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Douglas Rain

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Best known as the voice of the computer, HAL 9000, in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010. See more trivia »

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in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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1985 Love & Larceny (TV movie)
Ashton Fletcher
 
1984 2010
HAL 9000 (voice)
 
1984 Sam Hughes's War (TV movie)
 
1974 Tour en l'air
Narrator (voice)
 
1973 Sleeper
Evil Computer/Various Robot Butlers (voice) (uncredited)
 
1971 Talking to a Stranger (TV mini-series)
Alan
 
1970 Softly Softly: Task Force (TV series)
Jerry Proctor
– Open and Shut (1970) … Jerry Proctor
 
1968 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Stephano
– The Tempest (1968) … Stephano
 
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
HAL 9000 (voice)
 
1966 Henry V (TV movie)
Henry V
 
1962-1964 Playdate (TV series)
Pip / Jones
– Alias Jones (1964) … Jones
– Great Expectations: Part Two (1962) … Pip
– Great Expectations: Part One (1962) … Pip
 
1964 Twelfth Night (TV movie)
 
1963 A Cry of Angels (TV movie)
Charles
 
1963 The Other Man (TV mini-series)
David Henderson
 
1961 One Plus One
The Divorcee segment
 
1961 William Lyon Mackenzie: A Friend to His Country (short)
William Lyon Mackenzie
 
1961 Robert Baldwin: A Matter of Principle (short)
William Lyon Mackenzie
 
1960 Festival (TV series)
– Julius Caesar (1960)
 
1960 Just Mary (TV series) (voice)
 
1960 R.C.M.P. (TV series)
Mr. Dodds
– The Hunt (1960) … Mr. Dodds
 
1959 Hudson's Bay (TV series)
Martin Cobb
– The Accounting (1959) … Martin Cobb
 
1955-1957 On Camera (TV series)
Joy-Pop
– The Witness (1957) … Joy-Pop
– The Waltz (1955)
– The Tyger's Hart (1955)
 
1957 Oedipus Rex
Creon
 
1955 Folio (TV series)
Malcolm
– Macbeth (1955) … Malcolm
 
1955 Scope (TV series)
Laertes
– Hamlet (1955) … Laertes
 
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1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (performer: "Daisy Bell A Bicycle Built for Two" 1893 - uncredited)
 
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2011 Prophets of Science Fiction (TV series documentary)
Voice of HAL in '2001, A Space Odyssey'
– Arthur C. Clarke (2011) … Voice of HAL in '2001, A Space Odyssey' (voice)
 
1995 Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker (TV mini-series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975 The Man Who Skied Down Everest (documentary)
Narrator
 
1973 Rock-a-bye (documentary)
Narrator
 
1966 Bird of Passage (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Fields of Sacrifice (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1963 The World of David Milne (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1963 Pipers and A' (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1962 The Great Religions: Islam (documentary)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1962 The Great Religions: Hinduism (documentary)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1962 The Great Religions: Buddhism (documentary)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
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2005 Movies That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

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(1951) He acted in George Devine's production of William Shakespeare's play, "The Comedy of Errors," at the Old Vic School Theatre in London, England with Prunella Scales CBE, Dame Joan Plowright CBE, Margaret Ashcroft, Yvonne Bonnamy, James Vowden, Jerome Willis, Patrick Wymark, Colin Jevans... See more »
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Trivia:

Best known as the voice of the computer, HAL 9000, in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010. See more »