple had one son, Simon. They divorced in 1971.

Mason died of a heart attack on July 27, 1984, at his home in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was survived by his three sons.

General Info

Full Name	James Mason
Date Of Birth	May 15, 1909
Died	July 27, 1984, Lausanne, Switzerland
Place Of Birth	Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Height	1.81 m
Profession	Actor, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Education	Marlborough College, Peterhouse, Cambridge
Nationality	British

Family

Spouse	Clarissa Kaye, Pamela Mason
Children	Morgan Mason, Portland Mason
Parents	John Mason, Mabel Mason

Accomplishments

Awards	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best British Actor
Movies	North by Northwest, Odd Man Out, A Star Is Born, Lolita, The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, The Seventh Veil, The Verdict, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Man in Grey, The Boys from Brazil, 5 Fingers, Bigger Than Life, The Man Between, Cross of Iron, The Deadly Affair, Murder by Decree, The Reck...
TV Shows	George Washington, Unknown Chaplin, Salem's Lot, Jesus of Nazareth, Lux Video Theatre, The Search for the Nile

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0000051

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Deep mellifluous voice
2	Sophisticated upper-class demeanor

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on The Man Between (1953)] This film became very big on television in the U.S. In the cinema one demands of a thriller that the narrative thread be ever taut. The American televiewer makes no such demands since continuity is destined to be shattered by commercial interruption. Thus it often happens that what has been hitherto regarded as a failure in the cinemas will be a hit on the Late Late Show and vice versa.
2	[on The Man in Grey (1943) in 1974] The great theatre critic James Agate, who was then writing in films, sensibly headed his review "Bosh and Tosh."
3	[on The Seventh Veil (1945) in 1974] This was Sydney Box's and Ann Todd's film. But director Compton Bennett and I also profited from its success. 'Welcome' mats were spread out for us in Hollywood.
4	[on Candlelight in Algeria (1944) in 1974] This film topped the popularity polls in Bulgaria one or more of the immediately post-war years. I, who saw the film, find this interesting.
5	[on his independent production of "Charade"] I had hoped that this curiosity would be lost without trace.
6	It has always seemed to me the height of audacity to write an autobiography unless, of course the author has made a contribution to history.
7	[on his only meeting with Ronald Reagan] I only met Reagan once, at a time when I was just fading from Hollywood. I bumped into him at a jewelry store and took the liberty of introducing myself - under the guise of congratulating him on becoming Governor of California. He was very charming.
8	Though it is hard for anyone familiar with the current television scene to imagine, the early days of television in the United States were really exciting.
9	To be a successful film star, as opposed to a successful film actor, you should settle for an image and polish it forever. I somehow could never quite bring myself to do that.
10	[from his eulogy for Judy Garland] I traveled in her orbit only for a little while but it was an exciting while, and one during which it seemed that the joys in her life outbalanced the miseries. The little girl whom I knew, who had a little curl in the middle of her forehead, when she was good she was not only very, very good, she was the most sympathetic, the funniest, the sharpest and the most stimulating woman I ever knew. She was a lady who gave so much and richly, both to her vast audience who she entertained and to the friends around her whom she loved, that there was no currency in which to repay her. And she needed to be repaid, she needed devotion and love beyond the resources of any of us.
11	The trouble with Hollywood is that the producers and agents are the aristocrats... which made actors who make their living in Hollywood usually feel they are some sort of scum. They looked for other means of showing off and were great on rallies for political candidates.
12	[on Louella Parsons] Not a bad old slob.
13	[on Rudolph Valentino] That Valentino was certainly a very splendid fellow. And his unique glamor was not entirely due to the fact that he was unhampered by banal dialogue. Modern dialogue is not always banal, and the screen hero who could match Valentino's posturing technique with an equally polished vocal technique has a perfectly fair chance of becoming his romantic peer. It was his magnetism and dignity that assured him a peak of magnificent isolation.
14	Walter Wanger was a man who always wanted to be European. He didn't know how to be European but he wanted to be European, so The Reckless Moment (1949) was rather the kind of film - I suppose, like Brief Encounter (1945) - that he was trying to make, but it wasn't very good.
15	[on Raquel Welch] I have never met someone so badly behaved.
16	I loved Max Ophüls because he had a very unsuccessful career as far as America was concerned, but he had an irrepressible spirit. He was a brave, resilient man and a great man of theatre and he loved his work, he had an undying enthusiasm. He was a lovely man.
17	[on Max Ophüls] I think I know the reason why producers tend to make him cry. Inevitably, they demand some stationary set-ups, and a shot that does not call for tracks is agony for dear poor Max, who, separated from his dolly, is wrapped in deepest melancholy. Once, when they took away his crane, I thought he'd never smile again...
18	[on Bette Davis] The greatest actress of all time.
19	[on Judy Garland] In some of her films she showed talent which was very comic and touching. Touching because she played with a bright smile and a great spirit, while the situation was rather dramatic, even tragic perhaps. She had in fact a quality which can only be compared to Charles Chaplin's heartbreaking quality: always optimistic, always gay, always inventive, against poverty, against desperate situations - and that's when Judy is at her best.
20	[on Alfred Hitchcock] You can see from the way he uses actors that he sees them as animated props. He casts his films very, very carefully and he knows perfectly well in advance that all the actors that he chooses are perfectly capable of playing the parts he gives them, without any special directorial effort on his part. He gets some sort of a charge out of directing the leading ladies, I think, but that's something else.
21	Having been fascinated by the Alan Ladd phenomenon, I now had the opportunity to study it at close quarters. It turned out that he had the exquisite coordination and rhythm of an athlete, which made it a pleasure to watch him when he was being at all physical.
22	[on Joseph L. Mankiewicz] A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950) were marvelous films. I thought that the last good film he made was 5 Fingers (1952), because personally I have not seen a Mankiewicz film that appeared to be well-directed since then. For instance, Cleopatra (1963) was a hideous film but nevertheless you could see that it had some good, well-written scenes and the director had not served the writer well.
23	I purposely would not go and see the old version of Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). They told me my part was played by Claude Rains, for whom I have an infinite admiration, and I knew I would never be as good as him.
24	[on Sir Carol Reed] He was always a director who got as much out of actors as could possibly be gotten. And he could stage individual scenes as well as they could possibly be staged. If he had a weakness, which I admit he has, it was that he didn't have a sufficiently keen story sense.
25	[1970 comment on Jean Renoir] He's my style. Renoir's good for actors. Renoir obviously loves actors and understands actors, and La Grande Illusion (1937), which I saw recently, is so modern that it could have been made this year - the acting and the staging of it are absolutely modern and true.
26	[on not showing up at the 27th Academy Awards, even though he had been nominated as Best Actor for A Star Is Born (1954) and had agreed to go] The Oscar show is always a little better when things go wrong, so I had no need to feel guilty about letting them down.
27	I'm a character actor: the public never knows what it's getting by way of a Mason performance from one film to the next. I therefore represent a thoroughly insecure investment.
28	How do I wish to be remembered, if at all? I think perhaps just as a fairly desirable sort of character actor.
29	[From Bill Fairchild] In a noisy world, he spoke quietly and, yet, his voice will be remembered by millions who never knew him.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Performed the role of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in two films. First in 1951 with "The Desert Fox" and followed in 1953 with "The Desert Rats".
2	Reportedly, he once saved the life of Max Bygraves' son Patrick. Max Bygraves and his son were at a party at Judy Garland's house. Patrick fell into the pool and Max didn't notice. James Mason did and, fully clothed, he jumped into the water and pulled Patrick out.
3	Mason admitted to journalists that he had only taken a part in Mandingo (1975) because he was behind with alimony payments, leading critic Roger Ebert to reply, 'surely jail would have been better'.
4	Critic Vincent Canby said about Mason: "He is, in fact, one of the very few film actors worth taking the trouble to see even when the film that encase him is so much cement".
5	Mason's daughter Portland was named for comedian Fred Allen's wife.
6	Although somehow he was never given a much-deserved knighthood, he was awarded the Golden Seal, England's most prestigious film honor.
7	Was able to do uncanny impressions of John Gielgud and Gabriel Pascal.
8	Mason and wife Pamela were cat lovers and collaborated on a book on their cats.
9	Stated that the reason he could not find a publisher for his autobiography, "Before I Forget" was because his memoir was "... too polite.".
10	Although Mason's son Morgan is a film producer, he did work in the Reagan White House.
11	The actor thought the 1937 Janet Gaynor/Fredric March version of "A Star Is Born" was superior to his and Garland's because the musical numbers detracted from the story.
12	In a January 6, 1947 "Life" magazine article Mason claimed he preferred jazz and Duke Ellington to classical music and his favorite stars were Spencer Tracy, Jean Gabin, Lena Horne, Carmen Miranda, and Veronica Lake.
13	Mason had committed to recreating his role for the TV pilot of "The Verdict," but his death caused the project to be abandoned.
14	James and Pamela Mason arrived in the U.S. in November, 1946, but he became embroiled in a legal battle with David E, Rose, who claimed the actor had agreed to form a production company with him. After eighteen months Mason eventually won the case.
15	Mason's first screen appearance in "The Private Life of Don Juan," was the last for its star, Douglas Fairbanks although the fledgling actor was replaced after several days work because he was unsuitably cast.
16	Mason insisted that all biographical information in Clive Hirschhorn's book, "The Films of James Mason," even the introductory notes. He wouldn't even allow his birth date to be used.
17	Following his death, he was interred at Corvey-Sur-Vevey Cemetery in Corvey-Sur-Vevey, Switzerland.
18	Was among the various actors in the running for the role of Hans Fallanda in the science fiction horror film Lifeforce (1985); Frank Finlay won the role.
19	Mason was set to make his screen debut in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934), Douglas Fairbanks' final film, but was replaced after four days supposedly because of unsuitable casting.
20	At Liza Minnelli's request, Mason read the eulogy at Judy Garland's funeral.
21	Mason lived with future wife Pamela Kellino and husband Roy, and even after Mason married her, Kellino continued to live with them.
22	He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
23	Reportedly, he once saved the life of Max Bygraves' son Anthony. Max Bygraves and his son Anthony were at a party at Judy Garland's house. Anthony fell into the pool and Max did not notice. James Mason did notice and, fully clothed, he jumped into the water and pulled Anthony out.
24	Grandfather of actor James Duke Mason.
25	He suffered a severe heart attack in 1959.
26	He refused to wear make-up.
27	11 years after being mentioned in Rope (1948) as making an excellent villain, he was finally cast by Alfred Hitchcock as such in North by Northwest (1959).
28	Was offered the role of Viktor Komarovsky in Doctor Zhivago (1965) by double-Oscar winning director David Lean after Marlon Brando failed to respond to director Lean's written inquiry into whether he wanted to play the role. Mason initially accepted the role. Lean decided on Mason, who was a generation older than Brando, as he did not want an actor who would overpower the character of Yuri Zhivago (specifically, to show Zhivago up as a lover of Lara, who would be played by the young Julie Christie, which the charismatic Brando might have done, shifting the sympathy of the audience). Mason eventually dropped out and Rod Steiger, who had just won the Silver Bear as Best Actor for his role as the eponymous The Pawnbroker (1964), accepted the role.
29	Eddie Izzard often uses an impression of James Mason in his stand-up comedy routines as the voice of a confused, dithering God.
30	Was rejected by fellow student Alistair Cooke for an acting role whilst at Cambridge. Cooke asked Mason what course he was studying. "Architecture", replied Mason. "Then I think you should finish your degree and forget about acting." advised Cooke, in one of his rare lapses of judgment.
31	Was the original choice to play Professor Kingsfield in The Paper Chase (1973), but had to turn down the role due to poor health. John Houseman, who had acted in only one other movie in a small role, was cast and won an Oscar.
32	Can be seen visiting the set of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) in Vivian Kubrick's TV documentary Making 'The Shining' (1980). Stanley Kubrick did not usually allow visitors to his set, but made an exception for Mason, who had memorably played Humbert Humbert for him in Lolita (1962).
33	Told Playboy magazine in the late 1970s that he hated rock 'n' roll but loved country music.
34	He was offered the role of Lawyer Crosby in the horror film The Cat and the Canary (1978). However, the gender of the role was changed to female and was played by Wendy Hiller.
35	Has starred with his wife Clarissa Kaye-Mason in the original Salem's Lot (1979). They appeared together in the film Age of Consent (1969).
36	In 1952 while remodeling his home, he discovered several reels of Buster Keaton's "lost" films (Mason had purchased Keaton's Hollywood mansion) and immediately recognized their historical significance and was responsible for their preservation.
37	Turned down the role of Hugo Drax in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979), which went to Michael Lonsdale.
38	Was scheduled to play James Bond 007 in a 1958 television adaptation of "From Russia with Love", which was ultimately never produced. Later, despite being in his 50s, Mason was a contender to play Bond in Dr. No (1962) before Sean Connery was cast.
39	Was responsible for getting an unknown actor from New Zealand his first major film role. That actor was Sam Neill.
40	Father of Morgan Mason and actress/scriptwriter Portland Mason.
41	An avowed pacifist, he refused to perform military service during World War II, a stance that caused his family to break with him for many years.
42	Had been considered for the role of Harry Lime on the television series The Third Man (1959), but Michael Rennie ended up in the role.
43	He should not be confused with the American actor Jim Mason (1889-1959), aka James Mason, who appeared in silent films, particularly Westerns in the 1920s and 1930s.

Pictures

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
East Side, West Side	1949		Brandon Bourne
The Reckless Moment	1949		Martin Donnelly
Madame Bovary	1949		Gustave Flaubert
Caught	1949		Larry Quinada
The Upturned Glass	1947		Michael Joyce
Odd Man Out	1947		Johnny McQueen
The Wicked Lady	1945		Capt. Jerry Jackson
The Seventh Veil	1945		Nicholas
They Were Sisters	1945		Geoffrey Lee
A Place of One's Own	1945		Smedhurst
Hotel Reserve	1944		Peter Vadassy
Man of Evil	1944		Lord Manderstoke
Candlelight in Algeria	1944		Alan Thurston
They Met in the Dark	1943		Richard Francis Heritage
The Man in Grey	1943		Lord Rohan
The Bells Go Down	1943		Ted Robbins
Thunder Rock	1942		Streeter
Secret Mission	1942		Raoul de Carnot
Alibi	1942		Andre Laurent
The Night Has Eyes	1942		Stephen Deremid
A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle	1942		Dr. Renwick
The Patient Vanishes	1941		Mick Cardby
The Circle	1939	TV Movie	Edward Luton
L'avare	1939	TV Movie	Valere - in love with Elise
I Met a Murderer	1939		Mark Warrow
Square Pegs	1939	TV Movie	Lead role (27th February 1939 version)
Bees on the Boat-Deck	1939	TV Movie	Robert Patch
The Moon in the Yellow River	1938	TV Movie	Darrell Blake
Cyrano de Bergerac	1938	TV Movie	Christian de Neuvillette
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel	1937		Jean Tallien
Catch As Catch Can	1937		Robert Leyland
The High Command	1937		Capt. Heverell
Fire Over England	1937		Hillary Vane
The Mill on the Floss	1936		Tom Tulliver
The Secret of Stamboul	1936		Larry
Blind Man's Bluff	1936		Stephen Neville
Troubled Waters	1936		John Merriman
Prison Breaker	1936		'Bunny' Barnes
Twice Branded	1936		Henry Hamilton
Late Extra	1935		Jim Martin
The Assisi Underground	1985		Bishop Nicolini
A.D.	1985	TV Mini-Series	Tiberius
The Shooting Party	1985		Sir Randolph Nettleby
Dr. Fischer of Geneva	1984	TV Movie	Dr. Fischer
George Washington	1984	TV Mini-Series	General Braddock
Alexandre	1983		The Father
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art	1983	TV Movie	Demon
Yellowbeard	1983		Captain Hughes
Socrates	1982		Socrates
The Verdict	1982		Ed Concannon
A Dangerous Summer	1982		George Engels
Ivanhoe	1982	TV Movie	Isaac of York
Evil Under the Sun	1982		Odell Gardener
The Search for Alexander the Great	1981	TV Mini-Series	Narrator
ffolkes	1980		Admiral Brinsden
Salem's Lot	1979	TV Movie	Richard K. Straker
Bloodline	1979		Sir Alec Nichols
The Passage	1979		Prof. John Bergson
Murder by Decree	1979		Dr. John H. Watson
The Boys from Brazil	1978		Eduard Seibert
Hot Stuff	1978		Prosecutor
Heaven Can Wait	1978		Mr. Jordan
The Water Babies	1978		Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
Jesus of Nazareth	1977	TV Mini-Series	Joseph of Arimathea
Cross of Iron	1977		Oberst (Col.) Brandt
Voyage of the Damned	1976		Dr. Juan Remos
Alle origini della mafia	1976	TV Mini-Series	Vianisi
The Flower in His Mouth	1975		Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
Inside Out	1975		Ernst Furben
Autobiography of a Princess	1975		Cyril Sahib
La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere!	1975		Senator Leandri
Kidnap Syndicate	1975		Filippini
Mandingo	1975		Warren Maxwell
Great Expectations	1974	TV Movie	Magwitch
The Destructors	1974		Jacques Brizard
11 Harrowhouse	1974		Charles D. Watts
Frankenstein: The True Story	1973	TV Movie	Dr. John Polidori
The MacKintosh Man	1973		Sir George Wheeler
The Last of Sheila	1973		Philip
John Keats: His Life and Death	1973		Narrator (voice)
Child's Play	1972		Jerome Malley
Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!	1971		Alan Hamilton
Bad Man's River	1971		Francisco Paco Montero
The Search for the Nile	1971	TV Mini-Series	Narrator
Appointment with Destiny	1971	TV Series	Narrator
Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo	1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go	1970		Y.Y. Go
Cold Sweat	1970		Captain Ross
Spring and Port Wine	1970		Rafe Crompton
Age of Consent	1969		Bradley Morahan
The Sea Gull	1968		Trigorin
Mayerling	1968		Emperor Franz-Josef
Duffy	1968		Charles Calvert
Cop-Out	1967		John Sawyer
ITV Play of the Week	1966	TV Series	Bernard Sholto
The Deadly Affair	1966		Charles Dobbs
ABC Stage 67	1966	TV Series	Otto Hoffman
The Blue Max	1966		General Count von Klugermann
Georgy Girl	1966		James Leamington
The Doctor and the Devil	1965
Dr. Kildare	1965	TV Series	Dr. Maxwell Becker
The Uninhibited	1965		Pascal Regnier
Genghis Khan	1965		Kam Ling
Lord Jim	1965		Gentleman Brown
ITV Sunday Night Drama	1965	TV Series	Torquil Callander
The Pumpkin Eater	1964		Bob Conway
The Fall of the Roman Empire	1964		Timonides
Torpedo Bay	1963		Captain Blayne
Stoney Burke	1962	TV Series	The Derelict
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	1962	TV Series	Warren Barrow
Hero's Island	1962		Jacob Weber
Tiara Tahiti	1962		Capt. Brett Aimsley
Lolita	1962		Prof. Humbert Humbert
Escape from Zahrain	1962		Johnson (uncredited)
Theatre '62	1962	TV Series	Maxim de Winter
Golden Showcase	1962	TV Series	Sourab
The Marriage-Go-Round	1961		Paul Delville
John Brown's Raid	1960	TV Movie	John Brown
The Trials of Oscar Wilde	1960		Sir Edward Carson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson	1960	TV Series	Henry Chambers
Playhouse 90	1957-1960	TV Series	Hans Frick / John Brown / Hesketh / ...
A Touch of Larceny	1960		Cmdr. Max Easton
Journey to the Center of the Earth	1959		Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
North by Northwest	1959		Phillip Vandamm
Goodyear Theatre	1959	TV Series	Marius
The Decks Ran Red	1958		Capt. Edwin Rummill
Cry Terror!	1958		Jim Molner
Schlitz Playhouse	1958	TV Series	Captain Vialez
General Electric Theater	1957	TV Series	Wayne Sebastian
Island in the Sun	1957		Maxwell Fleury
Panic!	1957	TV Series	Father
The James Mason Show	1956	TV Series	Host / Performer
Bigger Than Life	1956		Ed Avery
General Electric Summer Originals	1956	TV Series
Forever, Darling	1956		The Guardian Angel
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	1954		Captain Nemo
A Star Is Born	1954		Norman Maine
Charade	1954		The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
Prince Valiant	1954		Sir Brack
The Tell-Tale Heart	1953/I	Short	Narrator (voice)
The Man Between	1953		Ivo Kern
Julius Caesar	1953		Brutus
The Desert Rats	1953		Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
The Story of Three Loves	1953		Charles Coutray (segment "The Jealous Lover")
Omnibus	1953	TV Series	Napoleon
Botany Bay	1952		Capt. Paul Gilbert
The Prisoner of Zenda	1952		Rupert of Hentzau
Face to Face	1952		The Captain ('The Secret Sharer')
5 Fingers	1952		Ulysses Diello
Lady Possessed	1952		Jimmy Del Palma
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel	1951		Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman	1951		Hendrik van der Zee
One Way Street	1950		Dr. Frank Matson

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Age of Consent	1969	producer
Hero's Island	1962	producer
Bigger Than Life	1956	producer
General Electric Summer Originals	1956	TV Series producer - 1 episode
Charade	1954	producer
Lady Possessed	1952	producer
The Upturned Glass	1947	producer

Writer

Title	Year	Status
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre	1958	TV Series story - 1 episode
Bigger Than Life	1956	uncredited
Charade	1954	writer
Lady Possessed	1952	screenplay
I Met a Murderer	1939	scenario / story

Director

Title	Year	Status
Rome in Madrid	1964	Documentary short
Telephone Time	1957	TV Series 1 episode
The Child	1954	Short

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Passion & Poetry: Sam's War	2011	Video documentary in memory of

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Group Madness	1983	Documentary	Himself
Cadence 3	1983	TV Series	Himself
The 55th Annual Academy Awards	1983	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston	1983	TV Special	Himself
Unknown Chaplin	1983	TV Mini-Series documentary	Narrator / Himself - Narrator
Night of 100 Stars	1982	TV Special	Himself
The Making of 'The Verdict'	1982	Video documentary short	Himself
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'	1982	TV Short documentary	Himself / Odell Gardener
Les nouveaux rendez-vous	1980	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood	1980	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself - Narrator
Making 'The Shining'	1980	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 1979	1979	TV Special
Stars on Sunday	1970-1979	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Good Morning America	1979	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1965-1977	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love	1977	Documentary	Narrator (English version, voice)
Arena	1977	TV Series documentary	Himself
People of the Wind	1976	Documentary	Jafar Qoli (voice)
The Year of the Wildebeest	1975	Documentary	Narrator
V.I.P.-Schaukel	1975	TV Series documentary	Himself - Guest
Collector's World	1972	TV Series	Himself
Parkinson	1972	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Home James	1972	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Sea in Your Future	1971	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Dick Cavett Show	1968-1971	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Virginia Graham Show	1971	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Blood, Sweat and Tears	1971	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Narrator
NET Festival	1970	TV Series documentary	Narrator
Gala de l'union	1970	TV Series	Himself
Della	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself - Actor / Himself
The David Frost Show	1969	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The London Nobody Knows	1969	Documentary	Himself - Guide / Narrator
In Search of Rembrandt	1969	TV Movie documentary
Vienna: The Years Remembered	1968	Documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
The Legend of Silent Night	1968	TV Movie documentary	Franz Gruber
The World About Us	1968	TV Series documentary	Himself - Narrator
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Eamonn Andrews Show	1967	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Studio of the Stars: The Elstree Story	1967	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Narrator
Apropos Film	1967	TV Series documentary	Himself
A Bob Hope Comedy Special	1966	TV Special	Himself
Gala de l'Unicef	1966	TV Series	Himself
The Look of the Week	1966	TV Series	Himself - Interviewee
What's My Line?	1951-1966	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist
Password All-Stars	1962-1965	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Celebrity Contestant
Lena	1964	TV Movie	Himself
This Is Your Life	1963	TV Series documentary	Himself
The River Nile	1962	TV Movie	Himself - Narrator
Here's Hollywood	1961	TV Series	Himself
About Faces	1960	TV Series	Himself
The Linkletter Show	1960	TV Series	Himself
Person to Person	1959	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1958	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Playhouse 90	1957	TV Series	Himself
Today	1956	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	1956	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Bob Hope Show	1955	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show	1951-1955	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Schlitz Playhouse	1954-1955	TV Series	Himself - Host
Lux Video Theatre	1954-1955	TV Series	Himself - Host
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1954	TV Series	Himself
All Star Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself
The Frank Sinatra Show	1952	TV Series	Himself - Guest

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
4th Indie Fest of YouTube Videos 2016	2016	TV Movie	Prof. Humbert Humbert
Inside Edition	2015	TV Series documentary	Prof. Humbert Humbert
Max & James & Danielle	2015	Documentary short	Himself
The Many Faces of...	2013	TV Series documentary	Bradley Morahan
Room 237	2012/I	Documentary	Prof. Humbert Humbert (uncredited)
Passion & Poetry: Sam's War	2011	Video documentary	Himself
A Star Is Born: Special Features	2010	Video
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers	2009	TV Movie documentary
Down-Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor	2009	Video documentary short	Bradley Morahan
Helen Mirren a Conversation with Cora	2009	Video documentary short	Bradley Morahan
Martin Scorsese on Age of Consent	2009	Video documentary short	Bradley Morahan
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics	2008	TV Movie documentary	Captain Nemo
George W. Bush Battles Jesus Christ	2008	Short	Joseph of Arimathea
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!	2008	Documentary	Himself
Spisok korabley	2008	Documentary
Corazón de...	2006	TV Series
A Dangerous Summer Rekindled	2006	Video
The Agatha Christie Code	2005	TV Movie documentary	Odell Gardener
The Fabulous Fox	2004	TV Movie documentary	Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea'	2003	Video documentary	Himself
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond	2000	TV Short documentary	Himself
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years	2000	TV Movie documentary	Ed Concannon
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1	1999	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Charlie Rose	1999	TV Series	Prof. Humbert Humbert
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory	1998	TV Movie documentary uncredited
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years	1997	TV Movie documentary	Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook (uncredited)
The Celluloid Heroes	1995	TV Movie	Himself
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	1995	TV Movie documentary	Prof. Humbert Humbert, 'Lolita' (uncredited)
Arena	1995	TV Series documentary	Himself
Great Performances	1988	TV Series	Brutus
La nuit des Césars	1985	TV Series documentary	Himself - In Memoriam
The Golden Gong	1985	TV Movie documentary
Cinéma cinémas	1984	TV Series documentary	Himself
TV's Funniest Game Show Moments	1984	TV Special	Himself
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972	1980	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Clapper Board	1979	TV Series	Mr. Grimes
Bob Hope's World of Comedy	1976	TV Movie	Himself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1976	TV Series	Captain Nemo
Film Preview	1966	TV Series	Dr. Renwick
Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase	1965	Documentary short
The Ed Sullivan Show	1954	TV Series	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1986	ALFS Award	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Actor of the Year	The Shooting Party (1985)
1978	Special Award	Evening Standard British Film Awards
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 8 February 1960. At 6821 Hollywood Blvd.
1955	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy	A Star Is Born (1954)
1953	NBR Award	National Board of Review, USA	Best Actor	Face to Face (1952)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1983	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Verdict (1982)
1983	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture	The Verdict (1982)
1980	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Murder by Decree (1979)
1979	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Heaven Can Wait (1978)
1968	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best British Actor	The Deadly Affair (1966)
1967	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Georgy Girl (1966)
1963	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama	Lolita (1962)
1963	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best British Actor	Lolita (1962)
1955	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	A Star Is Born (1954)

2^nd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1982	LAFCA Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Verdict (1982)
1954	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actor	A Star Is Born (1954)