Douglas Rain

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Douglas Rain

Born 1928-03-13 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 17 films

Douglas Rain (March 13, 1928 - November 11, 2018) was a Canadian actor and narrator. He was primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010 (1984). Rain was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He studied acting at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Banff, Alberta as well as in London at the Old Vic School. As a stage actor, his long association with the Stratford Fes…

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Filmography

17 films
Love & Larceny poster

Besty Bigley, a notorious con-woman of the 1890s, alias Mrs. Chadwick, alias Pelvina de Vere, and a…

Love & Larceny

★ 7.0 1985

2010 poster

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American…

2010

★ 6.7 1984

Sleeper poster

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 yea…

Sleeper

★ 6.9 1973

Tour en l'air poster

For all who enjoy ballet, this English-language film presents an insight into the dance that only d…

Tour en l'air

★ 10.0 1973

Henry V poster

Henry, tracing his descent from Edward III, has claimed the French crown. Assured by the Archbishop…

Henry V

★ 9.0 1967

Bird of Passage poster

A young Japanese-Canadian businessman, now established in Montréal, recalls the time during World W…

Bird of Passage

★ 7.0 1966