
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.
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The titles people know Douglas from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Narrator (voice)

as William Lyon Mackenzie King · 7 episodes

as Ashton Fletcher
as HAL 9000 (voice)

as Narrator
as Bio Central Computer 2100, Series G (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as HAL 9000 (voice)

as King Henry V
as Narrator

as Stephano · 1 episode


as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as William Lyon Mackenzie
as Messenger

as Jacob Schunk · 16 episodes
The people who keep turning up in Douglas’s titles.