Personal Info
William Claude Rains
Claude Rains
Acting
Biography
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 th…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
as Erique Claudin (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
as Maximus (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
The Wolfman
as Sir John Talbot
TV Shows
Sam Benedict
1 ep.
Dr. Kildare
as Edward Fredericks · 1 ep.
Rawhide
as Alexander Longford · 1 ep.
Naked City
as John Winfield Weston · 1 ep.
Playhouse 90
as Judge Dan Haywood · 1 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Leonard Eldridge · 1 ep.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The High Lama · 1 ep.
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1 ep.
