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Claude Raines

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Biography

Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 46 years. 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), Mr. Dryden in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and, perhaps his most notable performance, as Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942).

Fact file

  • Born: William Claude Rains 10 November 1889 Camberwell, London, England
  • Died: 30 May 1967 (aged 77) Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Years active: 1920–66
  • Spouse: Isabel Jeans (1913-15) (divorce) Marie Hemingway (1920) (divorce) Beatriz Thomas (1924-35) (divorce) Frances Propper (1935-56) (divorce) Agi Jambor (1959-60) (divorce) Rosemary Clark Schrode (1960-64) (her death)

Read more about Claude Raines at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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