
Charles Drake
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.
Filmografi
The Maltese Falcon1941 · Reporter (uncredited)
Whistle Stop1946 · Ernie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1939 · Young Priest (uncredited)
Back Street1961 · Curt Stanton
A Night in Casablanca1946 · Lt. Pierre Delmar
Summer Pavilion1955 · Ned Welch
The Playroom1957 · George Rutherford
The Pretender1947 · Dr. Leonard Koster
Harvey1950 · Dr. Sanderson
Valley of the Dolls1967 · Kevin Gillmore
The Glenn Miller Story1954 · Don Haynes
Winchester '731950 · Steve Miller
Now, Voyager1942 · Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
All That Heaven Allows1955 · Mick Anderson
Female on the Beach1955 · Police Lieutenant Galley
Sergeant York1941 · Scorer (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet1959 · Luke Canfield
It Came from Outer Space1953 · Sheriff Matt Warren
Until They Sail1957 · Capt. Richard Bates
The Road to Edinburgh1954 · Jeff Davis
The Swimmer1968 · Howard Graham
Conflict1945 · Norman Holsworth
Dangerously They Live1941 · Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
War Arrow1953 · Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Etienne Girardot
Maureen O'Hara
Peter Lorre
Vera Miles
Humphrey Bogart
Ava Gardner
Elizabeth Montgomery
Thomas Mitchell
Elisha Cook Jr.
Jerome Cowan
Susan Hayward
Cedric Hardwicke