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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).

For the Heroes character, see Claude (Heroes).

Claude Rains

William Claude Rains

(1889-11-10)10 November 1889
Clapham, London, England

30 May 1967(1967-05-30) (aged 77)

Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Actor

1900–1965

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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.[1][2]

List of actors with Academy Award nominations

Harmetz, Aljean (1992). (hardcover) (First ed.). Westport, CT: Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-56282-941-4.

Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of "Casablanca"

Soister, John T.; Wioskowski, JoAnna (2006). Claude Rains: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference to His Work in Film, Stage, Radio, Television and Recordings (softcover) (Reprint ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.  978-0-7864-2855-7. OCLC 41580407.

ISBN

Skal, David J. (2008). Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (hardcover) (First ed.). Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky.  978-1-7200-3837-5. JSTOR j.ctt2jcg4f.

ISBN

Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Claude Rains". The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 215–217.  978-1-7200-3837-5.

ISBN

Felice, Carmella (2006). (softcover) (First ed.). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4259-5301-0.

The Life and Times of Claude Rains

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Performances listed in Theatre Archive of the University of Bristol