Claude Rains

Also known as William Claude Rains, William Rains, Claude William Rains

British actor (1889–1967)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1889
Died: 1967
Works: 2

Top works

The invisible man
Night of the auk

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Film & TV

Acting · Clapham, London, England, UK

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…

Known for

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)2013
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman — Self (archive footage)2007
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked — Erique Claudin (archive footage)2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' — Self (archive footage)1999
Ingrid Bergman Remembered — Self (archive footage)1996
Halloween Monster Bash — Maximus (archive footage)1991
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
The Horror Show — (archive footage)1979
The Wolfman — Sir John Talbot1966

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1889-11-10
Active to: 1967-05-30

Discography

Enoch Arden2015

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 334
Total plays: 3,321

CLAUDE RAINES WAS A BAND FROM ROCHESTER NY THAT MADE A RECORDING IN 1987 THAT GOT A VERY POSITIVE REVIEW IN CMJ (COLLEGE MUSIC JOURNAL). THEY PLAYED OUT A LOT BACK THEN. 2012 was THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Claude+Rains">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels
· 1993 · cited 12,002x
APE: Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R language
· 2004 · cited 10,951x
IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045
· 2022 · cited 8,832x
UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2023
· 2022 · cited 6,749x
UniProt: the universal protein knowledgebase in 2021
· 2020 · cited 6,032x

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Quotes

“God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.”

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Key facts

Born: William Claude Rains , ( 1889-11-10 ) 10 November 1889, London, England
Died: 30 May 1967 (1967-05-30) (aged 77), Laconia, New Hampshire , US
Citizenship: UK US (after 1939)
Alma mater: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1900–1965
Father: Fred Rains
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Service years: 1914–1919
Rank: Captain
Unit: London Scottish , Bedfordshire Regiment
Conflicts: First World War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Claude
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Clapham
Place of death: Laconia
Father: Fred Rains
Occupation: actor
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Employer: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: drama film
Conflict: World War I
Military branch: British Army
Image: Claude Rains 1935.jpg
Height: 169
Number of children: 1
Work location: United Kingdom

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Commons category: Claude Rains
date of birth: 1889-11-10
date of death: 1967-05-30
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Commons gallery: Claude Rains
student: Charles Laughton
start of work period: 1920-00-00
end of work period: 1966-00-00
name in native language: Claude Rains
medical condition: stuttering
cause of death: liver cirrhosis
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was a British and American character actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and is considered one of the screen's great character stars who played cultured villains during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The son of a stage actor, Rains began acting onstage in his native London in the 1900s. He became a leading thespian on the West End, and an acting teacher at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He moved to the United States in the late 1920s and became a successful Broadway star, before making his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933). He went on to play prominent roles in such big-screen productions as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Wolf Man (1941), Casablanca (1942), Kings Row (1942), Phantom of the Opera (1943) and Notorious (1946).

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