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Claude Rains
Rains in Now, Voyager (1942)
Born
William Claude Rains

(1889-11-10)10 November 1889
Clapham, London, England
Died30 May 1967(1967-05-30) (aged 77)
Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1900–1965
Spouses
Isabel Jeans
(m. 1913; div. 1915)
Marie Hemingway
(m. 1920; div. 1920)
Beatrix Thomson
(m. 1924; div. 1935)
Frances Propper
(m. 1935; div. 1956)
Agi Jambor
(m. 1959; div. 1960)
Rosemary Clark Schrode
(m. 1960; died 1964)
Children1
Parent
  • Fred Rains (father)

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]

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (5 March 2016). "Claude Rains". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ 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

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