Claude Rains

Claude Rains (1889-1967) was a British actor known for his steady work in classic Hollywood films. With a cultured air, rich voice, and delivery which could be sardonic or reassuring, his roles ranged from his (mostly unseen) debut as The Invisible Man to Prince John in Robin Hood, Captain Renault in Casablanca, Larry Talbot's father in The Wolfman, a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and the title role in the 1943 remake of The Phantom of the Opera. He played opposite Bette Davis four times (including Now, Voyager and Mr. Skeffington), worked with Alfred Hitchcock in Notorious (with Casablanca co-star Ingrid Bergman), and later had secondary roles in Lawrence of Arabia and The Greatest Story Ever Told (as Herod the Great).
==References==
* On the yearbook of The Amphibian, the names of staffers, all referencing famously invisible or disappeared entities, include Claude Rains (spelled Raines), referencing The Invisible Man (1933).
* While Olivia and Susan are looking for a movie to go see in Sesame Street Episode 1822, Olivia reads the paper and suggests, "Hey, what about The Invisible Man with Claude Rains?"
* A poster in the Muppet*Vision 3D queue, titled To Have and Have More but spoofing Casablanca, lists Fozzie Bear as playing "Cloud Raines" (again with the same surname spelling).
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