Douglas Rain, Voice of HAL 9000 in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ Dies Aged 90

A poster from the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey' at an exhibition of items from the movies of director Stanley Kubrick in Ghent, Belgium on Oct. 14, 2006. Mark Renders/Getty Images

Douglas Rain, who voiced the computer HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” died at the age of 90.

His death was confirmed on Sunday, Nov. 11 by the Stratford Festival, a Canadian theater company Rain founded in 1953.