Jack Raine

Thomas Foster "Jack" Raine (18 May 1897 – 30 May 1979) was an English stage, television and film actor.

Career 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, Suspense, Night Birds and The Middle Watch (all 1930), 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, Mine Own Executioner (both 1947) and Easy Money (1948). One of his last British films was a rare co-starring role of this era in the 'B' movie No Way Back (1949), opposite Terence De Marney, in which he played against type as a small time gangster.

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), An Affair to Remember (1957), Witness for the Prosecution (both 1957), My Fair Lady (1964), Doctor Doolittle (1967), The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He also portrayed Dr. Watson opposite Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes on Broadway, after the passing of Rathbone's screen Watson, Nigel Bruce.

Personal life He was married to musical theatre actress Binnie Hale from 1924 until their divorce in 1934. He was subsequently married to Sonia Phyllis Bellamy and then Theodora Moreau Wilson.

Selected filmography

Piccadilly (1929) – Diner in Nightclub Scene (uncredited) The Hate Ship (1929) – Roger Peel Raise the Roof (1930) – Atherley Armitage Harmony Heaven (1930) – Stuart Suspense (1930) – Capt. Wilson Night Birds (1930) – Sgt. Harry Cross The Middle Watch (1930) – Cmdr. Baddeley Comets (1930) – Himself Fires of Fate (1932) – Filbert Frayne Her Night Out (1932) – Jim Hanley The Ghoul (1933) – Davis, the chauffeur (uncredited) Two Wives for Henry (1933) – Hugo Horsfal The House of Trent (1933) – Peter The Fortunate Fool (1933) – Gerald (credited as Jack Raines) Out of the Past (1933) – Eric Cotton Important People (1934) – George Pelling Love, Life and Laughter (1934) – Aide (uncredited) Dangerous Ground (1934) – Philip Tarry Red Ensign (1934) – Testing Official (uncredited) Little Friend (1934) – Jeffries Lilies of the Field (1934) – George Belwood Mimi (1935) – Duke Royal Cavalcade (1935) – Minor Role (uncredited) The Clairvoyant (1935) – Customs Officer (uncredited) Double or Quits (1938) – Roland Meet Mr. Penny (1938) – Preston Life of St. Paul (1938) – Pudens For Freedom (1940) – Cutter Girl in the News (1940) – Detective Smith (uncredited) Neutral Port (1940) – Alf Sailors Don't Care (1940) – Hotel Manager (uncredited) I Didn't Do It (1945) – J.B. Cato Send for Paul Temple (1946) – Sir Graham Forbes Just William's Luck (1947) – Detective No. 1 Holiday Camp (1947) – District Superintendent (uncredited) Mine Own Executioner (1947) – Inspector Pierce Easy Money (1948) – Managing Director Just William's Luck (1948) – Police Sergeant Good-Time Girl (1948) – Detective Inspector Girton Calling Paul Temple (1948) – Sir Graham Forbes My Brother's Keeper (1948) – Chief Constable The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) – Stansfield Yorke Quartet (1948) – Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life") No Way Back (1949) – Joe Sleat Holiday for Sinners (1952) – Dr. Surtees Les Misérables (1952) – Captain (uncredited) The Happy Time (1952) – Mr. Frye – School Principal Botany Bay (1952) – Governor's Aide (uncredited) Above and Beyond (1952) – Dr. Fiske Rogue's March (1953) – Gen. Woodbury The Story of Three Loves (1953) – Doctor (segment "The Jealous Lover") (uncredited) The Desert Rats (1953) – C.I.C. (uncredited) Julius Caesar (1953) – Trebonius Young Bess (1953) – Governor of Tower (uncredited) Dangerous When Wet (1953) – Stuart Frye Rhapsody (1954) – Edmund Streller Elephant Walk (1954) – Norbert (uncredited) Bengal Brigade (1954) – Col. Rivers (uncredited) The Silver Chalice (1954) – Magistrate (uncredited) Prince of Players (1955) – Theatre Manager (uncredited) Interrupted Melody (1955) – Mr. Norson (uncredited) Soldier of Fortune (1955) – Maj. Leith Phipps (uncredited) Moonfleet (1955) – Frame (uncredited) Not as a Stranger (1955) – Dr. Lettering How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) – Speaker (uncredited) The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) – Mr. Finley (uncredited) D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) – Officer (uncredited) The Power and the Prize (1956) – Mr. Pitt-Semphill An Affair to Remember (1957) – British TV Commentator (uncredited) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) – Sir Wilfrid's doctor (uncredited) Compulsion (1959) – Professor McKinnon (uncredited) Woman Obsessed (1959) – Ian Campbell (uncredited) Taras Bulba (1962) – Mayor (uncredited) My Fair Lady (1964) – Extra (uncredited) The Americanization of Emily (1964) – Hotel Waiter (uncredited) Do Not Disturb (1965) – Bird Watcher (uncredited) Our Man Flint (1966) – English Diplomat (uncredited) Assault on a Queen (1966) – Bartender (uncredited) Doctor Dolittle (1967) – Vicar (uncredited) The Killing of Sister George (1968) – Deputy Commissioner Hello, Dolly! (1969) – Elderly Man (uncredited) Scandalous John (1971) – Switchman Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) – Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) (final film role)