Claude Rains

Personal Info

Birthday

November 9, 1889

Day of Death

1967-05-30

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Clapham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

William Claude Rains

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Claude Rains

Biography

Claude Rains (9 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) 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".

Known For

Dr. Kildare

Rawhide

Naked City

Playhouse 90

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Svengoolie

Casablanca

Lawrence of Arabia

Filmography

2023
The Dark Universe
as El hombre invisible (archivo de imagen)
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
as Erique Claudin (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as King Herod
1963
Twilight of Honor
as Art Harper
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
as Mr. Dryden
1961
Battle of the Worlds
as Professor Benson
1960
The Lost World
as Prof. George Edward Challenger
1959
This Earth Is Mine
as Philippe Rambeau
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Judge Dan Haywood
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Mayor of Hamelin
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Brink
1956
Lisbon
as Aristides Mavros
1952
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
as Kees Popinga
1951
Sealed Cargo
as Capt. Henrik Skalder
1950
Where Danger Lives
as Frederick Lannington
The White Tower
as Paul Delambre
1949
Song of Surrender
as Elisha Hunt
Rope of Sand
as Arthur 'Fred' Martingale
The Passionate Friends
as Howard Justin
1947
The Unsuspected
as Victor Grandison
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
Deception
as Alexander Hollenius
Angel on My Shoulder
as Nick
Notorious
as Alexander Sebastian
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Julius Caesar
This Love of Ours
as Joseph Targel
Strange Holiday
as John Stevenson
1944
Mr. Skeffington
as Job Skeffington
Passage to Marseille
as Captain Freycinet
1943
Phantom of the Opera
as Erique Claudin
Forever and a Day
as Ambrose Pomfret
Casablanca
as Captain Louis Renault
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Now, Voyager
as Dr. Jaquith
Moontide
as Nutsy
Kings Row
as Alexander Tower
1941
The Wolf Man
as Sir John Talbot
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Mr. Jordan
Four Mothers
as Adam Lemp
1940
Lady with Red Hair
as David Belasco
The Sea Hawk
as Don José Alvarez de Cordoba
Saturday's Children
as Mr. Henry Halevy
1939
Four Wives
as Adam Lemp
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Joseph Paine
Daughters Courageous
as Jim Masters
Juarez
as Emperor Louis Napoleon III
Sons of Liberty
as Haym Salomon
They Made Me a Criminal
as Det. Monty Phelan
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Claude Rains (archive footage) (uncredited)
Four Daughters
as Adam Lemp
White Banners
as Paul Ward
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Colonel Ferris
1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
They Won't Forget
as District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
The Prince and the Pauper
as Earl of Hertford
Stolen Holiday
as Stefan Orloff
1936
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
Anthony Adverse
as Marquis Don Luis
Hearts Divided
as Napoleon Bonaparte
1935
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Outpost
as John Stevenson
The Clairvoyant
as Maximus
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as John Jasper
1934
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as Paul Verin
Crime Without Passion
as Lee Gentry
1933
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Jack Griffin
1920
Build Thy House
as Clarkis