Claude Rains was ...
a brilliant actor. He actually taught acting to Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud in London before coming to the US.
Did anybody else know that he was actually partially blind?
I had no idea.
I also thought he was a brilliant actor; subtle yet captivating, like Ronald Colman. It's a shame Claude Rains didn't get more leading man parts, I also thought he was incredibly handsome, even in his jowly later years.
"Will you stop feeling sorry for yourself?! It's bad for your complexion!"-"Sixteen Candles"
"It's a shame Claude Rains didn't get more leading man parts"
I don't think Rains actually minded - he got the roles that everyone remembered afterwards, and his screen presence was such that, without resorting to any scene-stealing tricks, he dominated almost any scene in which he appeared, regardless of who the leading man was.
"I don't use a pen: I write with a goose quill dipped in venom!"---W. Lydecker
Great actors like Claude Rains often play interesting supporting roles while the Errol Flynns, Robert Taylors, Kevin Costners and Keanu Reeveses play less-interesting leading characters that any pretty boy could play.
"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!" C. M. Burns
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