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Douglas Rain

1928 - 2018

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Douglas James Rain (May 9, 1928 – November 11, 2018) was a Canadian actor. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best-known for voicing HAL 9000, the supercomputer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). He co-founded the Stratford Festival, and was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway play Vivat! Vivat Regina!. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Rain is the 6,561st most popular actor (down from 6,441st in 2019), the 595th most popular biography from Canada (down from 538th in 2019) and the 167th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Douglas Rain ranks 6,561 out of 13,578. Before him are Karl Dane, Theresa Randle, John Aylward, Paul Fix, Matthew Settle, and Rob Stewart. After him are Glenda Farrell, Arthur Hunnicutt, Lily-Rose Depp, Pål Sverre Hagen, Daisy Ridley, and William Christopher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Douglas Rain ranks 518. Before him are Sture Allén, Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Rudolf Plyukfelder, Gino Munaron, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, and Russell Mockridge. After him are Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Sheila Lerwill, William Smith, Stig Sjölin, René Vautier, and Jean-François Deniau. Among people deceased in 2018, Douglas Rain ranks 474. Before him are Wenceslao Padilla, Nikolai Pankin, Antonio Munguía, Carlo Vanzina, John Perry Barlow, and Geoffrey Oryema. After him are Benny Andersen, Peter Sutherland, Momoko Sakura, Luisa Cuesta, Hugh Wilson, and Naftali Bon.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Douglas Rain ranks 595 out of 1,622. Before him are Norman Lane (1919), George Woodcock (1912), Daniel Gillies (1976), Howie Morenz (1902), Erica Durance (1978), and Rob Stewart (1961). After him are Mark Messier (1961), Sidney Olcott (1872), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Owen Hargreaves (1981), Claude Vivier (1948), and Pablo Schreiber (1978).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Douglas Rain ranks 167. Before him are Gordon Tootoosis (1941), Dorothy Stratten (1960), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Daniel Gillies (1976), Erica Durance (1978), and Rob Stewart (1961). After him are Pablo Schreiber (1978), Roy Dupuis (1963), William Hope (1955), Thomas Middleditch (1982), Nicholas Lea (1962), and Luke Kirby (1978).

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