Actor

James Mason

English actor

1909 - 1984

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His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. James Mason is the 107th most popular actor (up from 903rd in 2024), the 241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,010th 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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James Mason is the most memorable of the 12 notable people born in Huddersfield, United Kingdom.

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James Mason's biography appears in 53 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 93% of all Actors.

May 15

James Mason shares a May 15 birthday with Pierre Curie, Claudio Monteverdi, and Klemens von Metternich.

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Among Actors

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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Contemporaries

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 In United Kingdom

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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