
Douglas Rain
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 four decades. He has performed in many diverse roles on stage, most notably recognized for his performance at Stratford, Ontario in Henry V which was made into a television production in 1966.
Rain was also nominated for Broadway's 1972 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for his performance in Vivat! Vivat Regina!
18Credits3 TV · 15 films
1955–1995Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedFolio
7.8 Average ratingacross 17 titles
Top TV shows 3best Douglas Rain shows
- 1
Folio16 eps · 1955 - 2
No Price Too HighPrime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King · 7 eps · 1995 - 3
BBC Play of the MonthStephano · 1 ep · 1965
Top movies 15best Douglas Rain movies
- 1Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of PrincipleWilliam Lyon Mackenzie · 1961
- 2Tour en l'airNarrator (voice) · 1973
- 3
Henry VKing Henry V · 1967 - 4BuddhismNarrator · 1962
- 5
2001: A Space OdysseyHAL 9000 (voice) · 1968 · Science Fiction - 6
UniverseNarrator · 1960 - 7
Love & LarcenyAshton Fletcher · 1985 - 8Bird of PassageNarrator · 1966
- 9
Fields of SacrificeNarrator (voice) · 1963 - 10
SleeperBio Central Computer 2100, Series G (voice) · 1973 - 11
The Man Who Skied Down EverestNarrator · 1975 - 12
2010HAL 9000 (voice) · 1984 - 13
Oedipus RexMessenger · 1957 - 14
The Russian German WarNarrator (voice) · 1995 - 15
A Cry of Angels1963