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]
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^McFarlane, Brian. "Rains, Claude (1889-1967)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2015. From McFarlane's Encyclopedia of British Film. London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.545
William ClaudeRains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film...
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feature film talkie adaptation. Phantom of the Opera (1943): Featuring ClaudeRains as the Phantom and the singer Susanna Foster as Christine. This film...
which named her professor emeritus in 1974. She was married to actor ClaudeRains from 1959 to 1960. Jambor died of cancer at Gilchrist Center of Greater...
Stevens, with an ensemble cast, it features the final film performances of ClaudeRains and Joseph Schildkraut. The Greatest Story Ever Told originated as a...