 He was a Tony Award winning actor and was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.Rains was considered to be "one of the screen's great character stars" who was, according to the "All-Movie Guide", "at his best when playing cultured villains".During his lengthy career, he was greatly admired by many of his acting colleagues, such as Bette Davis, Vincent Sherman, Ronald Neame, Albert Dekker, John Gielgud, Charles Laughton and Richard Chamberlain.