Claude Rains played which roles in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told", respectively?

Claude Rains played the two screen roles of Dryden, a cynical British diplomat in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and King Herod the Great in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), his last film.

"Lawrence of Arabia" is a British epic historical drama that is based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel. The film top stars are Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness. In "The Greatest Story Ever Told", it is an American epic film that was produced and directed by George Stevens. It is a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity through to the Ascension.

Rains was a British-American film and stage actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was born in November 1889 in Clapham, London, England, lived for 77 years, and died in May 1967 from an abdominal hemorrhage in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States.

His American film debut was Dr. Jack Griffin in "The Invisible Man (1933)". He is highly regarded for his role in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "The Wolf Man" (1941), "Casablanca" and "Kings Row" (both 1942), "Notorious" (1946), "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

He was a Tony Award winning actor and a four-time nominee for the Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is considered "one of the screen's great character stars" who was, according to the 'All-Movie Guide', "at his best when playing cultured villains."