Fred Rains

{{Short description|British actor (1860–1945)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Frederick William Rains''' (28 January 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18013|title=Fred Rains|website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|access-date=2016-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903173202/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18013|archive-date=2009-09-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>

His father, also called Alfred Rains, was a coachbuilder. On 27 October 1884, at St Michael's Church, Lambeth, he married Emily Eliza Cox. They had several children, including the Hollywood actor Claude Rains (born 1889).<ref>James E. Wise, Scott Baron, ''International Stars at War'' (Naval Institute Press, 2002, {{ISBN|978-1557509659}}), [https://books.google.com/books?id=d_mUJebJ4uwC&pg=PA181 p. 181]</ref>

Rains died on 3 December 1945, aged 85.

==Selected filmography== '''Actor''' * ''The Broken Melody'' (1916) * ''The New Clown'' (1916) * ''The Marriage of William Ashe'' (1916) * ''Sally in Our Alley'' (1916) * ''Sally Bishop'' (1916) * ''A Welsh Singer'' (1916) * ''Land of My Fathers'' (1921) * ''Expiation'' (1922) * ''Little Brother of God'' (1922) * ''A Rogue in Love'' (1922) * ''The Lady Owner'' (1923) * ''The Audacious Mr. Squire'' (1923) * ''Mist in the Valley'' (1923) * ''The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923) * ''The Money Habit'' (1924) * ''The Conspirators'' (1924) * ''Nell Gwyn'' (1926) * ''The Only Way'' (1927) * ''The Inseparables'' (1929) * ''The Runaway Princess'' (1929) * ''The Clue of the New Pin'' (1929) * ''Stepping Stones'' (1931) * ''Verdict of the Sea'' (1932) as Martin * ''A Royal Demand'' (1933) as Walters * ''The Broken Rosary'' (1934) as Professor *''The Immortal Gentleman'' (1935) as Miser * ''Chick'' (1936) as Warden

'''Director''' * ''Land of My Fathers'' (1921)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * {{TCMDb name|1330427}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20191227205357/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f858dac Fred Rains] at the British Film Institute

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