William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 Mei 1967) adalah aktor film dan teater berkebangsaan Inggris yang kariernya membentang selama 46 tahun.[1] Dia dikenal karena telah banyak memerankan film-film Hollywood seperti The Invisible Man (1933), pernah berperan juga sebagai ilmuwan, raja yang korup, dan senator di film The Wolf Man (1941), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) dan Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Mr Dryden di Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dan Kapten Renault di Casablanca (1942).[1]
Rains lahir di Camberwell, London. Ia lahir dari seorang ibu bernama Emily Eliza (née Cox) dan seorang ayah yang juga aktor panggung dan film bernama Frederick William Rains.[2] Rains memulai debutnya sebagai aktor panggung pada usia 11 tahun dalam drama Nell from Old Drury.[2] Rains made his stage debut at the age of 11 in the play Nell of Old Drury.[3]
Bakat akting nya diakui oleh Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, pendiri Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[2] Selanjutnya Tree dibayar untuk mengajarkan Rains cara untuk menjadi aktor yang sukses.[2] Kemudian, Rains mengajar di RADA, dan di antara murid-muridnya terdapat aktor terkenal bernama John Gielgud.[2]
Filmografi
Tahun
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Judul
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Peran
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Sutradara
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Pemain lainnya
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Catatan
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1920
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Build Thy House
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Clarkis
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Goodwins, FredFred Goodwins
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Henry Ainley
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Film debut
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1933
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The Invisible Man
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Dr. Jack Griffin / The Invisible Man
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Whale, JamesJames Whale
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Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor
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1934
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Crime Without Passion
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Lee Gentry
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Hecht, BenBen Hecht, Charles MacArthur
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Margo, Whitney Bourne
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1934
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
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Paul Verin
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Ludwig, EdwardEdward Ludwig
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Lionel Atwill, Joan Bennett
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1935
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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John Jasper
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Walker, StuartStuart Walker
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Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, David Manners
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1935
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The Clairvoyant
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Maximus
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Elvey, MauriceMaurice Elvey
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Fay Wray
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1935
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The Last Outpost
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John Stevenson
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Gasnier, LouisLouis Gasnier, Charles Barton
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Cary Grant
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1935
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Scrooge
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Jacob Marley
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Henry Edwards
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Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran
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Uncredited
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1936
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Hearts Divided
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Borzage, FrankFrank Borzage
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Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charlie Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton
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1936
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Anthony Adverse
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Marquis Don Luis
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LeRoy, MervynMervyn LeRoy
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Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Gale Sondergaard
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1937
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Stolen Holiday
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Stefan Orloff
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Kay Francis, Ian Hunter
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1937
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The Prince and the Pauper
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Earl of Hertford
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Keighley, WilliamWilliam Keighley
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Errol Flynn, Billy and Bobby Mauch
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1937
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They Won't Forget
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Dist. Atty. Andrew J. "Andy" Griffin
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LeRoy, MervynMervyn LeRoy
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Gloria Dickson, Lana Turner
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1938
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White Banners
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Paul Ward
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Goulding, EdmundEdmund Goulding
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Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O'Neill, Kay Johnson
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1938
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Gold is Where You Find It
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Colonel Christopher "Chris" Ferris
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Tim Holt
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Technicolor
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1938
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Prince John
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz, William Keighley
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Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
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Technicolor
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1938
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Four Daughters
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Adam Lemp
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield
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1939
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They Made Me a Criminal
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Det. Monty Phelan
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Berkeley, BusbyBusby Berkeley
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John Garfield, Gloria Dickson, May Robson
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1939
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Juarez
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Emperor Louis Napoleon III
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Dieterle, WilliamWilliam Dieterle
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Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, John Garfield
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1939
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Sons of Liberty
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Haym Salomon
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Gale Sondergaard
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Technicolor; two-reel short
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1939
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Daughters Courageous
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Jim Masters
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield
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1939
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine
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Capra, FrankFrank Capra
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Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell
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Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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1939
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Four Wives
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Adam Lemp
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Eddie Albert, Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield
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1940
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Saturday's Children
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Mr. Henry Halevy
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Sherman, VincentVincent Sherman
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John Garfield, Anne Shirley
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1940
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The Sea Hawk
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Don José Alvarez de Córdoba
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Henry Daniell, Flora Robson, Alan Hale
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Sepia tone (sequence)
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1940
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Lady with Red Hair
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David Belasco
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Bernhardt, CurtisCurtis Bernhardt
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Miriam Hopkins, Laura Hope Crews
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1941
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Four Mothers
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Adam Lemp
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Keighley, WilliamWilliam Keighley
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Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page
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1941
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
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Mr. Jordan
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Hall, AlexanderAlexander Hall
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Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Everett Horton
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1941
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The Wolf Man
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Sir John Talbot
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Waggner, GeorgeGeorge Waggner
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Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya
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1942
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Kings Row
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Dr. Alexander Tower
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Wood, SamSam Wood
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Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field, Charles Coburn
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1942
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Moontide
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Nutsy
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Mayo, ArchieArchie Mayo
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Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
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1942
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Now, Voyager
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Dr. Jaquith
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Rapper, IrvingIrving Rapper
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Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Gladys Cooper
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1942
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Casablanca
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Capt. Louis Renault
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt, S.Z. Sakall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson
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Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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1943
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Forever and a Day
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Ambrose Pomfret
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Wilcox, HerbertHerbert Wilcox (sequence with Rains)
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Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith
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1943
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Phantom of the Opera
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Erique Claudin / The Phantom of the Opera
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Lubin, ArthurArthur Lubin
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Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster
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Technicolor
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1944
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Passage to Marseille
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Captain Freycinet
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Humphrey Bogart, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Helmut Dantine
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1944
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Mr. Skeffington
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Job Skeffington
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Sherman, VincentVincent Sherman
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Bette Davis, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring
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Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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1945
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This Love of Ours
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Joseph Targel
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Dieterle, WilliamWilliam Dieterle
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Merle Oberon
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1945
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Caesar and Cleopatra
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Julius Caesar
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Pascal, GabrielGabriel Pascal
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Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson
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Technicolor
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1946
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Strange Holiday
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John Stevenson
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Duvivier, JulienJulien Duvivier
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Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew
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1946
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Notorious
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Alexander Sebastian
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Hitchcock, AlfredAlfred Hitchcock
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Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Louis Calhern
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Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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1946
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Angel on My Shoulder
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Nick
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Mayo, ArchieArchie Mayo
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Paul Muni, Anne Baxter
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1946
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Deception
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Alexander Hollenius
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Rapper, IrvingIrving Rapper
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Bette Davis, Paul Henreid
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1947
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The Unsuspected
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Victor Grandison
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Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz
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Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield
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1949
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The Passionate Friends
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Howard Justin
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Lean, DavidDavid Lean
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Ann Todd, Trevor Howard
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1949
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Rope of Sand
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Arthur "Fred" Martingale
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Dieterle, WilliamWilliam Dieterle
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Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre
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1949
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Song of Surrender
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Elisha Hunt
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Leisen, MitchellMitchell Leisen
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Wanda Hendrix, Macdonald Carey
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1950
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The White Tower
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Paul DeLambre
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Tetzlaff, TedTed Tetzlaff
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Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Oskar Homolka, Cedric Hardwicke, Lloyd Bridges
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Technicolor
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1950
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Where Danger Lives
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Frederick Lannington
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Farrow, JohnJohn Farrow
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Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Maureen O'Sullivan
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1951
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Sealed Cargo
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Captain Skalder
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Werker, Alfred L.Alfred L. Werker
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Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges
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1953
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The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
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Kees Popinga
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French, HaroldHarold French
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Märta Torén, Marius Goring
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Technicolor
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1956
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Lisbon
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Aristides Mavros
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Milland, RayRay Milland
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Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara
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Trucolor Naturama
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1957
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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The Mayor of Hamelin
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Windust, BretaigneBretaigne Windust
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Van Johnson, Lori Nelson
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Technicolor
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1959
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This Earth Is Mine
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Philippe Rambeau
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King, HenryHenry King
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Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Dorothy McGuire
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Technicolor CinemaScope
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1960
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The Lost World
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Professor George Edward Challenger
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Allen, IrwinIrwin Allen
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Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Fernando Lamas, Richard Haydn
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Deluxe color CinemaScope
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1961
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Battle of the Worlds
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Professor Benson
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Margheriti, AntonioAntonio Margheriti
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Bill Carter
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Colour
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1962
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Lawrence of Arabia
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Mr. Dryden
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Lean, DavidDavid Lean
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Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Arthur Kennedy, José Ferrer
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Technicolor Super Panavision 70
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1963
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Twilight of Honor
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Art Harper
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Sagal, BorisBoris Sagal
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Richard Chamberlain, Nick Adams, Joey Heatherton, Linda Evans
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1965
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
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Herod the Great
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Stevens, GeorgeGeorge Stevens
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Max von Sydow, plus many cameos
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Final film
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Rujukan
- ^ a b Shadily, Hassan.Ensiklopedia Indonesia. Jakarta:Ichtiar Baru Van Hoeve.
- ^ a b c d e [1] International Stars at War
- ^ "The Sublime Claude Rains". meredy.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2010-12-19. Diakses tanggal 12 May 2010.
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