Charles Drake
Acting
1917-10-02 · New York City, New York, USA
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
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
My Brother's Wedding
1985 · Movie
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975 · Movie
Matt Helm
1975 · Series
Switch
1975 · Series
Cop on the Beat
1975 · Movie
Harry O
1974 · Series
Police Headquarters
1974 · Movie
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973 · Movie
Partners in Crime
1973 · Movie
The Rookies
1972 · Series
The Screaming Woman
1972 · Movie
Cannon
1971 · Series
The Arrangement
1969 · Movie
Hail, Hero!
1969 · Movie
The Smugglers
1968 · Movie
Land of the Giants
1968 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Swimmer
1968 · Movie
The Counterfeit Killer
1968 · Movie
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Movie
The Money Jungle
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Star Trek
1966 · Series
F Troop
1965 · Series
The Third Day
1965 · Movie
Dear Heart
1965 · Movie
The Lively Set
1964 · Movie
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
Showdown
1963 · Movie
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Back Street
1961 · Movie
Tammy Tell Me True
1961 · Movie
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Series
Checkmate
1960 · Series
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Movie
Step Down to Terror
1958 · Movie
Rendezvous
1958 · Series
The Playroom
1957 · Movie
Until They Sail
1957 · Movie
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Jeanne Eagels
1957 · Movie
Walk the Proud Land
1956 · Movie
The Price of Fear
1956 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
To Hell and Back
1955 · Movie
All That Heaven Allows
1955 · Movie
Female on the Beach
1955 · Movie
Summer Pavilion
1955 · Movie
Four Guns to the Border
1954 · Movie
The Road to Edinburgh
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Tobor the Great
1954 · Movie
The Glenn Miller Story
1954 · Movie
War Arrow
1953 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
It Came from Outer Space
1953 · Movie
The Lone Hand
1953 · Movie
Gunsmoke
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Bonzo Goes to College
1952 · Movie
The Red Ball Express
1952 · Movie
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952 · Movie
Little Egypt
1951 · Movie
You Never Can Tell
1951 · Movie
Air Cadet
1951 · Movie
Harvey
1950 · Movie
Winchester '73
1950 · Movie
Peggy
1950 · Movie
Louisa
1950 · Movie
I Was a Shoplifter
1950 · Movie
Comanche Territory
1950 · Movie
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 · Movie
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Tender Years
1948 · Movie
The Pretender
1947 · Movie
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · Series
Winter Wonderland
1946 · Movie
A Night in Casablanca
1946 · Movie
Whistle Stop
1946 · Movie
You Came Along
1945 · Movie
Conflict
1945 · Movie
Proceed and Report
1943 · Movie
Air Force
1943 · Movie
The Hard Way
1943 · Movie
Now, Voyager
1942 · Movie
Busses Roar
1942 · Movie
Across the Pacific
1942 · Movie
Winning Your Wings
1942 · Movie
The Male Animal
1942 · Movie
Bullet Scars
1942 · Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Movie
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Movie
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Movie
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Movie
Sergeant York
1941 · Movie
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941 · Movie
Out of the Fog
1941 · Movie
Million Dollar Baby
1941 · Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Movie
Career
1939 · Movie