Known for:	North by Northwest, Lolita, Heaven Can Wait
Birth name:	James Neville Mason
Birthday:	15 May 1909, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Height:	5' 11½" (1.82 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. 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 Twenties and Thirties. An avowed pacifist, he refused to perform military service during the Second World War, a stance that caused his family to break with him for many years. Was responsible for getting an unknown actor from New Zealand his first major film role. That actor was Sam Neill . Turned down the role of Hugo Drax in the 1979 Bond film Moonraker (1979) . Starred with his wife Clarissa Kaye-Mason in the original Salem's Lot (1979) (TV). They appeared together in the film, Age of Consent (1969). Told "Playboy Magazine" in the late 1970s that he hated rock n' roll but loved country music. 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 bit part, was cast and won an Oscar. Eddie Izzard often uses an impression of James Mason in his stand-up comedy routines as the voice of a confused, dithering God. 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). He suffered a severe heart attack in 1959.

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