Charles Drake
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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
Credits
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Young Priest (uncredited)
Sergeant York (1941)
as Scorer (uncredited)
Harvey (1950)
as Dr. Sanderson
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Kevin Gillmore
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Steve Miller
Now, Voyager (1942)
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
To Hell and Back (1955)
as Brandon
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Don Haynes
The Swimmer (1968)
as Howard Graham
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
as Mick Anderson
Air Force (1943)
as Navigator
Female on the Beach (1955)
as Police Lieutenant Galley
Dear Heart (1965)
as Frank Taylor
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
as Sheriff Matt Warren
War Arrow (1953)
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Back Street (1961)
as Curt Stanton
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Senator Murchiston
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
as Luke Canfield
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
as John Donahue
Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Richard Bates
Tobor the Great (1954)
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
The Hard Way (1943)
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Sandy
Whistle Stop (1946)
as Ernie
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
Comanche Territory (1950)
as Stacey Howard
The Arrangement (1969)
as Finnegan
Conflict (1945)
as Norman Holsworth
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Reporter at Police HQ
The Red Ball Express (1952)
as Partridge
The Male Animal (1942)
as Student (uncredited)
Air Cadet (1951)
as Captain Sullivan
Gunsmoke (1953)
as Johnny Lake
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Officer (uncredited)
The Pretender (1947)
as Dr. Leonard Koster
The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
as Dolan
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
The Third Day (1965)
as Lawrence Conway
Peggy (1950)
as Tom Fielding
The Screaming Woman (1972)
as Ken Bronson
Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
as Buford Woodly
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
as Jim Anderson
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tom Sweeny
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
as Alan Hardesty
You Came Along (1945)
as Lt. R. Janoschek
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
as Snappy Saunders
Showdown (1963)
as Bert Pickett
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
as Dodd
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Deputy Chief Berliner
Partners in Crime (1973)
as Lt. Fred Harnett
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
The Price of Fear (1956)
as Pete Carroll
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
Winter Wonderland (1946)
as Steve Kirk
Winning Your Wings (1942)
as State College Student (uncredited)
The Lone Hand (1953)
as George Hadley
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
as Herb Klaxon
The Road to Edinburgh (1954)
as Jeff Davis
You Never Can Tell (1951)
as Perry Collins
The Money Jungle (1967)
as Harvey Sheppard
The Smugglers (1968)
as Harry Miller
The Lively Set (1964)
as Paul Manning
Louisa (1950)
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Career (1939)
as Rex Chaney
Busses Roar (1942)
as Eddie Sloan
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
as Malcolm Drew
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
as Pastor #2
Little Egypt (1951)
as Oliver Doane
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Step Down to Terror (1958)
as Johnny Walters
Police Headquarters (1974)
as David L. Chapin
Proceed and Report (1943)
as Lt. Johnson
The Playroom (1957)
as George Rutherford
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
as George Thornton
The Tender Years (1948)
as Bob Wilson
Summer Pavilion (1955)
as Ned Welch