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.
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Known For
Acting
1967
asKevin Gillmore
1942
asStudent (uncredited)
1947
asDr. Leonard Koster
1941
asSandy
1946
asLt. Pierre Delmar
1945
asNorman Holsworth
1942
asOfficer (uncredited)
1950
asSteve Miller
1955
asMick Anderson
1953
asSgt. Luke Schermerhorn
1961
asBuford Woodly
1943
asNavigator
1954
asDr. Ralph Harrison
1955
asBrandon
1955
asPolice Lieutenant Galley
1950
asHerb Klaxon
1954
asDon Haynes
1969
asFinnegan
1953
asSheriff Matt Warren
1956
asPete Carroll
1959
asLuke Canfield
1952
asJim Anderson
1958
asJohnny Walters
1946
asErnie
1941
asSnappy Saunders
1950
asStacey Howard
1965
asFrank Taylor
1952
asMalcolm Drew
1951
asCaptain Sullivan
1942
asEddie Sloan
1957
asJohn Donahue
1942
asState College Student (uncredited)
1965
asLawrence Conway
1953
asJohnny Lake
1951
asPerry Collins
1964
asPaul Manning
1952
asPartridge
1949
asDodd
1968
asDolan
1973
asGeorge Thornton
1953
asGeorge Hadley
1963
asBert Pickett
1954
asSheriff Jim Flannery
1946
asSteve Kirk
1961
asCurt Stanton
1945
asLt. R. Janoschek
1949
asHotel Clerk (uncredited)
1942
asReporter at Police HQ
1939
asRex Chaney
1951
asOliver Doane
1950
asRadio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1950
asDr. Sanderson
1975
asDeputy Chief Berliner
1956
asTom Sweeny
1967
asHarvey Sheppard
1939
asYoung Priest (uncredited)
1942
asLeslie Trotter (uncredited)
1941
asReporter (uncredited)
1957
asCapt. Richard Bates
1968
asHarry Miller
1950
asTom Fielding
1941
asScorer (uncredited)
1974
asDavid L. Chapin
1983
asPastor #2
1941
asJoe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
1948
asBob Wilson
1972
asKen Bronson
1969
asSenator Murchiston
1968
asHoward Graham
1987
asSelf (archive footage)
1955
asNed Welch
1975
asAlan Hardesty
1943
asTrailer Narrator (Uncredited)
1973
asLt. Fred Harnett
1941
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1941
asSecond Bridegroom (uncredited)
1943
asLt. Johnson
asJeff Davis
1957
asGeorge Rutherford
asCommodore Stocker
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asWalter Kendricks
asMr. Erdap
asAdam Pierson
asNed Welch
as
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asSimon Jarvis
asOliver Greer
asCharles Estabrook
asMickey Wayne
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asJeff Davis (uncredited)
asJohnny Bond
asJeff Bertch
asBen Stockton
asMr. Simmons
asTom
asIvan
asBilly Gordon
asLew
as asPaul Doniger
asGavin Rhodes
asCarl Phillips
asAndy Wharton
asMack Weston
asTom Laraby
asTaggart Coleman
asMr. Thomas
asMitchell Connally
asRandolf
asJohn Burden
asRobert Morrison
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asMarshal Vern Rothman
asJonathan Galley
asSam Livingston
asFrank Casteel
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