Douglas Rain
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Festival of Canada that spans more than fou...
Known For
Filmography
LIFE BEYOND
2019
as Self (voice)
The Russian German War
1995
as Narrator (voice)
No Price Too High
1995
as Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Donald Brittain: Filmmaker
1992
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Love & Larceny
1985
as Ashton Fletcher
2010
1984
as HAL 9000 (voice)
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
1975
as Narrator
Sleeper
1973
as Bio Central Computer 2100, Series G (voice)
Tour en l'air
1973
as Narrator (voice)
Sleeper
1973
as Evil Computer/Various Robot Butlers (voice) (uncredited)
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
as HAL 9000 (voice)
Henry V
1967
as King Henry V
Bird of Passage
1966
as Narrator
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Stephano
Fields of Sacrifice
1963
as Narrator (voice)
A Cry of Angels
1963
Buddhism
1962
as Narrator
Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle
1961
as William Lyon Mackenzie
Universe
1960
as Narrator
Festival
1960
as Cassius
Oedipus Rex
1957
as Messenger
Folio
1955
Folio
1955
as Jacob Schunk
Folio
1955
as Malcom
The Stratford Adventure
1954
as Self