Claude Rains: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Valentin on Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- 11-10-1889
- Death:
- 5-30-1967
- Birthplace:
- London, England
- Birth Name:
- William Claude Rains
Claude Rains started acting at the age 11 on the British stage. In 1913, he moved to the US, but wouldn't stay here when WWI started. He would go back home and join a Scottish regiment. When the war was over he continued to work on the stage. In 1932, he made a screen test for Universal, and was hired. Rains was an immediate sensation in his first American film The Invisible Man. but he soon left Universal Studios for better roles at Warner Brothers. He continued acting in both leading and supporting roles into the mid-1960's when he retired to a small town in New Hampshire.
Claude Rains started acting at the age 11 on the British stage. In 1913, he moved to the US, but wouldn't stay here when WWI started. He would go back home and join a Scottish regiment. When the war was over he continued to work on the stage. In 1932, he made a screen test for Universal, and was hired. Rains was an immediate sensation in his first American film The Invisible...
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