Charles Drake
Acting
- Born:
- 1917-10-02
- Died:
- 1994-09-10
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
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
The Screaming Woman
Cannon
The Arrangement
Hail, Hero!
The Smugglers
Land of the Giants
The Name of the Game
The Swimmer
The Counterfeit Killer
Valley of the Dolls
The Money Jungle
Mannix
Judd, for the Defense
Ironside
The Invaders
Mission: Impossible
Star Trek
F Troop
The Third Day
Dear Heart
The Lively Set
Daniel Boone
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Fugitive
Showdown
The Lucy Show
The Virginian
Back Street
Tammy Tell Me True
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Checkmate
No Name on the Bullet
Step Down to Terror
Rendezvous
The Playroom
Until They Sail
Wagon Train
Jeanne Eagels
Walk the Proud Land
The Price of Fear
The 20th Century Fox Hour
To Hell and Back
All That Heaven Allows
Female on the Beach
Summer Pavilion
Four Guns to the Border
The Road to Edinburgh
Climax!
Tobor the Great
The Glenn Miller Story
War Arrow
Letter to Loretta
It Came from Outer Space
The Lone Hand
Gunsmoke
General Electric Theater
Bonzo Goes to College
The Red Ball Express
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Little Egypt
You Never Can Tell
Air Cadet
Harvey
Winchester '73
Peggy
Louisa
I Was a Shoplifter
Comanche Territory
Robert Montgomery Presents
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Studio One
The Tender Years
The Pretender
Kraft Television Theatre
Winter Wonderland
A Night in Casablanca
Whistle Stop
You Came Along
Conflict
Proceed and Report
Air Force
The Hard Way
Now, Voyager
Busses Roar
Across the Pacific
Winning Your Wings
The Male Animal
Bullet Scars
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Dangerously They Live
One Foot in Heaven
The Maltese Falcon
Sergeant York
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Out of the Fog
Million Dollar Baby
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Career