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Claude Rains

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Biography

Claude Rains started acting at the age 11 on the British stage. In 1913, he moved to the U.S., but with the outbreak of…more

Born

Camberwell, London, England, UK

Died

5/30/1967

Birth Name

William Claude Rains

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Leonard Eldridge
  - S 7: Ep 15 The Door Without a Key
    1/16/62
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Father Amian
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Horseplayer
    3/14/61
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Andrew Thurgood
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Diamond Necklace
    2/22/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Charles Gresham
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Cream of the Jest
    3/10/57
Guest Star (22)

Role
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Valentin
  - S 2: Ep 15 Cops and Robbers
    2/19/65
- The Reporter
  John Vance
  - S 1: Ep 11 A Time To Be Silent
    12/4/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Edward Fredericks
  - S 3: Ep 22 Why Won't Anybody Listen?
    2/27/64
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Baron Van Der Zost
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Takers
    10/13/63
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Mr. Fare
  - S 1: Ep 2 Something About Lee Wiley
    10/11/63
- Rawhide
  Alexander Langford
  - S 5: Ep 19 Incident of Judgement Day
    2/8/63
- Sam Benedict
  Thonis Jundelin
  - S 1: Ep 3 Nor Practice Makes Perfect
    9/29/62
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Colonel
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Outpost
    9/16/62
- Wagon Train
  Judge Daniel Clay
  - S 5: Ep 21 The Daniel Clay Story
    2/21/62
- Naked City
  John Weston
  - S 2: Ep 5 To Walk In Silence
    11/9/60
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  High Lama
  - S 10: Ep 1 Shangri-La
    10/24/60
- Playhouse 90
  Judge Ben Haywood
  - S 3: Ep 28 Judgment at Nuremberg
    4/16/59
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Mr. Brink
  - S 7: Ep 2 On Borrowed Time
    11/17/57
- Kaiser Aluminum Hour
  Creon
  - S 1: Ep 5 Antigone
    9/11/56
- Alcoa Hour
  Paul Westman
  - S 1: Ep 16 The President
    5/13/56
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Narrator
  - S 9: Ep 31 A Night to Remember
    5/2/56
  - S 9: Ep 26 A Night to Remember
    3/28/56
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  John Fabian
  - S 1: Ep 20 And So Died Riabouchinska
    2/12/56
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Host
  - S 5: Ep 42 Great Expectations: The Promise (1)
    6/14/54
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Confidential Clerk
    2/14/54
- Medallion Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Archer Case
    10/3/53
- Medallion Theatre
  McMasters
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Man Who Liked Dickens
    8/1/53
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 30 1950-51 Drama Critics Circle Awards / Claude Rains / Billy Eckstine
    4/8/51

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Trivia
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- Universal Studios wanted to cast Rains in the role of the sinister Dr. Praetorius in The Bride of Frankenstein but director James Whale insisted upon casting Ernest Thesiger and Rains lost out on the part.
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- Rains played the father of Lon Chaney, Jr. in the classic 1941 horror film The Wolf Man despite being several inches shorter and considerable pounds lighter than Chaney.
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- Rains appeared as a war crimes judge in the original Playhouse 90 production of Judgment at Nuremberg. When Judgment was filmed a few years later Rains' role went to Spencer Tracy.
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Quotes
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- Rains: I learn the lines and pray to God.
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