Claude Rains
Birthday
1889/11/09
Day of death
1967/05/30 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Clapham, London, England, UK
Also know as
William Claude Rains
Biography
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 hi...Read more
Acting
(1943) Casablanca
as Captain Louis Renault
(1946) Notorious
as Alexander Sebastian
(1962) Lawrence of Arabia
as Mr. Dryden
(1966) The Wolf Man
as Sir John Talbot
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Joseph Paine
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as King Herod
(1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
(1960) The Lost World
as Prof. George Edward Challenger
(1933) The Invisible Man
as Dr. Jack Griffin
(1950) Where Danger Lives
as Frederick Lannington
(1945) Caesar and Cleopatra
as Julius Caesar
(1946) Angel on My Shoulder
as Nick
(1961) Battle of the Worlds
as Professor Benson
(1946) Deception
as Alexander Hollenius
(1939) They Made Me a Criminal
as Det. Monty Phelan
(1942) Now, Voyager
as Dr. Jaquith
(1940) The Sea Hawk
as Don José Alvarez de Cordoba
(1979) The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1934) Crime Without Passion
as Lee Gentry
(1941) The Wolf Man
as Sir John Talbot
(1947) The Unsuspected
as Victor Grandison
(1936) The Making of a Great Motion Picture
as ---
(1942) Moontide
as Nutsy
(1937) The Prince and the Pauper
as Earl of Hertford
(1944) Mr. Skeffington
as Job Skeffington
(1952) The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
as Kees Popinga
(1943) Forever and a Day
as Ambrose Pomfret
(1949) Rope of Sand
as Arthur 'Fred' Martingale
(1936) Anthony Adverse
as Marquis Don Luis
(1943) Phantom of the Opera
as Erique Claudin
(1920) Build Thy House
as Clarkis
(1935) The Clairvoyant
as Maximus
(1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Mr. Jordan
(1938) Four Daughters
as Adam Lemp
(1944) Passage to Marseille
as Captain Freycinet
(1937) They Won't Forget
as District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
(1949) The Passionate Friends
as Howard Justin
(1941) Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1942) Kings Row
as Alexander Tower
(1935) The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as John Jasper
(1950) The White Tower
as Paul Delambre
(1935) The Last Outpost
as John Stevenson
(1939) Juarez
as Emperor Louis Napoleon III
(1940) Lady with Red Hair
as David Belasco
(1938) White Banners
as Paul Ward
(1939) Four Wives
as Adam Lemp
(1945) Strange Holiday
as John Stevenson
(1959) This Earth Is Mine
as Philippe Rambeau
(1939) Daughters Courageous
as Jim Masters
(1941) Four Mothers
as Adam Lemp
(1934) The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as Paul Verin
(1957) The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Mayor of Hamelin
(1940) Saturday's Children
as Mr. Henry Halevy
(1963) Twilight of Honor
as Art Harper
(1936) Hearts Divided
as Napoleon Bonaparte
(1937) Stolen Holiday
as Stefan Orloff
(1951) Sealed Cargo
as Capt. Henrik Skalder
(1945) This Love of Ours
as Joseph Targel
(1938) Gold Is Where You Find It
as Colonel Ferris
(1956) Lisbon
as Aristides Mavros
(1939) Sons of Liberty
as Haym Salomon
(2013) Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
as Erique Claudin (archive footage)
(1949) Song of Surrender
as Elisha Hunt
(1936) Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1937) Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1946) Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Claude Rains (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1996) Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1935) Scrooge
as Jacob Marley (voice) (uncredited)
(1957) On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Brink
(1942) Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) Judgment at Nuremberg
as Judge Dan Haywood
(1958) Naked City
as John Winfield Weston
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. Brink
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as John Fabian
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Alexander Longford
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Edward Fredericks
(1956) Playhouse 90
as Judge Dan Haywood
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charles Gresham
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Andrew Thurgood
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Father Amion
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Leonard Eldridge
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The High Lama
(1995) Svengoolie
as Dr. Jack Griffin/The Invisible Man
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Alexander Sebastian (archive footage) (uncredited)