Charles Drake
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.
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Acting (77 movies)
Valley of the Dolls
1967
The Male Animal
1942
The Pretender
1947
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
A Night in Casablanca
1946
Conflict
1945
Across the Pacific
1942
Winchester '73
1950
All That Heaven Allows
1955
War Arrow
1953
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
Air Force
1943
Tobor the Great
1954
To Hell and Back
1955
Female on the Beach
1955
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
The Arrangement
1969
It Came from Outer Space
1953
The Price of Fear
1956
No Name on the Bullet
1959
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952
Step Down to Terror
1958
Whistle Stop
1946
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
Comanche Territory
1950
Dear Heart
1965
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
Air Cadet
1951
Busses Roar
1942
Jeanne Eagels
1957
Winning Your Wings
1942
The Third Day
1965
Gunsmoke
1953
You Never Can Tell
1951
The Lively Set
1964
The Red Ball Express
1952
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973
The Lone Hand
1953
Showdown
1963
Four Guns to the Border
1954
Winter Wonderland
1946
Back Street
1961
You Came Along
1945
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
Bullet Scars
1942
Career
1939
Little Egypt
1951
Louisa
1950
Harvey
1950
Cop on the Beat
1975
Walk the Proud Land
1956
The Money Jungle
1967
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Now, Voyager
1942
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Until They Sail
1957
The Smugglers
1968
Peggy
1950
Sergeant York
1941
Police Headquarters
1974
My Brother's Wedding
1983
Dangerously They Live
1941
The Tender Years
1948
The Screaming Woman
1972
Hail, Hero!
1969
The Swimmer
1968
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Summer Pavilion
1955
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
The Hard Way
1943
Partners in Crime
1973
Out of the Fog
1941
One Foot in Heaven
1941
The Playroom
1957
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