#VOICE OF HAL 9000 COMPUTER MOVIE#

And when he was having trouble finding a voice that he liked for HAL 9000, the onboard computer on a spaceship carrying astronauts on a mysterious mission, he thought of the documentary’s narration. What turned out to be, in a sense, a career-making job came along in 1960, when Rain narrated a Canadian documentary about astronomy and space called “Universe.” It caught Kubrick’s attention he is said to have watched it scores of times. Rain was well known to audiences at the Stratford Festival, where he appeared in its inaugural production, “Richard III,” in 1953, playing the Marquess of Dorset and Tyrrell and serving as understudy to Alec Guinness in the title role. But those of us lucky enough to have worked with Douglas soon solved his riddle and discovered that at the center of his mystery lay warmth and humanity.” “Precision, strength of steel, enigma and infinite intelligence, as well as a wicked sense of humor. “Douglas shared many of the same qualities as Kubrick’s iconic creation,” said Antoni Cimolino, the festival’s artistic director. The Stratford Festival announced his death.

#VOICE OF HAL 9000 COMPUTER MOVIE#

(Robert C Ragsdale/Stratford Festival via AP) Robert C Ragsdale/Associated Press Show More Show Lessĭouglas Rain, who performed for 32 seasons with the Stratford Festival in Ontario but was perhaps most famous for one faceless movie role - the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick’s landmark 1968 film, “2001: A Space Odyssey” - died on Sunday in St. Rain, who played some of Shakespeare's most intriguing characters onstage but perhaps is best known for supplying the creepily calm voice of the rogue computer HAL in Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' has died. HANDOUT MGM 1968 Show More Show Less 2 of2 In this Jphoto provided by Stratford Festival, Actor Douglas Rain appears as King Henry IV in this scene from The Second Part of Henry IV at Stratford's Festival Theatre in Stratford, Ontario. C/24JAN97/DD/HO-This is a handout photo of Hal and Dave in a scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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