Charles Drake
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1917-10-02
- Décès:
- 1994-09-10
- Lieu de naissance:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biographie
Charles Drake (October 2, 1917 – September 10, 1994) was an American actor.Drake was born as Charles Ruppert in New York City. He graduated from Nichols College and became a salesman. In 1939, he turned to acting and signed a contract with Warner Brothers. He wasn't immediately successful. World War II interrupted his career; soon after his military service was complete, Drake returned to Hollywood in 1945, his contract with Warner Brothers ended. In the 1940s, he did some freelance work, like A Night in Casablanca. In 1949 he moved to Universal Studios. In 1955, Drake turned to television as one of the stock-company players on Robert Montgomery Presents and three years later he became the host of the British TV espionage weekly Rendezvous. In 1959, he starred in the Western film, No Name on the Bullet, where he played a doctor dedicated to saving a small town from a dangerous assassin. In 1967 he played the part of Oliver Greer in The Fugitive episode The One That Got Away. He played in 83 films between 1939 and 1975, including Scream, Pretty Peggy. More than 50 were dramas, but he also acted in comedies, science fiction, horror and film noir. He died on September 10, 1994 in East Lyme, Connecticut, aged 76. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmographie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
My Brother's Wedding
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Matt Helm
Switch
Cop on the Beat
Harry O
Police Headquarters
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Partners in Crime
The Rookies
L'enterrée vive
Cannon
L'Arrangement
Hail, Hero!
The Smugglers
Au pays des géants
The Name of the Game
Le Plongeon
Piège à San Francisco
La Vallée des poupées
The Money Jungle
Mannix
Judd, for the Defense
L'Homme de fer
Les Envahisseurs
Mission : Impossible
Star Trek
F Troop
The Third Day
Dear Heart
The Lively Set
Daniel Boone
Des Agents très spéciaux
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Le Fugitif
Le Collier de Fer
The Lucy Show
Le Virginien
Histoire d'un amour
Les Lycéennes
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Checkmate
Une Balle signée X
Step Down to Terror
Rendezvous
The Playroom
Femmes coupables
Wagon Train
Un seul amour
L'homme de San Carlos
The Price of Fear
The 20th Century Fox Hour
L'Enfer des hommes
Tout ce que le ciel permet
La Maison sur la plage
Summer Pavilion
Quatre Tueurs et une Fille
The Road to Edinburgh
Climax!
Le maitre du monde
Romance inachevée
À l'assaut du Fort Clark
Letter to Loretta
Le Météore de la nuit
Le Solitaire des Rocheuses
Le Tueur du Montana
General Electric Theater
Bonzo Goes to College
Les conducteurs du diable
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Little Egypt
You Never Can Tell
Air Cadet
Harvey
Winchester '73
Peggy
Louisa
I Was a Shoplifter
Sur le territoire des Comanches
Robert Montgomery Presents
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Tarzan et la fontaine magique
Studio One
The Tender Years
The Pretender
Kraft Television Theatre
Winter Wonderland
Une nuit à Casablanca
Tragique rendez-vous
You Came Along
La mort n'était pas au rendez-vous
Proceed and Report
Air Force
La Manière forte
Une femme cherche son destin
Busses Roar
Griffes jaunes
Winning Your Wings
Si Adam avait su…
Bullet Scars
L'homme qui vint dîner
Dangerously They Live
One Foot in Heaven
Le Faucon maltais
Sergent York
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Out of the Fog
Million Dollar Baby
Quasimodo
Career