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