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Claude Rains
Acting

Claude Rains
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-11-10,Clapham, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Claude Rains 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, perhaps his most famous performance, 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. His acting talents were recognised by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, founder of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Tree paid for the elocution lessons Rains needed in order to succeed as an actor. Later, Rains taught at the institution, teaching John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, among others. Rains served in the First World War in the London Scottish Regiment, with fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Herbert Marshall. Rains was involved in a gas attack that left him nearly blind in one eye for the rest of his life. However, the war did aid his social advancement and, by its end, he had risen from the rank of Private to Captain. Rains began his career in the London theatre, having a success in the title role of John Drinkwater's play Ulysses S. Grant, the follow-up to the playwright's major hit Abraham Lincoln, and traveled to Broadway in the late 1920s to act in leading roles in such plays as Shaw's The Apple Cart and in the dramatizations of The Constant Nymph, and Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth, as a Chinese farmer. Rains came relatively late to film acting and his first screen test was a failure, but his distinctive voice won him the title role in James Whale's The Invisible Man (1933) when someone accidentally overheard his screen test being played in the next room. Rains later credited director Michael Curtiz with teaching him the more understated requirements of film acting, or "what not to do in front of a camera".

Filmography

8.139

Casablanca
1943-01-15

7.726

Notorious
1946-08-21

Lawrence of Arabia

7.997

Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.8

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19

The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.48

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13

5.8

The Lost World
1960-07-13

The Invisible Man

7.52

The Invisible Man
1933-10-31

Where Danger Lives

6.4

Where Danger Lives
1950-11-16

Caesar and Cleopatra

6.2

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945-12-11

Angel on My Shoulder

6.5

Angel on My Shoulder
1946-09-20

Battle of the Worlds

4.595

Battle of the Worlds
1961-10-30

6.7

Deception
1946-10-26

They Made Me a Criminal

6.321

They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21

7.4

Now, Voyager
1942-10-22

7.2

The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10

The Horror Show

3.8

The Horror Show
1979-02-06

Crime Without Passion

5.923

Crime Without Passion
1934-08-30

7.025

The Wolf Man
1941-12-09

The Unsuspected

6.667

The Unsuspected
1947-10-11

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

6.667

The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936-04-15

6.4

Moontide
1942-05-29

The Prince and the Pauper

6.8

The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30

Mr. Skeffington

6.8

Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

5.875

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1952-12-01

Forever and a Day

7.5

Forever and a Day
1943-01-21

5.794

Rope of Sand
1949-08-03

Anthony Adverse

5.764

Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26

Phantom of the Opera

6.2

Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12

Build Thy House

7

Build Thy House
1920-10-01

The Clairvoyant

6.025

The Clairvoyant
1935-06-07

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

7.016

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07

6.594

Four Daughters
1938-08-09

Passage to Marseille

6.591

Passage to Marseille
1944-03-11

They Won't Forget

5.894

They Won't Forget
1937-07-14

The Passionate Friends

6.9

The Passionate Friends
1949-01-26

Breakdowns of 1941

7

Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

7

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25

7.33

Kings Row
1942-02-02

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

5.875

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935-02-04

The White Tower

5.625

The White Tower
1950-06-24

The Last Outpost

6.222

The Last Outpost
1935-10-11

6.5

Juarez
1939-06-10

Lady with Red Hair

6.857

Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30

6.143

White Banners
1938-06-23

5.5

Four Wives
1939-12-22

Strange Holiday

6.833

Strange Holiday
1945-10-19

This Earth Is Mine

6.563

This Earth Is Mine
1959-07-08

Daughters Courageous

6.3

Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23

6.833

Four Mothers
1941-01-04

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

6

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934-12-24

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

5.611

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957-11-26

Saturday's Children

6.9

Saturday's Children
1940-05-04

Twilight of Honor

6.5

Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13

5.5

Hearts Divided
1936-06-20

6.375

Stolen Holiday
1937-02-06

6.543

Sealed Cargo
1951-05-19

This Love of Ours

6

This Love of Ours
1945-11-02

Gold Is Where You Find It

6.95

Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12

6.417

Lisbon
1956-08-17

Sons of Liberty

6.333

Sons of Liberty
1939-05-20

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

5.5

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013-01-29

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

8

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
2000-01-01

Song of Surrender

7

Song of Surrender
1949-10-27

Breakdowns of 1936

0

Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30

Breakdowns of 1937

6

Breakdowns of 1937
1937-12-31

Blow-Ups of 1946

6

Blow-Ups of 1946
1946-12-31

Breakdowns of 1938

5.75

Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

6.7

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996-04-06

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13

6.085

Scrooge
1935-11-26

On Borrowed Time

0

On Borrowed Time
1957-11-17

Breakdowns of 1942

6

Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

9

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007-05-16

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

7.25

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999-01-01

Judgment at Nuremberg

6

Judgment at Nuremberg
1959-04-16

7.667

The Wolfman
1966-02-04

Halloween Monster Bash

0

Halloween Monster Bash
1991-10-27

5.667

Naked City
1958-09-30

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

6.667

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

7.625

Playhouse 90
1956-10-04

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24