Charles Drake

Acting • Born 1917-10-02 – Died 1994-09-10

Acting1New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

128 credits

Valley of the Dolls

Movie • 1967

Kevin Gillmore

The Male Animal

Movie • 1942

Student (uncredited)

The Pretender

Movie • 1947

Dr. Leonard Koster

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Movie • 1941

Sandy

A Night in Casablanca

Movie • 1946

Lt. Pierre Delmar

Conflict

Movie • 1945

Norman Holsworth

Across the Pacific

Movie • 1942

Officer (uncredited)

Winchester '73

Movie • 1950

Steve Miller

All That Heaven Allows

Movie • 1955

Mick Anderson

War Arrow

Movie • 1953

Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn

Tammy Tell Me True

Movie • 1961

Buford Woodly

Air Force

Movie • 1943

Navigator

Tobor the Great

Movie • 1954

Dr. Ralph Harrison

To Hell and Back

Movie • 1955

Brandon

Female on the Beach

Movie • 1955

Police Lieutenant Galley

I Was a Shoplifter

Movie • 1950

Herb Klaxon

The Glenn Miller Story

Movie • 1954

Don Haynes

The Arrangement

Movie • 1969

Finnegan

It Came from Outer Space

Movie • 1953

Sheriff Matt Warren

The Price of Fear

Movie • 1956

Pete Carroll

No Name on the Bullet

Movie • 1959

Luke Canfield

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

Movie • 1952

Jim Anderson

Step Down to Terror

Movie • 1958

Johnny Walters

Whistle Stop

Movie • 1946

Ernie

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Movie • 1941

Snappy Saunders

Comanche Territory

Movie • 1950

Stacey Howard

Dear Heart

Movie • 1965

Frank Taylor

Bonzo Goes to College

Movie • 1952

Malcolm Drew

Air Cadet

Movie • 1951

Captain Sullivan

Busses Roar

Movie • 1942

Eddie Sloan

Jeanne Eagels

Movie • 1957

John Donahue

Winning Your Wings

Movie • 1942

State College Student (uncredited)

The Third Day

Movie • 1965

Lawrence Conway

Gunsmoke

Movie • 1953

Johnny Lake

You Never Can Tell

Movie • 1951

Perry Collins

The Lively Set

Movie • 1964

Paul Manning

The Red Ball Express

Movie • 1952

Partridge

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Movie • 1949

Dodd

The Counterfeit Killer

Movie • 1968

Dolan

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Movie • 1973

George Thornton

The Lone Hand

Movie • 1953

George Hadley

Showdown

Movie • 1963

Bert Pickett

Four Guns to the Border

Movie • 1954

Sheriff Jim Flannery

Winter Wonderland

Movie • 1946

Steve Kirk

Back Street

Movie • 1961

Curt Stanton

You Came Along

Movie • 1945

Lt. R. Janoschek

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Movie • 1949

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Bullet Scars

Movie • 1942

Reporter at Police HQ

Career

Movie • 1939

Rex Chaney

Little Egypt

Movie • 1951

Oliver Doane

Louisa

Movie • 1950

Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

Harvey

Movie • 1950

Dr. Sanderson

Cop on the Beat

Movie • 1975

Deputy Chief Berliner

Walk the Proud Land

Movie • 1956

Tom Sweeny

The Money Jungle

Movie • 1967

Harvey Sheppard

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie • 1939

Young Priest (uncredited)

Now, Voyager

Movie • 1942

Leslie Trotter (uncredited)

The Maltese Falcon

Movie • 1941

Reporter (uncredited)

Until They Sail

Movie • 1957

Capt. Richard Bates

The Smugglers

Movie • 1968

Harry Miller

Peggy

Movie • 1950

Tom Fielding

Sergeant York

Movie • 1941

Scorer (uncredited)

Police Headquarters

Movie • 1974

David L. Chapin

My Brother's Wedding

Movie • 1983

Pastor #2

Dangerously They Live

Movie • 1941

Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)

The Tender Years

Movie • 1948

Bob Wilson

The Screaming Woman

Movie • 1972

Ken Bronson

Hail, Hero!

Movie • 1969

Senator Murchiston

The Swimmer

Movie • 1968

Howard Graham

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie • 1987

Self (archive footage)

Summer Pavilion

Movie • 1955

Ned Welch

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Movie • 1975

Alan Hardesty

The Hard Way

Movie • 1943

Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)

Partners in Crime

Movie • 1973

Lt. Fred Harnett

Out of the Fog

Movie • 1941

One Foot in Heaven

Movie • 1941

Second Bridegroom (uncredited)

Proceed and Report

Movie • 1943

Lt. Johnson

The Road to Edinburgh

Movie • 1954

Jeff Davis

The Playroom

Movie • 1957

George Rutherford

Star Trek

TV • 1966

Commodore Stocker

The Rookies

TV • 1972

F Troop

TV • 1965

The Lucy Show

TV • 1962

Walter Kendricks

Land of the Giants

TV • 1968

Mr. Erdap

Mannix

TV • 1967

Adam Pierson

Studio One

TV • 1948

Ned Welch

Cannon

TV • 1971

Harry O

TV • 1974

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Simon Jarvis

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Oliver Greer

Switch

TV • 1975

Charles Estabrook

Climax!

TV • 1954

Mickey Wayne

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV • 1963

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV • 1955

Judd for the Defense

TV • 1967

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Jeff Davis (uncredited)

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Johnny Bond

Letter to Loretta

TV • 1953

Jeff Bertch

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

TV • 1960

TV • 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Paul Doniger

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Gavin Rhodes

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Carl Phillips

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Andy Wharton

Checkmate

TV • 1960

Mack Weston

The Name of the Game

TV • 1968

Tom Laraby

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV • 1964

Taggart Coleman

Ironside

TV • 1967

Mr. Thomas

Mission: Impossible

TV • 1966

Mitchell Connally

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Randolf

Rendezvous

TV • 1958

John Burden

The Invaders

TV • 1967

Robert Morrison

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

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