Jack Raine

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English actor (1897–1979)

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::summary English actor (1897–1979) ::

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FieldValue
nameJack Raine
imageJack Raine in One Step Beyond (I Saw You Tomorrow).jpg
captionRaine in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959)
birth_nameThomas Foster Raine
birth_date
birth_placeHendon, Middlesex, England
death_date
death_placeSouth Laguna, California, U.S.
occupationActor
years_active1920–1971
spouse
Sonia Phyllis Bellamy
Theodora Moreau Wilson
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| name = Jack Raine | image = Jack Raine in One Step Beyond (I Saw You Tomorrow).jpg | caption = Raine in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959) | birth_name = Thomas Foster Raine | birth_date = | birth_place = Hendon, Middlesex, England | death_date = | death_place = South Laguna, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1920–1971 | spouse = Sonia Phyllis Bellamy Theodora Moreau Wilson

Thomas Foster "Jack" Raine (18 May 1897 – 30 May 1979) was an English stage, television and film actor.

Career

He was a leading man of the British cinema in the late twenties and early thirties in such films as The Hate Ship (1929), Raise the Roof, Suspense, Night Birds and The Middle Watch (all 1930), before moving down the cast list and becoming a character actor. Throughout the thirties and forties he appeared in numerous supporting roles, usually as sturdy figures of authority, including The Ghoul (1933), The Clairvoyant (1934), Holiday Camp, Mine Own Executioner (both 1947) and Easy Money (1948). One of his last British films was a rare co-starring role of this era in the 'B' movie No Way Back (1949), opposite Terence De Marney, in which he played against type as a small time gangster.

Like a lot of British actors during the fifties he made the move to Hollywood and enjoyed a career of character roles which continued into the seventies. These included Julius Caesar (1953), An Affair to Remember (1957), Witness for the Prosecution (both 1957), My Fair Lady (1964), Doctor Doolittle (1967), The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

Numerous television roles included Perry Mason, Mister Ed, 77 Sunset Strip, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Father Knows Best,The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Ironside. He also portrayed Dr. Watson opposite Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes on Broadway, after the passing of Rathbone's screen Watson, Nigel Bruce.

Personal life

He was married to musical theatre actress Binnie Hale from 1924 until their divorce in 1934. He was subsequently married to Sonia Phyllis Bellamy and then Theodora Moreau Wilson.{{Cite web | title = Thomas Foster "Jack" RAINE – I23608 – Individual Information – PhpGedView | last = Settle | first = Jackie | work = tolliss.com | accessdate = 13 February 2015 | url = http://www.tolliss.com/gedview/individual.php?pid=I23608 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150214033258/http://www.tolliss.com/gedview/individual.php?pid=I23608 | archive-date = 14 February 2015 | url-status = dead

Selected filmography

References

References

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  3. "Send for Paul Temple (1946) – John F. Argyle – Cast and Crew – AllMovie".
  4. "Calling Paul Temple – review – cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online".
  5. "No Way Back (1949)".
  6. "Jack Raine – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie".
  7. League, The Broadway. "Sherlock Holmes – Broadway Play – 1953 Revival – IBDB".

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