Claude Rains
British actor (1889-1967) · United Kingdom · Actors · Died at 77
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Something wrong?He made his American film debut invisible - literally, as the bandaged scientist in The Invisible Man - then spent three decades as the screen's most elegant villain and the sharpest voice in the room, stealing Casablanca and a dozen other pictures without ever quite becoming the star.
A life in dates
The Greatest Story Ever ToldFilm, King Herod1962
Sam BenedictSeries1961
Dr. KildareSeries, Edward Fredericks
Battle of the WorldsFilm, 1961Professor Benson1959
RawhideSeries, Alexander Longford1958
Naked CitySeries, John Winfield Weston1957
The Pied Piper of HamelinFilm, Mayor of Hamelin1956
Playhouse 90Series, Judge Dan Haywood1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, John Fabian1952
The Man Who Watched Trains Go ByFilm, Kees Popinga1951Tony Award for Best Actor in a PlayAward
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, 1951Mr. Brink1950
The White TowerFilm, Paul Delambre1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
The UnsuspectedFilm, Victor Grandison1945
Caesar and CleopatraFilm, Julius Caesar1944
Mr. SkeffingtonFilm, Job Skeffington1942
Kings RowFilm, Alexander Tower1940
The Sea HawkFilm, Don José Alvarez de Cordoba1938
Four DaughtersFilm, Adam Lemp1937
The Prince and the PauperFilm, Earl of Hertford1935
ScroogeFilm, Jacob Marley (voice) (uncredited)1933
The Invisible ManFilm, Dr. Jack Griffin1889Born10 November 1889Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
TTThe Greatest Story Ever Told
LALawrence of ArabiaBWBattle of the Worlds
TWThe Lost WorldTHThe Pied Piper of HamelinTBThe Man Who Watched Trains Go By
SCSealed Cargo
WLWhere Danger LivesTTThe White Tower
TFThe Passionate Friends
RSRope of SandTUThe Unsuspected
NONotorious
ASAngel on My Shoulder
DEDeceptionCCCaesar and CleopatraMSMr. Skeffington
PMPassage to Marseille
CACasablanca
POPhantom of the Opera
FDForever and a Day
NVNow, Voyager
MOMoontideKRKings Row
TMThe Wolf Man
HJHere Comes Mr. JordanTHThe Sea Hawk
MWMr. Smith Goes to Washington
TCThey Made Me a Criminal
JUJuarez
THThe Adventures of Robin HoodFDFour DaughtersTPThe Prince and the Pauper
TFThey Won't Forget
AAAnthony AdverseSCScrooge
TCThe Clairvoyant
TDThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
CPCrime Without PassionTMThe Invisible Man90 credits on file
Television 8
SBSam BenedictDKDr. KildareRARawhideNCNaked CityPLPlayhouse 90APAlfred Hitchcock PresentsHFHallmark Hall of FameTSThe Ed Sullivan ShowAwards
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The son of a stage actor, Rains started in London theater in the 1900s and rose to teach at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts before crossing to Broadway in the late 1920s. His film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933) launched a run through the Golden Age: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Wolf Man, Casablanca, Kings Row, Phantom of the Opera, Notorious. Four times nominated for Best Supporting Actor, he never won the Oscar but took a Tony in 1951 for Darkness at Noon. He kept working into the 1960s - Mr. Dryden in Lawrence of Arabia, a final turn in The Greatest Story Ever Told - and left colleagues like Bette Davis calling him one of the best they ever worked with.
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