On this day in 1889 the inimitable Claude Rains was born. I addition to his excellent and varied performances in films like Casablanca, Notorious, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Lawrence of Arabia, he was also quite happy working in the Science Fiction/Horror genres with films like The Invisible Man (1933), The Wolf Man (1941), Phantom of the Opera (1943), The Lost World (1960), and Battle of the Worlds (1961).

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