Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 02, 1917
Died
Sep 10, 1994
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
111 titles
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. 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
Self (archive footage)
My Brother's Wedding
Pastor #2
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Alan Hardesty
Matt Helm
Mr. Simmons
Switch
Charles Estabrook
Cop on the Beat
Deputy Chief Berliner
Harry O
Police Headquarters
David L. Chapin
Scream, Pretty Peggy
George Thornton
Partners in Crime
Lt. Fred Harnett
The Rookies
The Screaming Woman
Ken Bronson
Cannon
The Arrangement
Finnegan
Hail, Hero!
Senator Murchiston
The Smugglers
Harry Miller
Land of the Giants
Mr. Erdap
The Name of the Game
Tom Laraby
The Swimmer
Howard Graham
The Counterfeit Killer
Dolan
Valley of the Dolls
Kevin Gillmore
The Money Jungle
Harvey Sheppard
Mannix
Adam Pierson
Judd, for the Defense
Ironside
Mr. Thomas
The Invaders
Robert Morrison
Mission: Impossible
Mitchell Connally
Star Trek
Commodore Stocker
F Troop
The Third Day
Lawrence Conway
Dear Heart
Frank Taylor
The Lively Set
Paul Manning
Daniel Boone
Simon Jarvis
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Taggart Coleman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Fugitive
Oliver Greer
Showdown
Bert Pickett
The Lucy Show
Walter Kendricks
The Virginian
Randolf
Back Street
Curt Stanton
Tammy Tell Me True
Buford Woodly
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Ben Stockton
Checkmate
Mack Weston
No Name on the Bullet
Luke Canfield
Step Down to Terror
Johnny Walters
Rendezvous
John Burden
The Playroom
George Rutherford
Until They Sail
Capt. Richard Bates
Wagon Train
Marshal Vern Rothman
Jeanne Eagels
John Donahue