Of Hollywood; Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001 ed): Art. Claude Rains p. 362
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William Claude Rains was a British-American film and stage actor whose career spanned six decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man he appeared in classic films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood , Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , The Wolf Man , Casablanca and Kings Row , Notorious , The Pied Piper of Hamelin , and Lawrence of Arabia .
He was a Tony Award winning actor and was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Rains was considered to be "one of the screen's great character stars" who was, according to the All-Movie Guide, "at his best when playing cultured villains". During his lengthy career, he was greatly admired by many of his acting colleagues, such as Bette Davis, Vincent Sherman, Ronald Neame, Albert Dekker, John Gielgud, Charles Laughton and Richard Chamberlain.
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10. November 1889 – 30. May 1967
