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Claude Rains

Acting · Born November 10, 1889 · 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).

Movies with Claude Rains

• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Mr. Dryden
• Casablanca (1943) — Captain Louis Renault
• The Invisible Man (1933) — Dr. Jack Griffin
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — Prince John
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — King Herod
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — Joseph Paine
• Notorious (1946) — Alexander Sebastian
• The Wolf Man (1941) — Sir John Talbot
• Phantom of the Opera (1943) — Erique Claudin
• The Sea Hawk (1940) — Don José Alvarez de Cordoba
• The Lost World (1960) — Prof. George Edward Challenger
• Mr. Skeffington (1944) — Job Skeffington