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Douglas Rain. Douglas James Rain (May 9, 1928 – November 11, 2018) was a Canadian actor and narrator. Although primarily a stage actor, he is perhaps best known for his voicing of the HAL 9000 computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984).
Douglas Rain (1928-2018) was a Canadian actor who voiced the iconic computer HAL 9000 in the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010 (1984). He also had a long career in theatre, TV and film, and was a co-founder of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival.
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- St. Marys, Ontario, Canada
Nov 12, 2018 · Douglas James Rain was born on May 9, 1928, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father, James, was a railroad switchman, and his mother, Mary Crichton McIntyre, was a nurse.
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- Neil Genzlinger
Douglas Rain was a Canadian actor who voiced the iconic computer HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). He also had a career in theatre, especially Shakespeare, and was co-founder of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival.
- May 9, 1928
- November 11, 2018
Nov 12, 2018 · Douglas Rain, a Shakespeare actor who provided the eerie, calmly homicidal voice of HAL in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, has died at the age of 90. The Canadian actor died Sunday ...
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- Emily Sullivan
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Nov 12, 2018 · By Alex Johnson. Douglas Rain, the acclaimed Shakespearean actor whose chilling performance as the voice of the homicidal HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" rendered the amoral emptiness ...
Nov 12, 2018 · The Canadian actor and narrator, who co-founded the Stratford Festival, passed away from natural causes in Ontario. He was cast as the intelligent robot in Stanley Kubrick's "2001" after Kubrick heard his voice on a radio show.