Conrad Bain - Personal Life

Personal Life

Bain was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes Young and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler. He studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II. He then studied in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where his classmates included actor Charles Durning and comedian Don Rickles; he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1946 before graduating in 1948.

Bain has three sons and a daughter with Monica Sloan, to whom he was married until her death in 2009. His identical twin brother is Bonar Bain, who once played the brother of his Maude character, Dr. Arthur Harmon.

Conrad Bain now lives in an independent living center in Livermore, California, called Heritage Estates.

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