Claude Rains
Claude Rains (November 10, 1889 – May 30, 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 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.
Filmography
Lawrence of Arabia1962 · David Lean- This Earth Is Mine1959 · Henry King
Notorious1946 · Alfred Hitchcock- Caesar and Cleopatra1945 · Gabriel Pascal
Mr. Skeffington1944 · Vincent Sherman
Casablanca1943 · Michael Curtiz
Phantom of the Opera1943 · Arthur Lubin- Now, Voyager1942 · Irving Rapper
The Wolf Man1941 · George Waggner- Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941 · Alexander Hall
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 · Frank Capra
Juarez1939 · William Dieterle
The Adventures of Robin Hood1938 · William Keighley
The Invisible Man1933 · James Whale