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Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Oyuncu · 1889 – 1967 · Clapham, London, England, UK

Claude Rains (November 10, 1889 – May 30, 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 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".

Filmler24

  • Film8.1

    Casablanca

    Kazablanka

    1943 · 6.3K votes

  • Film8.0

    Lawrence of Arabia

    Arabistanlı Lawrence

    1962 · 3.6K votes

  • Film7.5

    The Invisible Man

    Görünmez Adam

    1933 · 991 votes

  • Film7.0

    The Wolf Man

    Kurt Adam

    1941 · 699 votes

  • Film6.4
  • Film7.5

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    Robin Hood'un Maceraları

    1938 · 878 votes

  • Film7.8

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Bay Smith Washington'a Gidiyor

    1939 · 1.2K votes

  • Film7.7

    Notorious

    Aşktan da Üstün

    1946 · 1.8K votes

  • Film7.2

    The Sea Hawk

    Deniz Şahini

    1940 · 163 votes

  • Film6.2

    Phantom of the Opera

    Operadaki Hayalet

    1943 · 225 votes

  • Film6.8

    Mr. Skeffington

    Günahkar Kadın

    1944 · 76 votes

  • Film7.4

    Now, Voyager

    Aşk Yolcuları

    1942 · 241 votes

  • Film5.8

    The Lost World

    1960 · 117 votes

  • Film6.2

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Nil Melikesi

    1945 · 59 votes

  • Film6.8

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Prens ve Yoksul

    1937 · 42 votes

  • Film7.0

    Here Comes Mr. Jordan

    1941 · 126 votes

  • Film7.0
  • Film6.6

    This Earth Is Mine

    1959 · 8 votes

  • Film6.5

    Juarez

    1939 · 25 votes

  • Film9.0
  • Film6.7

    The Unsuspected

    1947 · 59 votes

  • Film7.5

    Forever and a Day

    1943 · 12 votes

  • Film6.3

    They Made Me a Criminal

    1939 · 40 votes

  • Film7.2

Diziler8

  • Dizi5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • Dizi5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • Dizi7.3

    Rawhide

    1959 · 50 votes

  • Dizi6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • Dizi7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Sunar

    1955 · 268 votes

  • Dizi7.5

    Playhouse 90

    1956 · 10 votes

  • Dizi6.7

    Sam Benedict

    1962 · 3 votes

  • Dizi8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes