Claude 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).

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
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(m. 1913; div. 1915)​
    Marie Hemingway
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    (m. 1920; div. 1920)​
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      (m. 1924; div. 1935)​
        Frances Propper
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        (m. 1935; div. 1956)​
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          (m. 1959; div. 1960)​
            Rosemary Clark Schrode
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            (m. 1960; died 1964)​
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            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.

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