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Douglas Rain
Deceased

When Did Douglas Rain Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90
GenderMaleNationalityCanadaBorn13/03/1928Born inWinnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDied11/11/2018 (aged 90)Died inSt. MarysWikidataQ557268 ↗TMDb#253 ↗

Douglas James Rain was a Canadian actor. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best known for voicing HAL 9000, the supercomputer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). He co-founded the Stratford Festival, and was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway play Vivat! Vivat Regina!.

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Filmography13 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1995No Price Too HighSeriesPrime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King67
1992Donald Brittain: FilmmakerMovieSelf - Narrator (voice)64
1985Love & LarcenyMovieAshton Fletcher57
19842010MovieHAL 9000 (voice)56
1973SleeperMovieBio Central Computer 2100, Series G (voice)45
1973SleeperMovieEvil Computer/Various Robot Butlers (voice) (uncredited)45
1973Tour en l'airMovieNarrator (voice)45
19682001: A Space OdysseyMovieHAL 9000 (voice)40
1967Henry VMovieKing Henry V39
1965BBC Play of the MonthSeriesStephano37
1963A Cry of AngelsMovie—35
1957Oedipus RexMovieMessenger29
1955FolioSeries—27