JACK RAINE (1897 – 1979) Autograph, hand signed on programme page from 1939, Dr. Watson opposite retailer Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes on the radio

An autograph of JACK RAINE (1897 – 1979), hand signed on programme page from 1939.

English stage, television and film actor. He was a leading man of the British cinema in the late twenties and early thirties in such films as "The Hate Ship" (1929), "Raise the Roof", "Night Birds" and "The Middle Watch", before moving down the cast list and becoming a character actor. Throughout the thirties and forties he appeared in numerous supporting roles, usually as sturdy figures of authority, including "The Ghoul" (1933), "The Clairvoyant" (1934), "Holiday Camp" (1947), "Quartet" (1948) and "Easy Money" (1948). He also played Sir Graham Forbes in the first two Paul Temple films "Send for Paul Temple" (1946) and "Calling Paul Temple" (1948). Like a lot of British actors during the fifties he made the move to Hollywood and enjoyed a career of character roles which continued into the seventies. These included "Julius Caesar" (1953), "My Fair Lady" (1964), "Doctor Doolittle" (1967), "The Killing of Sister George" (1968), "Hello, Dolly!" (1969) and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (1971). Numerous television roles included 'Perry Mason', 'The Outer Limits' retailer, 'The Twilight Zone', 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' and 'Ironside'. He also portrayed Dr. Watson opposite Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes on the radio, and on Broadway, after the passing of Rathbone's screen Watson, Nigel Bruce.

On reverse

Autograph of ISOBEL THORNTON (1875 – 1949). English actress, known for "Laugh with Me" (1938). (B84)

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