From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
Movie | My Brother's Wedding | Pastor #2 | 1983-09-13 |
Movie | Cop on the Beat | Deputy Chief Berliner | 1975-05-06 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Movie | Scream, Pretty Peggy | George Thornton | 1973-11-24 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Screaming Woman | Ken Bronson | 1972-01-29 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | Hail, Hero! | Senator Murchiston | 1969-10-04 |
Movie | The Arrangement | Finnegan | 1969-11-18 |
Movie | The Counterfeit Killer | Dolan | 1968-05-01 |
Movie | The Swimmer | Howard Graham | 1968-08-09 |
Movie | The Smugglers | Harry Miller | 1968-12-24 |
Series | Land of the Giants | 1968-09-22 | |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Money Jungle | Harvey Sheppard | 1967-12-15 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | Valley of the Dolls | Kevin Gillmore | 1967-12-27 |
Series | Star Trek | Commodore Stocker | 1966-09-08 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Dear Heart | Frank Taylor | 1965-03-07 |
Movie | The Third Day | Lawrence Conway | 1965-08-04 |
Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Taggart Coleman | 1964-09-22 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | The Lively Set | Paul Manning | 1964-10-24 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Showdown | Bert Pickett | 1963-05-03 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | Tammy Tell Me True | Buford Woodly | 1961-07-26 |
Movie | Back Street | Curt Stanton | 1961-10-11 |
Series | Checkmate | Mack Weston | 1960-09-17 |
Movie | No Name on the Bullet | Luke Canfield | 1959-02-01 |
Series | Rendezvous | John Burden | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | Step Down to Terror | Johnny Walters | 1958-09-01 |
Movie | Until They Sail | Capt. Richard Bates | 1957-10-08 |
Movie | Jeanne Eagels | John Donahue | 1957-08-02 |
Movie | The Price of Fear | Pete Carroll | 1956-03-13 |
Movie | Walk the Proud Land | Tom Sweeny | 1956-09-01 |
Movie | Female on the Beach | Police Lieutenant Galley | 1955-08-19 |
Movie | Summer Pavilion | Ned Welch | 1955-05-02 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | To Hell and Back | Brandon | 1955-09-22 |
Movie | All That Heaven Allows | Mick Anderson | 1955-12-25 |
Movie | The Glenn Miller Story | Don Haynes | 1954-01-04 |
Movie | Tobor the Great | Dr. Ralph Harrison | 1954-09-01 |
Movie | Four Guns to the Border | Sheriff Jim Flannery | 1954-11-05 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Gunsmoke | Johnny Lake | 1953-05-04 |
Movie | It Came from Outer Space | Sheriff Matt Warren | 1953-06-05 |
Movie | The Lone Hand | George Hadley | 1953-05-20 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | War Arrow | Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn | 1953-12-26 |
Movie | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Jim Anderson | 1952-03-01 |
Movie | Bonzo Goes to College | Malcolm Drew | 1952-09-01 |
Movie | The Red Ball Express | Partridge | 1952-05-29 |
Movie | Air Cadet | Captain Sullivan | 1951-03-14 |
Movie | You Never Can Tell | Perry Collins | 1951-09-23 |
Movie | Little Egypt | Oliver Doane | 1951-10-01 |
Movie | I Was a Shoplifter | Herb Klaxon | 1950-05-13 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Movie | Comanche Territory | Stacey Howard | 1950-05-01 |
Movie | Louisa | Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) | 1950-05-31 |
Movie | Harvey | Dr. Sanderson | 1950-12-04 |
Movie | Peggy | Tom Fielding | 1950-07-01 |
Movie | Deported | 1950-11-01 | |
Movie | Winchester '73 | Steve Miller | 1950-07-12 |
Movie | Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Dodd | 1949-02-05 |
Movie | Johnny Stool Pigeon | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1949-04-20 |
Movie | The Tender Years | Bob Wilson | 1948-01-03 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | The Pretender | Dr. Leonard Koster | 1947-08-11 |
Movie | Whistle Stop | Ernie | 1946-01-25 |
Movie | Winter Wonderland | Steve Kirk | 1946-05-12 |
Movie | A Night in Casablanca | Lt. Pierre Delmar | 1946-05-10 |
Movie | Conflict | Norman Holsworth | 1945-06-15 |
Movie | You Came Along | Lt. R. Janoschek | 1945-07-04 |
Movie | Air Force | Navigator | 1943-03-20 |
Movie | The Hard Way | Trailer Narrator (Uncredited) | 1943-01-13 |
Movie | Winning Your Wings | State College Student (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
Movie | Bullet Scars | Reporter at Police HQ | 1942-03-07 |
Movie | The Male Animal | Student (uncredited) | 1942-03-12 |
Movie | Across the Pacific | Officer (uncredited) | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Busses Roar | Eddie Sloan | 1942-09-19 |
Movie | Now, Voyager | Leslie Trotter (uncredited) | 1942-10-22 |
Movie | Sergeant York | Scorer (uncredited) | 1941-09-27 |
Movie | Out of the Fog | 1941-06-14 | |
Movie | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Snappy Saunders | 1941-09-20 |
Movie | The Maltese Falcon | Reporter (uncredited) | 1941-10-18 |
Movie | One Foot in Heaven | Second Bridegroom (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
Movie | Dangerously They Live | Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited) | 1941-12-24 |
Movie | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Sandy | 1941-12-24 |
Movie | Career | Rex Chaney | 1939-07-07 |
Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Young Priest (uncredited) | 1939-12-29 |