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
Now, Voyager (1942)
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Don Haynes
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
as Mick Anderson
The Swimmer (1968)
as Howard Graham
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Steve Miller
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Kevin Gillmore
The Red Ball Express (1952)
as Partridge
Back Street (1961)
as Curt Stanton
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
as Sheriff Matt Warren
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
as Luke Canfield
To Hell and Back (1955)
as Brandon
Air Force (1943)
as Navigator
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Sandy
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Officer (uncredited)
Whistle Stop (1946)
as Ernie
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
Conflict (1945)
as Norman Holsworth
The Arrangement (1969)
as Finnegan
Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Richard Bates
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
as John Donahue
The Pretender (1947)
as Dr. Leonard Koster
The Playroom (1957)
as George Rutherford
Summer Pavilion (1955)
as Ned Welch
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
as Dodd
Female on the Beach (1955)
as Police Lieutenant Galley
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
The Lone Hand (1953)
as George Hadley
War Arrow (1953)
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Comanche Territory (1950)
as Stacey Howard
Tobor the Great (1954)
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tom Sweeny
The Hard Way (1943)
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
Showdown (1963)
as Bert Pickett
Dear Heart (1965)
as Frank Taylor
Louisa (1950)
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lively Set (1964)
as Paul Manning
The Screaming Woman (1972)
as Ken Bronson
Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
as Buford Woodly
Gunsmoke (1953)
as Johnny Lake
The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
as Dolan
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Reporter at Police HQ
Step Down to Terror (1958)
as Johnny Walters
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
as Herb Klaxon
The Price of Fear (1956)
as Pete Carroll
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Senator Murchiston
You Came Along (1945)
as Lt. R. Janoschek
The Male Animal (1942)
as Student (uncredited)
The Third Day (1965)
as Lawrence Conway
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
as Alan Hardesty
Winning Your Wings (1942)
as State College Student (uncredited)
Partners in Crime (1973)
as Lt. Fred Harnett
Winter Wonderland (1946)
as Steve Kirk
The Tender Years (1948)
as Bob Wilson
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Deputy Chief Berliner
Peggy (1950)
as Tom Fielding
You Never Can Tell (1951)
as Perry Collins
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
as Malcolm Drew
The Smugglers (1968)
as Harry Miller
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
as Snappy Saunders
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
as Jim Anderson
Air Cadet (1951)
as Captain Sullivan
Little Egypt (1951)
as Oliver Doane
My Brother's Wedding (1985)
as Pastor #2
The Money Jungle (1967)
as Harvey Sheppard
Police Headquarters (1974)
as David L. Chapin
The Road to Edinburgh (1954)
as Jeff Davis
Busses Roar (1942)
as Eddie Sloan
Career (1939)
as Rex Chaney
Proceed and Report (1943)
as Lt. Johnson
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
as George Thornton