Claude Rains

Known for

Acting

Born

November 10, 1889

Birthplace

Clapham, London, England, UK

Died

May 30, 1967 (aged 77)

Biography

Claude Rains (November 10, 1889 – May 30, 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 47 years; he later held American citizenship. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the title role in The Invisible Man (1933), a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942).

Rains was born William Claude Rains in Camberwell, London on November 10, 1889. He grew up, according to his daughter, with "a very serious cockney accent and a speech impediment". His father was British stage actor Frederick Rains, and the young Rains made his stage debut at 11 in Nell of Old Drury.

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Best known work

Casablanca

1943

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

Notorious

1946

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

The Invisible Man

1933

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

The Wolf Man

1941

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Now, Voyager

1942

Phantom of the Opera

1943

Filmography

2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
as Erique Claudin (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Halloween Monster Bash
as Maximus (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as King Herod
1963
Twilight of Honor
as Art Harper
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
as Mr. Dryden
1962
Sam BenedictTV
1961
Battle of the Worlds
as Professor Benson
1961
Dr. KildareTV
as Edward Fredericks (1 episode)
1960
The Lost World
as Prof. George Edward Challenger
1959
This Earth Is Mine
as Philippe Rambeau
1959
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Judge Dan Haywood
1959
RawhideTV
as Alexander Longford (1 episode)
1958
Naked CityTV
as John Winfield Weston (1 episode)
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Mayor of Hamelin
1957
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Brink
1956
Playhouse 90TV
as Judge Dan Haywood (1 episode)
1956
Lisbon
as Aristides Mavros
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
as John Fabian (1 episode), as Charles Gresham (1 episode), as Andrew Thurgood (1 episode), as Father Amion (1 episode), as Leonard Eldridge (1 episode)