James Mason(1909-1984)

James Mason was born in Huddersfield and had a film career spanning over 50 years, during which he appeared in over 100 films in England and America, but never won an Oscar. Whatever role he played, from the wounded Belfast gunman in Odd Man Out, to Rommel in The Desert Fox, his creamy velvet voice was his trademark. Like Charlie Chaplin, James left the screen to spend his later life living in Switzerland. His first marriage had been to Pamela Kellino, a Yorkshire mill owner's daughter, and his second to Australian actress Clarissa Kaye.