Claude Rains
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Horror Show
1979
The Wolfman
1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Twilight of Honor
1963
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
Battle of the Worlds
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Lost World
1960
This Earth Is Mine
1959
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
Rawhide
1959
Naked City
1958
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time
1957
Playhouse 90
1956
Lisbon
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Sealed Cargo
1951
Where Danger Lives
1950
The White Tower
1950
Song of Surrender
1949
Rope of Sand
1949
The Passionate Friends
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Unsuspected
1947
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
Deception
1946
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
Notorious
1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
This Love of Ours
1945
Strange Holiday
1945
Mr. Skeffington
1944
Passage to Marseille
1944
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Forever and a Day
1943
Casablanca
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Now, Voyager
1942
Moontide
1942
Kings Row
1942
The Wolf Man
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
Four Mothers
1941
Lady with Red Hair
1940
The Sea Hawk
1940
Saturday's Children
1940
Four Wives
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Daughters Courageous
1939
Juarez
1939
Sons of Liberty
1939
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Four Daughters
1938
White Banners
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
They Won't Forget
1937
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
Stolen Holiday
1937
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
Anthony Adverse
1936
Hearts Divided
1936
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
Scrooge
1935
The Last Outpost
1935