Claude Rains
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The ThumbScore for Claude Rains (83.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 7 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Claude's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
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 onstage 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.
He moved to the United States in the late 1920s and became a successful Broadway star, before making his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933). He went on to play prominent roles in such big-screen productions as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Wolf Man (1941), Casablanca (1942), Kings Row (1942), Phantom of the Opera (1943) and Notorious (1946). In 1951, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Darkness at Noon.
Born 1889-11-10 in Clapham, London, England, UK. Died 1967-05-30.
On ThumbScore, Claude Rains appears in 7 films with an average audience score of 83.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.
