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Claude Rains (10 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". 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

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Claude Rains

Born 1889-11-10 (135 years ago) in London, England, UK. Dead 1967-05-30 (77 years).
Height 169 centimeters.

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Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (Darkness at Noon) 5th Tony Awards 1951 Mahiru no ankoku
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Notorious) 19th Academy Awards 1946 Notorious
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mr. Skeffington) 17th Academy Awards 1944 Mr. Skeffington
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Casablanca) 16th Academy Awards 1943 Casablanca
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) 12th Academy Awards 1939 Mr. Smith i Washington
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Rosemary Schrode(Gifta: 1960-08–1964-12-31) 1960-08 1964-12-31 Gifta
Agi Jambor(Gifta: 1959-11-04–1960-07-29) 1959-11-04 1960-07-29 Gifta
Frances Propper(Gifta: 1935-04-09–1956) 1935-04-09 1956 Gifta
Beatrix Thomson(Gifta: 1924-11–1935-04-08) 1924-11 1935-04-08 Gifta
Marie Hemingway(Gifta: 1920–1920) 1920 1920 Gifta
Isabel Jeans(Gifta: 1913–1918) 1913 1918 Gifta
Child

Jessica Rains

Parents

Emily Eliza Rains, Fred Rains

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Claude Rains (10 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". 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".

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