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Actor Born: May 15, 1909 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Death: July 27, 1984 in Lausanne, Switzerland Biography:Lending his mellifluous voice and regal mien to more than 100 films, British actor James Mason built a long career playing assorted villains, military men, and rather dubious romantic leads. Though the quality of his films ranged from the superb A Star Is Born (1954) and The Reckless Moment (1949) to the ultra-trashy Bloodline (1979), Mason always left an indelible impression, whether he was finding the pathos in Lolita's tragically loathsome Humbert Humbert or playing the debonair criminal in North by Northwest (1959). His talent undimmed by age, Mason earned his third Oscar nomination for The Verdict (1982) less than two years before he died in 1984.
Born the son of a wool merchant in the British mill town of Huddersfield, Mason excelled in school and earned a degree in architecture from Cambridge in 1931. Having acted in several school plays, however, he thought he had a better shot at earning a... Full Biography
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