Claude Rains | |
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![]() Rains in Now, Voyager (1942) | |
Born | William Claude Rains 10 November 1889 Clapham, London, England |
Died | 30 May 1967 Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S. | (aged 77)
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Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1900–1965 |
Spouses | Marie Hemingway
(m. 1920; div. 1920)Frances Propper
(m. 1935; div. 1956)Rosemary Clark Schrode
(m. 1960; died 1964) |
Children | 1 |
Father | Fred Rains |
William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933), he appeared in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Wolf Man (1941), Casablanca (1942), Kings Row (1942), Notorious (1946), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).
He was a Tony Award–winning actor and a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Rains was one of the screen's great character stars who played cultured villains.[1][2]