Douglas Rain

Douglas Rain was born on March 13, 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Douglas and Esther Rain. He studied acting at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Banff, Alberta and in London at the Old Vic School. 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. Douglas Rain is also well known for his voice work in films, most notably as the HAL 9000 computer in the Stanley Kubrick classic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010 (1984). He has also appeared in films such as The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Towering Inferno (1974), and The Fog (1980). Douglas Rain passed away on November 11, 2018 at the age of 90.