Fred Rains

Frederick William Rains (28 January 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director.[1]

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).[2]

Rains died on 3 December 1945, aged 85.

  1. ^ "Fred Rains". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ James E. Wise, Scott Baron, International Stars at War (Naval Institute Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1557509659), p. 181