William Claude Rains (10 November –30 May ) was an
English award-winning
actor and
film star whose career spanned 47 years. He later held
American citizenship and was best known for his many roles in
Hollywood films.
Biography
Early life
Rains was born in
Camberwell,
London on November 10, . He grew up, according to his daughter, with "a very serious
cockney accent and a speech impediment".
[Harmetz p. 147.]
