About Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series. Rennie was first "loaned out" to another company for White Cradle Inn (1947), shot in Switzerland with Madeleine Carroll. After Claude Rains turned down the role, Rennie received top billing in his next film, The Day the Earth Stood Still (also 1951), the first postwar, large-budget, "A" science-fiction film. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone, known for his early sound version of All Quiet on the Western Front.
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