Quick Facts

NAME: Claude Rains
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor
BIRTH DATE: November 10, 1889
DEATH DATE: May 30, 1967
EDUCATION: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, United Kingdom
PLACE OF DEATH: Laconia, New Hampshire
Originally: William Claude Rains

Best Known For

In his thirty year career, actor Claude Rains appeared in close to sixty films. He was nominated for four Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards.

Claude Rains biography

Synopsis

Actor Claude Rains was born in London, England. In his thirty year career, he appeared in close to sixty films. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Best Supporting Actor for Casablanca (1942 ), Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Skeffington (1944), Best Supporting Actor for Notorious (1946). He died at 77 years old.

Profile

Actor. Born in London, England. In his thirty year career, Rains appeared in close to sixty films. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Best Supporting Actor for Casablanca (1942 ), Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Skeffington (1944), Best Supporting Actor for Notorious (1946). After six marriages, he died of an intestinal hemorrhage at 77 years old.

How to Cite this Page:

Claude Rains

APA Style

Claude Rains. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 05:00, May 19, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638.

Harvard Style

Claude Rains. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638 [Accessed 19 May 2013].

MLA Style

"Claude Rains." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 19 2013, 05:00 http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638.

MHRA Style

"Claude Rains," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638 [accessed May 19, 2013].

Chicago Style

"Claude Rains," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638 (accessed May 19, 2013).

CBE/CSE Style

Claude Rains [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 19] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638.

Bluebook Style

Claude Rains, http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638 (last visited May 19, 2013).

AMA Style

Claude Rains. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/claude-rains-9542638. Accessed May 19, 2013.