Charles Drake profile
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Charles Drake

2nd October 1917 New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

80 Movies 31 TV Shows 111 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

War Arrow poster
War Arrow 26th December 1953 as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Harvey poster
Harvey 4th December 1950 as Dr. Sanderson
Peggy poster
Peggy 1st July 1950 as Tom Fielding
Louisa poster
Louisa 31st May 1950 as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Conflict poster
Conflict 15th June 1945 as Norman Holsworth
The Hard Way poster
The Hard Way 13th January 1943 as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
Career poster
Career 7th July 1939 as Rex Chaney
Switch poster
Switch 9th September 1975 as Charles Estabrook
Mannix poster
Mannix 16th September 1967 as Adam Pierson
Star Trek poster
Star Trek 8th September 1966 as Commodore Stocker
Climax! poster
Climax! 7th October 1954 as Mickey Wayne