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Claude Rains

1889 - 1967

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William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was a British and American 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. The son of a stage actor, Rains began acting on stage in his native London in the 1900s. He became a leading thespian on the West End, and an acting teacher at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Rains is the 225th most popular actor (up from 2,581st in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,308th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Claude Rains ranks 225 out of 13,578. Before him are Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Lange, John Lithgow, Marsha Hunt, Christopher Walken, and Gary Oldman. After him are Nicole Kidman, James Hong, Robert Taylor, Romina Power, Philippe Noiret, and Louis Gossett Jr..

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Among people born in 1889, Claude Rains ranks 19. Before him are Anna Akhmatova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Arnold J. Toynbee, Igor Sikorsky, Thomas Midgley Jr., and Manuel II of Portugal. After him are Gabriela Mistral, Idris of Libya, Carl von Ossietzky, Gabriel Marcel, Han van Meegeren, and Louise Mountbatten. Among people deceased in 1967, Claude Rains ranks 18. Before him are Mohammad Mosaddegh, Vladimir Komarov, Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Mir Osman Ali Khan, and Clement Attlee. After him are Ilse Koch, André Maurois, Jack Ruby, Richard Kuhn, Ilya Ehrenburg, and Gordon Allport.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Claude Rains ranks 402 out of 8,785. Before him are John Constable (1776), Ian Gillan (1945), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Gary Oldman (1958), and Henry Moseley (1887). After him are John Galsworthy (1867), John Kendrew (1917), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Ian Fleming (1908), Nigel Farage (1964), and Alfred North Whitehead (1861).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Claude Rains ranks 37. Before him are Peter Mayhew (1944), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Alec Guinness (1914), David Prowse (1935), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), and Gary Oldman (1958). After him are John Hurt (1940), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Timothy Dalton (1946), David Suchet (1946), Ian McShane (1942), and Jacqueline Bisset (1944).

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