Claude Rains
Ülke: United Kingdom
Cinsiyet: M
Doğum günü: 1889-11-10
Öldü: 1967-05-30
Biyografi
Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 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, 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 the young Rains made his stage debut at 11 in Nell of Old Drury.
His acting talents were recognised by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, founder of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Tree paid for the elocution lessons Rains needed in order to succeed as an actor. Later, Rains taught at the institution, teaching John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, among others.
Rains served in the First World War in the London Scottish Regiment, with fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Herbert Marshall. Rains was involved in a gas attack that left him nearly blind in one eye for the rest of his life. However, the war did aid his social advancement and, by its end, he had risen from the rank of Private to Captain.
Rains began his career in the London theatre, having a success in the title role of John Drinkwater's play Ulysses S. Grant, the follow-up to the playwright's major hit Abraham Lincoln, and traveled to Broadway in the late 1920s to act in leading roles in such plays as Shaw's The Apple Cart and in the dramatizations of The Constant Nymph, and Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth, as a Chinese farmer.
Rains came relatively late to film acting and his first screen test was a failure, but his distinctive voice won him the title role in James Whale's The Invisible Man (1933) when someone accidentally overheard his screen test being played in the next room. Rains later credited director Michael Curtiz with teaching him the more understated requirements of film acting, or "what not to do in front of a camera".
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1. Görünmeyen adam (1933), film...Dr. Jack Griffin aka The Invisible Man
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2. Scrooge (1935), film...Jacob Marley
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3. The Clairvoyant (1935), film...Maximus
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4. The Prince and the Pauper (1937), film...Earl of Hertford
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5. They Won't Forget (1937), film...Andy Griffin
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6. Vatan kurtaran aslan (1938), film...Prince John
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...Senator Joseph Paine
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8. They Made Me a Criminal (1939), film...Detective Monty Phelan
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9. Juarez (1939), film...Napoleon III
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10. Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941), film...Mr. Jordan
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11. Kurt Adam (1941), film...Sir John Talbot
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12. Casablanca (1942), film...Captain Louis Renault
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13. Aşk Yolcuları (1942), film...Dr. Jaquith
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14. Moontide (1942), film...Nutsy
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15. Operadaki Hayalet (1943), film...Erique Claudin
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16. Marsilya geçidi (1944), film...Capt. Freycinet
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17. Günahkar Kadın (1944), film...Job Skeffington
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18. Nil melikesi (1945), film...Caesar
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19. Strange Holiday (1945), film...John Stevenson
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20. Asktan da Üstün (1946), film...Alexander Sebastian
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21. Angel on My Shoulder (1946), film...Nick
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22. Zehirli yalan (1946), film...Alexander Hollenius
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23. İsimsiz katiller (1947), film...Victor Grandison
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24. The Passionate Friends (1949), film...Howard Justin
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25. Memnu Mintaka (1949), film...Arthur Martingale
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26. The White Tower (1950), film...Paul Delambre
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27. Where Danger Lives (1950), film...Frederick Lannington
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28. Tuzak Gemisi (1951), film...Capt. Skalder
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29. Yaşamak Hırsı (1952), film...Kees Popinga
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30. Lizbon Kanunsuzlar Diyarı (1956), film
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31. The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (1957), film...Mayor of Hamelin
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32. Gaip Dünya (1960), film...Prof. George Edward Challenger
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33. Battle of the Worlds (1961), film...Prof. Benson
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34. Arabistanli Lawrence (1962), film...Mr. Dryden
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35. En büyük hikâye (1965), film...King Herod
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36. Tekrar Çal, Sam (1972), film...Captain Louis Renault (archive footage)
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37. Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996), film...Alexander Sebastian (clip from Notorious (1946)) (
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38. Sunset over Mulholland Drive (2019), film...Captain Louis Renault (archive footage)
