William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 Mei 1967) adalah aktor film dan teater berkebangsaan Inggris yang kariernya membentang selama 46 tahun. Dia dikenal karena telah banyak memerankan film-film Hollywood seperti The Invisible Man (1933), pernah berperan juga sebagai ilmuwan, raja yang korup, dan senator di film The Wolf Man (1941), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) dan Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Mr Dryden di Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dan Kapten Renault di Casablanca (1942).
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Rains in the trailer for Now, Voyager (1942) | |
| Lahir | William Claude Rains 10 November 1889 Clapham, London, Britania Raya |
| Meninggal | 30 Mei 1967 (umur 77) Laconia, New Hampshire, Amerika Serikat |
| Almamater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Pekerjaan | Aktor |
| Tahun aktif | 1900–1965 |
| Suami/istri | Isabel Jeans (m. 1913–1915)Marie Hemingway (m. 1920–1920)Beatriz Thomas (m. 1924–1935)Frances Propper (m. 1935–1956)Agi Jambor (m. 1959–1960)Rosemary Clark Schrode (m. 1960–1964) |
| Anak | Jessica Rains |
| Orang tua | Fred Rains Emily Rains |
Rains lahir di Camberwell, London. Ia lahir dari seorang ibu bernama Emily Eliza (née Cox) dan seorang ayah yang juga aktor panggung dan film bernama Frederick William Rains. Rains memulai debutnya sebagai aktor panggung pada usia 11 tahun dalam drama Nell from Old Drury. Rains made his stage debut at the age of 11 in the play Nell of Old Drury.
Bakat akting nya diakui oleh Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, pendiri Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Selanjutnya Tree dibayar untuk mengajarkan Rains cara untuk menjadi aktor yang sukses. Kemudian, Rains mengajar di RADA, dan di antara murid-muridnya terdapat aktor terkenal bernama John Gielgud.
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| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Sutradara | Pemain lainnya | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Build Thy House | Clarkis | Fred Goodwins | Henry Ainley | Film debut |
| 1933 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Jack Griffin / The Invisible Man | James Whale | Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor | |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Lee Gentry | Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur | Margo, Whitney Bourne | |
| 1934 | The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | Paul Verin | Edward Ludwig | Lionel Atwill, Joan Bennett | |
| 1935 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | John Jasper | Stuart Walker | Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, David Manners | |
| 1935 | The Clairvoyant | Maximus | Maurice Elvey | Fay Wray | |
| 1935 | The Last Outpost | John Stevenson | Louis Gasnier, Charles Barton | Cary Grant | |
| 1935 | Scrooge | Jacob Marley | Henry Edwards | Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Hearts Divided | Napoleon Bonaparte | Frank Borzage | Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charlie Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton | |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Marquis Don Luis | Mervyn LeRoy | Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Gale Sondergaard | |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday | Stefan Orloff | Michael Curtiz | Kay Francis, Ian Hunter | |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | Earl of Hertford | William Keighley | Errol Flynn, Billy and Bobby Mauch | |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Dist. Atty. Andrew J. "Andy" Griffin | Mervyn LeRoy | Gloria Dickson, Lana Turner | |
| 1938 | White Banners | Paul Ward | Edmund Goulding | Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O'Neill, Kay Johnson | |
| 1938 | Gold is Where You Find It | Colonel Christopher "Chris" Ferris | Michael Curtiz | George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Tim Holt | Technicolor |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John | Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone | Technicolor |
| 1938 | Four Daughters | Adam Lemp | Michael Curtiz | Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield | |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Det. Monty Phelan | Busby Berkeley | John Garfield, Gloria Dickson, May Robson | |
| 1939 | Juarez | Emperor Louis Napoleon III | William Dieterle | Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, John Garfield | |
| 1939 | Sons of Liberty | Haym Salomon | Michael Curtiz | Gale Sondergaard | Technicolor; two-reel short |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous | Jim Masters | Michael Curtiz | Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield | |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine | Frank Capra | Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell | Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1939 | Four Wives | Adam Lemp | Michael Curtiz | Eddie Albert, Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield | |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | Mr. Henry Halevy | Vincent Sherman | John Garfield, Anne Shirley | |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Don José Alvarez de Córdoba | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Henry Daniell, Flora Robson, Alan Hale | Sepia tone (sequence) |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | David Belasco | Curtis Bernhardt | Miriam Hopkins, Laura Hope Crews | |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | Adam Lemp | William Keighley | Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page | |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Mr. Jordan | Alexander Hall | Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Everett Horton | |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man | Sir John Talbot | George Waggner | Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya | |
| 1942 | Kings Row | Dr. Alexander Tower | Sam Wood | Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field, Charles Coburn | |
| 1942 | Moontide | Nutsy | Archie Mayo | Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell | |
| 1942 | Now, Voyager | Dr. Jaquith | Irving Rapper | Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Gladys Cooper | |
| 1942 | Casablanca | Capt. Louis Renault | Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt, S.Z. Sakall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson | Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Ambrose Pomfret | Herbert Wilcox (sequence with Rains) | Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith | |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Erique Claudin / The Phantom of the Opera | Arthur Lubin | Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster | Technicolor |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille | Captain Freycinet | Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Helmut Dantine | |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Job Skeffington | Vincent Sherman | Bette Davis, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring | Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1945 | This Love of Ours | Joseph Targel | William Dieterle | Merle Oberon | |
| 1945 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Julius Caesar | Gabriel Pascal | Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson | Technicolor |
| 1946 | Strange Holiday | John Stevenson | Julien Duvivier | Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew | |
| 1946 | Notorious | Alexander Sebastian | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Louis Calhern | Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Nick | Archie Mayo | Paul Muni, Anne Baxter | |
| 1946 | Deception | Alexander Hollenius | Irving Rapper | Bette Davis, Paul Henreid | |
| 1947 | The Unsuspected | Victor Grandison | Michael Curtiz | Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield | |
| 1949 | The Passionate Friends | Howard Justin | David Lean | Ann Todd, Trevor Howard | |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Arthur "Fred" Martingale | William Dieterle | Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre | |
| 1949 | Song of Surrender | Elisha Hunt | Mitchell Leisen | Wanda Hendrix, Macdonald Carey | |
| 1950 | The White Tower | Paul DeLambre | Ted Tetzlaff | Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Oskar Homolka, Cedric Hardwicke, Lloyd Bridges | Technicolor |
| 1950 | Where Danger Lives | Frederick Lannington | John Farrow | Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Maureen O'Sullivan | |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo | Captain Skalder | Alfred L. Werker | Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges | |
| 1953 | The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By | Kees Popinga | Harold French | Märta Torén, Marius Goring | Technicolor |
| 1956 | Lisbon | Aristides Mavros | Ray Milland | Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara | Trucolor Naturama |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | The Mayor of Hamelin | Bretaigne Windust | Van Johnson, Lori Nelson | Technicolor |
| 1959 | This Earth Is Mine | Philippe Rambeau | Henry King | Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Dorothy McGuire | Technicolor CinemaScope |
| 1960 | The Lost World | Professor George Edward Challenger | Irwin Allen | Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Fernando Lamas, Richard Haydn | Deluxe color CinemaScope |
| 1961 | Battle of the Worlds | Professor Benson | Antonio Margheriti | Bill Carter | Colour |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Mr. Dryden | David Lean | Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Arthur Kennedy, José Ferrer | Technicolor Super Panavision 70 |
| 1963 | Twilight of Honor | Art Harper | Boris Sagal | Richard Chamberlain, Nick Adams, Joey Heatherton, Linda Evans | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Herod the Great | George Stevens | Max von Sydow, plus many cameos | Final film |
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