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Claude Rains
William Claude Rains was a British and American character actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and is considered one of the screen's great character stars who played cultured villains during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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entertainment · British and American actor (1889–1967) · film actor · character actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · singer · musician · also Claude Rains, William Claude Rains, William Rains, Claude William Rains, Rains
Born 10 November 1889 · Died 30 May 1967 · Q318734
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2011· 1 entry
The ivory military uniform and medals he wore as Captain Renault in Casablanca auctioned when noted actress and film historian Debbie Reynolds sold her collection of Hollywood costumes and memorabilia which she had amass
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2010· 1 entry
Many of Rains' personal effects were put into an auction at Heritage Auctions, including his 1951 Tony award, rare posters, letters, photographs and volumes of his private leather-bound scrapbooks which contained his pre
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2009· 1 entry
Chamberlain recorded a tribute to the actor when Rains was featured as Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month:
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1967· 1 entry
Died 1967-05-30.
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1960· 2 entries
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry
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Married Rosemary Clark Schrode, to whom he was married until her death in December 1964
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1956· 1 entry
And again, in 1957, Season 2 Episode 24 in "The cream of the jest" as a failing drunk actor
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1951· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1951).
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Won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Darkness at Noon
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1941· 1 entry
Rains acquired the 380-acre (1
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1927· 1 entry
And appeared in nearly 20 Broadway roles, in plays which included George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart and dramatisations of The Constant Nymph and Pearl S
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1914· 1 entry
Returned to England and was commissioned into the British Army's London Scottish regiment, alongside fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, Herbert Marshall and Cedric Hardwicke
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1912· 1 entry
Owing to the opportunities that were being offered in the New York theatres
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-11-10.
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