Charles Drake

Known for ActingBorn 1917-10-02Died 1994-09-10New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Lively Set

Summer Pavilion

The Counterfeit Killer

Star Trek

Matt Helm

Little Egypt

The Tender Years

Career

Judd, for the Defense

Kraft Television Theatre

Mission: Impossible

Harvey

The Maltese Falcon

The Swimmer

The Fugitive

All That Heaven Allows

Now, Voyager

My Brother's Wedding

Winchester '73

You Came Along

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Lucy Show

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Name of the Game

Daniel Boone

You Never Can Tell

Sergeant York

The Rookies

The Glenn Miller Story

The Screaming Woman

Ironside

Land of the Giants

The Invaders

Switch

Mannix

The Man Who Came to Dinner

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Cannon

General Electric Theater

A Night in Casablanca

One Foot in Heaven

The Arrangement

No Name on the Bullet

Hail, Hero!

To Hell and Back

Dear Heart

Busses Roar