Charles Drake
Age: 76 | From: New York, City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1917-10-02 12:19:35
Death: 1994-09-10 12:19:35
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York, City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 62
TV Involvements: 25
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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(1975) Charles Estabrook
Star Trek
(1966) Commodore Stocker
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Carl Phillips
The Fugitive
(1963) Oliver Greer
The Name of the Game
(1968) Tom Laraby
Ironside
(1967) Mr. Thomas
Climax!
(1954) Mickey Wayne
Mannix
(1967) Adam PiersonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Pastor #2 | |
| 1975 | Alan Hardesty | |
| Mr. Simmons | ||
| Charles Estabrook | ||
| Deputy Chief Berliner | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | George Thornton | |
| Lt. Fred Harnett | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Ken Bronson | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1969 | Finnegan | |
| Senator Murchiston | ||
| 1968 | Harry Miller | |
| Mr. Erdap | ||
| Tom Laraby | ||
| Howard Graham | ||
| Dolan | ||
| 1967 | Kevin Gillmore | |
| Harvey Sheppard | ||
| Adam Pierson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Thomas | ||
| Robert Morrison | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Commodore Stocker | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Lawrence Conway | ||
| Frank Taylor | ||
| 1964 | Paul Manning | |
| Simon Jarvis | ||
| Andy Wharton | ||
| Taggart Coleman | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Oliver Greer | ||
| Bert Pickett | ||
| 1962 | Walter Kendricks | |
| 1961 | Curt Stanton | |
| Buford Woodly | ||
| 1960 | Ben Stockton | |
| Mack Weston | ||
| 1959 | Luke Canfield | |
| 1958 | Johnny Walters | |
| John Burden | ||
| 1957 | Capt. Richard Bates | |
| John Donahue | ||
| 1956 | Tom Sweeny | |
| Pete Carroll | ||
| 1955 | Mick Anderson | |
| N/A | ||
| Brandon | ||
| Police Lieutenant Galley | ||
| Ned Welch | ||
| 1954 | Sheriff Jim Flannery | |
| Mickey Wayne | ||
| Dr. Ralph Harrison | ||
| Don Haynes | ||
| 1953 | Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn | |
| Jeff Bertch | ||
| Tom | ||
| Sheriff Matt Warren | ||
| George Hadley | ||
| Johnny Lake | ||
| Jeff Davis (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | Malcolm Drew | |
| Partridge | ||
| Jim Anderson | ||
| 1951 | Oliver Doane | |
| Perry Collins | ||
| Captain Sullivan | ||
| 1950 | Dr. Sanderson | |
| Steve Miller | ||
| Tom Fielding | ||
| Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Herb Klaxon | ||
| Stacey Howard | ||
| Lew | ||
| Billy Gordon | ||
| Ivan | ||
| Johnny Bond | ||
| N/A | ||
| Paul Doniger | ||
| Gavin Rhodes | ||
| Carl Phillips | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| Dodd | ||
| 1948 | Ned Welch | |
| Bob Wilson | ||
| 1947 | Dr. Leonard Koster | |
| 1946 | Steve Kirk | |
| Lt. Pierre Delmar | ||
| Ernie | ||
| 1945 | Lt. R. Janoschek | |
| Norman Holsworth | ||
| 1943 | Navigator | |
| Trailer Narrator (Uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Leslie Trotter (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Sloan | ||
| Officer (uncredited) | ||
| State College Student (uncredited) | ||
| Student (uncredited) | ||
| Reporter at Police HQ | ||
| Sandy | ||
| 1941 | Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited) | |
| Second Bridegroom (uncredited) | ||
| Reporter (uncredited) | ||
| Scorer (uncredited) | ||
| Snappy Saunders | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1939 | Young Priest (uncredited) | |
| Rex Chaney | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
