Larry Drake
Acting
1949-02-21 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016) was an American actor. The son of Lorraine, a homemaker, and Raymond Drake, a drafting engineer for an oil company. Drake is renowned for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz on the television show L.A. Law from 1987 until the show's end in 1994, for which he won two consecutive Emmy Awards (1988, 1989). He returned to the part of Benny in L.A. Law: The Movie, a "reunion" movie aired on NBC in 2002. Drake has appeared in numerous television and film roles, including: Time Quest, Dark Asylum, Paranoid, Bean, Overnight Delivery, The Beast, The Journey of August King, Murder in New Hampshire, Dr. Giggles, Darkman, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, The Taming of the Shrew (1983), American Pie 2, and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. He was also a regular on the 1998 science fiction TV show Prey. Drake provided the voice acting for Pops on Johnny Bravo. In 2007 he co-starred in the made for TV movie Gryphon, a Sci-Fi Pictures original film. Drake married actress Ruth De Sosa in 1989; they divorced in 1991. In October 2009, he married horror writer and model Marina Drujko, but later they divorce in the same year, 2009. On March 17, 2016, Drake was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. Drake's manager, Steven Siebert, reported that the actor had some health problems in the months before his death. It was later reported that Drake suffered from a rare form of blood cancer that caused his blood to thicken.
Filmography
The Secrets of Emily Blair
2016 · Movie
Dead Air
2009 · Movie
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009 · Movie
Pathology
2008 · Movie
Attack of the Gryphon
2007 · Movie
Dorm Daze 2
2006 · Movie
Living the Dream
2006 · Movie
Mrs. Harris
2005 · Movie
Officer Down
2005 · Movie
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
2005 · Movie
Boston Legal
2004 · Series
Timequest
2003 · Movie
Spun
2003 · Movie
Firefly
2002 · Series
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · Series
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002 · Movie
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Movie
Justice League
2001 · Series
Dark Asylum
2001 · Movie
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Series
American Pie 2
2001 · Movie
Six Feet Under
2001 · Series
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001 · Series
As Told by Ginger
2000 · Series
Runaway Virus
2000 · Movie
Durango Kids
1999 · Movie
Inferno
1999 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · Movie
Batman Beyond
1999 · Series
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1998 · Series
The Treat
1998 · Movie
Paranoia
1998 · Movie
Overnight Delivery
1998 · Movie
Prey
1998 · Series
The Legend of Calamity Jane
1997 · Series
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Series
Johnny Bravo
1997 · Series
Bean
1997 · Movie
Road Rovers
1996 · Series
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · Series
7th Heaven
1996 · Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
The Beast
1996 · Series
The Beast
1996 · Movie
The Journey of August King
1995 · Movie
The Naked Truth
1995 · Series
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Series
One More Mountain
1994 · Movie
Dr. Giggles
1992 · Movie
Darkman
1992 · Movie
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Movie
Darkman
1990 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Too Good to Be True
1988 · Movie
For Keeps
1988 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
The Ladies Club
1986 · Movie
Hunter
1984 · Series
The Karate Kid
1984 · Movie
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Series
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
1983 · Movie
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
1981 · Movie
The Big Brawl
1980 · Movie
The Seniors
1978 · Movie
Date with a Kidnapper
1976 · Movie
Truckin' Man
1975 · Movie
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
1971 · Movie
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series