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James Mason

GWA/ James Mason/ UNHCR/ V. Armamo/ 1982

About James

James Mason began his acting career while at Cambridge University studying architecture. He built up a reputation in the United Kingdom, before moving to Hollywood and becoming a big star in classics such as “The Desert Fox,” “Lolita,” “North by Northwest,” “A Star is Born,” and many more. Mason, who lived in Switzerland in his later years and died there, became a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in the 1980s.