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Larry Drake‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1950-02-21

Popularity

star5.6

Larry Drake

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Larry Drake

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1950-02-21

Popularity

star5.6

Biography

Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016) was an American actor. The son of Lorraine, a homemaker, and Raymond Drake, a drafting engineer for an oil company. Drake is renowned for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz on the television show L.A. Law from 1987 until the show's end in 1994, for which he won two consecutive Emmy Awards (1988, 1989). He returned to the part of Benny in L.A. Law: The Movie, a "reunion" movie aired on NBC in 2002. Drake has appeared in numerous television and film roles, including: Time Quest, Dark Asylum, Paranoid, Bean, Overnight Delivery, The Beast, The Journey of August King, Murder in New Hampshire, Dr. Giggles, Darkman, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, The Taming of the Shrew (1983), American Pie 2, and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. He was also a regular on the 1998 science fiction TV show Prey. Drake provided the voice acting for Pops on Johnny Bravo. In 2007 he co-starred in the made for TV movie Gryphon, a Sci-Fi Pictures original film. Drake married actress Ruth De Sosa in 1989; they divorced in 1991. In October 2009, he married horror writer and model Marina Drujko, but later they divorce in the same year, 2009. On March 17, 2016, Drake was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. Drake's manager, Steven Siebert, reported that the actor had some health problems in the months before his death. It was later reported that Drake suffered from a rare form of blood cancer that caused his blood to thicken. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Bean

Bean‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

Inferno

Inferno‌
star6.1
calendar 1999

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow‌
star6.5
calendar 1981

Dead Air

Dead Air‌
star5.1
calendar 2009

Overnight Delivery

Overnight Delivery‌
star5.6
calendar 1998

Darkman

Darkman‌
star6.4
calendar 1990

Dr. Giggles

Dr. Giggles‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

The Journey of August King

The Journey of August King‌
star6.7
calendar 1995

Green Lantern: First Flight

Green Lantern: First Flight‌
star6.9
calendar 2009

Attack of the Gryphon

Attack of the Gryphon‌
star4.3
calendar 2007

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant‌
star5.6
calendar 1995

Durango Kids

Durango Kids‌
star3.5
calendar 1999

Timequest

Timequest‌
star4.5
calendar 2003

Truckin' Man

Truckin' Man‌
star3.0
calendar 1975

Darkman

Darkman‌
star2.5
calendar 1992

I Will Avenge You, Iago!

I Will Avenge You, Iago!‌
star1.0
calendar 2005

Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True‌
star3.3
calendar 1988

The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth‌
star10.0
calendar 1983

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story‌
star5.4
calendar 1991

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Batman Beyond: The Movie‌
star7.2
calendar 1999

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

NBC 75th Anniversary Special‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Dorm Daze 2

Dorm Daze 2‌
star4.6
calendar 2006

Dark Asylum

Dark Asylum‌
star3.8
calendar 2001

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris‌
star6.0
calendar 2006

Paranoia

Paranoia‌
star4.8
calendar 1998

This Stuff'll Kill Ya!

This Stuff'll Kill Ya!‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Date with a Kidnapper

Date with a Kidnapper‌
star5.1
calendar 1976

The Treat

The Treat‌
star4.0
calendar 1998

For Keeps

For Keeps‌
star6.5
calendar 1988

L.A. Law: The Movie

L.A. Law: The Movie‌
star8.4
calendar 2002

Officer Down

Officer Down‌
star6.0
calendar 2005

American Pie 2

American Pie 2‌
star6.2
calendar 2001

The Beast

The Beast‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

The Secrets of Emily Blair

The Secrets of Emily Blair‌
star4.5
calendar 2016

One More Mountain

One More Mountain‌
star6.2
calendar 1994

Spun

Spun‌
star6.5
calendar 2003

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew‌
star4.0
calendar 1983

Runaway Virus

Runaway Virus‌
star6.7
calendar 2000

The Seniors

The Seniors‌
star4.2
calendar 1978

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

The Big Brawl

The Big Brawl‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Pathology

Pathology‌
star5.7
calendar 2008

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection‌
star8.7
calendar 1999

Tv Credits

L.A. Law

L.A. Law‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under‌
star8.1
calendar 2001

Batman Beyond

Batman Beyond‌
star8.1
calendar 1999

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

Johnny Bravo

Johnny Bravo‌
star7.3
calendar 1997

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.1
calendar 1996

Prey

Prey‌
star6.8
calendar 1998

Superman: The Animated Series

Superman: The Animated Series‌
star7.6
calendar 1996

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1‌
star8.3
calendar 1997

Hunter

Hunter‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

Boston Legal

Boston Legal‌
star7.9
calendar 2004

American Playhouse

American Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1982

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

Justice League

Justice League‌
star8.1
calendar 2001

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager‌
star7.8
calendar 1995

As Told by Ginger

As Told by Ginger‌
star6.4
calendar 2000

Firefly

Firefly‌
star8.3
calendar 2002

Road Rovers

Road Rovers‌
star7.3
calendar 1996

The Legend of Calamity Jane

The Legend of Calamity Jane‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

The Beast

The Beast‌
star6.3
calendar 1996

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

What's New, Scooby-Doo?‌
star7.9
calendar 2002

The Fearing Mind

The Fearing Mind‌
star4.0
calendar 2000

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth‌
star6.4
calendar 1995

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

7th Heaven

7th Heaven‌
star6.4
calendar 1996

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island‌
star7.5
calendar 1998

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944