- Some film historians claim he was a nephew of stage actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928). Other sources claim he was a nephew of Edward Terry (also known as Edward O'Connor Terry). Edward's first wife was Ellen Terry née Deitz (1848-1897).
- He authored some plays with his wife, Daisy Fisher, a novelist and playwright.
- He directed and produced Flight from Folly (1945). Afterwards he moved into producing.
- Three films he directed (Dr. O'Dowd (1940), It's in the Bag (1944) and Flight from Folly (1945)) are included on the "BFI 75 Most Wanted" list.
- Some of his films introduced rising stars to the screen: Megs Jenkins in Continental Express (1939), Peggy Cummins and Shaun Glenville in Dr. O'Dowd (1940), Vera Frances in Back-Room Boy (1942) and Pat Kirkwood in Flight from Folly (1945). I Was a Spy (1933) in which he was an assistant director introduced Martita Hunt. Evergreen (1934) in which he was unit manager was the first feature of Mona Washbourne, Rita Grant and Christine Lindsay. Anna Karenina (1948) in which he was associate producer was the film debut for Barbara Murray, Maxine Audley and Michael Gough. Edge of Divorce (1953), Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) and John and Julie (1955) which he produced were the film debuts for Barbara Hicks, Lita Roza and Valerie Buckley respectively.
- His wife Daisy Fisher wrote the story for Things Are Looking Up (1935) which he worked on as an associate producer. It was the film debut for Gone with the Wind (1939) actress Vivien Leigh who had an uncredited role as a schoolgirl extra.
- He was awarded the Military Cross for service in the First World War. I Was a Spy (1933) is set in the First World War.
- Father of BBC radio producer, Michael Mason (born 4 December 1924) .
- His great-granddaughter Helena played a violin player extra in An Education (2009).
- He acted on stage and worked in theatre before moving into film-making.
- One of the films he produced starred Eddie Byrne who later played a role in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
- Uncle (by marriage) of camera operator and camera assistant Gerry Massy-Collier. Massy-Collier was camera assistant in Lady in Distress (1940).
- He directed two films starring George Arliss before Arliss retired.
- He acted on stage with several actors: Felix Aylmer, Jack Hulbert, Herbert Mundin and Beatrice Lillie.
- His son, Michael produced many programs for BBC Radio 4 including the 26-part series, "The Long March of Everyman".
- He staged "London Calling!" - Noël Coward's first musical revue to be produced in the West End. It opened at the Duke of York's Theatre on 4 September 1923 - running for 367 performances.
- On 9 September 1916, he commanded the 59th Company Machine Gun Corps during the Battle of Ginchy which took place during the Battle of the Somme. Following the Battle of Ginchy, a German machine gun was captured as a trophy. In 2016, a century after the Battle of the Somme, a photograph of officers (including Herbert Mason) and sergeants (following the Battle of Ginchy) was published in Matthew Richardson's "Eyewitness on the Somme 1916".
- Known to some people as 'Werb'.
- He served in the Royal Warwickshire regiment with Michael Balcon's brother.
- During his lifetime there was an identically named photographer (1903-1964) who took the photograph, "St Paul's Survives" in 1940 and worked for the Daily Mail. They were not related and there has been a misconception that they are the same person. The photographer was born in a different year at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and his father Walter ran a photography business. "Herbert" was the photographer's first given name and the film director's third given name. The photographer was also known as Herbert A. Mason. The film director's full name was Samuel George Herbert Mason but was known professionally as Herbert Mason. His father Samuel George ran a different business.
- He produced two films which Lewis Gilbert (director of three James Bond films) directed.
- Flight from Folly (1945) (his last directorial credit) was the last film made at Warners' Teddington Studios before it was bombed on July 5, 1944. The film had been in production at the time of the bombing and was finished in the studio's garage.
- His great-grandson John played John Duddy in Shepherd's Bush Murders (2016) and Tall Customer in The Outfit (2022).
- He produced John and Julie (1955) which was released two years after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
- He watched the assembled film of I Was a Spy (1933) with director Victor Saville. Afterwards, Saville was devastated however, Mason reassured him it was his best film to date.
- Stage manager at the Palace Theatre and the Gaiety Theatre.
- Stage actor and stage manager before and after the First World War. Theatre director after the First World War, film director before and during the Second World War and film producer afterwards.
- Felix Aylmer, Herbert Marshall, Michael Redgrave, Charles Goldner, The Railway Children (1970) actor William Mervyn and Thora Hird had roles in a play by Daisy Fisher and a film directed/produced by Mason. Goldner and Mervyn starred in Fisher and Mason's 'Lend Me Robin' (1948) at The Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage.
- Two films in which he was an associate producer starred Vivien Leigh: Things Are Looking Up (1935) and Anna Karenina (1948).
- He worked with Jack Hulbert several times in theatre long before directing the musical comedy Take My Tip (1937). They acted in "Pot Luck!". Hulbert and Mason also worked as choreographer and stage director respectively for "Pot Luck!" and "Snap".
- Felix Aylmer and Mason acted in "The Critic" and "The Christmas Party" at Birmingham Repertory Theatre between 1913 and 1914. Aylmer appeared in three films Mason directed: Dr. O'Dowd (1940), The Briggs Family (1940) and Once a Crook (1941).
- Painted a self-portrait (as a Pierrot) in the trenches before the Battle of the Somme.
- Member of the Compton Comedy Company and Frank R. Benson's company.
- Great-nephew of actor and theatre owner Edward O'Connor Terry (also known as Edward Terry).
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