10th November 1889 William Claude Rains, an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 46 years was born. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, including The Invisible Man (1933), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Wolf Man (1941), Casablanca (1942) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Rains served in the First World War in the London Scottish Regiment, alongside fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Herbert Marshall. At one time, he was involved in a gas attack that left him nearly blind in one eye for the rest of his life. By the end of the war, he had risen from the rank of Private to that of Captain. Rains taught at RADA, where his students included John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier. Many years later, after Rains had gone to Hollywood and become a well-known film actor, Gielgud commented: He was a great influence on me. I dont know what happened to him. I think he failed and went to America. https://youtube/watch?v=Cmbt4z_Rst8
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:37:23 +0000
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