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Charles Drake‌

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Birthday

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Charles Drake

New York City, New York, USA

Charles Drake

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1917-10-02

Popularity

star3.0

Biography

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 Credits

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

The Male Animal

The Male Animal‌
star4.1
calendar 1942

The Pretender

The Pretender‌
star5.5
calendar 1947

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner‌
star6.8
calendar 1941

A Night in Casablanca

A Night in Casablanca‌
star6.8
calendar 1946

Conflict

Conflict‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

Winchester '73

Winchester '73‌
star7.3
calendar 1950

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows‌
star7.3
calendar 1955

War Arrow

War Arrow‌
star5.6
calendar 1953

Tammy Tell Me True

Tammy Tell Me True‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

Air Force

Air Force‌
star6.3
calendar 1943

Tobor the Great

Tobor the Great‌
star5.3
calendar 1954

To Hell and Back

To Hell and Back‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach‌
star5.7
calendar 1955

I Was a Shoplifter

I Was a Shoplifter‌
star5.3
calendar 1950

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story‌
star6.9
calendar 1954

The Arrangement

The Arrangement‌
star6.7
calendar 1969

It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space‌
star6.3
calendar 1953

The Price of Fear

The Price of Fear‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet‌
star6.6
calendar 1959

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

The Treasure of Lost Canyon‌
star5.6
calendar 1952

Step Down to Terror

Step Down to Terror‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop‌
star4.5
calendar 1946

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Nine Lives Are Not Enough‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Comanche Territory

Comanche Territory‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

Dear Heart

Dear Heart‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

Bonzo Goes to College

Bonzo Goes to College‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

Air Cadet

Air Cadet‌
star5.0
calendar 1951

Busses Roar

Busses Roar‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

Winning Your Wings

Winning Your Wings‌
star5.7
calendar 1942

The Third Day

The Third Day‌
star5.8
calendar 1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

The Lively Set

The Lively Set‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

The Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Tarzan's Magic Fountain‌
star5.5
calendar 1949

The Counterfeit Killer

The Counterfeit Killer‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Scream, Pretty Peggy‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand‌
star5.2
calendar 1953

Showdown

Showdown‌
star5.9
calendar 1963

Four Guns to the Border

Four Guns to the Border‌
star4.5
calendar 1954

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland‌
star4.3
calendar 1946

Back Street

Back Street‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

You Came Along

You Came Along‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Bullet Scars

Bullet Scars‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Career

Career‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Little Egypt

Little Egypt‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Louisa

Louisa‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

Harvey

Harvey‌
star7.7
calendar 1950

Cop on the Beat

Cop on the Beat‌
star4.1
calendar 1975

Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land‌
star6.1
calendar 1956

The Money Jungle

The Money Jungle‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame‌
star7.2
calendar 1939

Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager‌
star7.3
calendar 1942

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon‌
star7.7
calendar 1941

Until They Sail

Until They Sail‌
star6.5
calendar 1957

The Smugglers

The Smugglers‌
star4.8
calendar 1968

Peggy

Peggy‌
star4.7
calendar 1950

Sergeant York

Sergeant York‌
star7.2
calendar 1941

Police Headquarters

Police Headquarters‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

My Brother's Wedding

My Brother's Wedding‌
star6.7
calendar 1983

Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live‌
star5.9
calendar 1941

The Tender Years

The Tender Years‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

The Screaming Woman

The Screaming Woman‌
star6.6
calendar 1972

Hail, Hero!

Hail, Hero!‌
star6.0
calendar 1969

The Swimmer

The Swimmer‌
star7.4
calendar 1968

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Summer Pavilion

Summer Pavilion‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

The Lives of Jenny Dolan‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

The Hard Way

The Hard Way‌
star6.6
calendar 1943

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime‌
star2.0
calendar 1973

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

Proceed and Report

Proceed and Report‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Tv Credits

Star Trek

Star Trek‌
star8.0
calendar 1966

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

F Troop

F Troop‌
star6.1
calendar 1965

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Land of the Giants

Land of the Giants‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Harry O

Harry O‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

Switch

Switch‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star4.2
calendar 1955

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Matt Helm

Matt Helm‌
star7.4
calendar 1975

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Checkmate

Checkmate‌
star4.1
calendar 1960

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

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

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Rendezvous

Rendezvous‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Invaders

The Invaders‌
star6.8
calendar 1967

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre‌
star7.0
calendar 1947

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957