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Charles Drake
🎂 Oct 2, 1917 — 🕯️ Sep 10, 1994 (76 years)
New York City, New York, USA 1.0 popularity
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.
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50
Movies
29
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Movies
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Harvey
1950
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Valley of the Dolls
1967
The Swimmer
1968
Now, Voyager
1942
Sergeant York
1941
Until They Sail
1957
No Name on the Bullet
1959
Winchester '73
1950
To Hell and Back
1955
The Male Animal
1942
A Night in Casablanca
1946
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Female on the Beach
1955
The Red Ball Express
1952
Air Force
1943
Jeanne Eagels
1957
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Louisa
1950
Back Street
1961
Showdown
1963
All That Heaven Allows
1955
Bullet Scars
1942
The Arrangement
1969
One Foot in Heaven
1941
Dangerously They Live
1941
Across the Pacific
1942
Comanche Territory
1950
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
The Third Day
1965
Four Guns to the Border
1954
Out of the Fog
1941
War Arrow
1953
Air Cadet
1951
Peggy
1950
Dear Heart
1965
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
The Money Jungle
1967
Gunsmoke
1953
Whistle Stop
1946
Conflict
1945
The Pretender
1947
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
Walk the Proud Land
1956
Step Down to Terror
1958
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952
The Price of Fear
1956
Tobor the Great
1954
TV Shows
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Star Trek
1966
The Rookies
1972
F Troop
1965
The Lucy Show
1962
Land of the Giants
1968
Mannix
1967
Studio One
1948
Cannon
1971
Harry O
1974
Daniel Boone
1964
The Fugitive
1963
Switch
1975
Climax!
1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Judd for the Defense
1967
General Electric Theater
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Matt Helm
1975
Checkmate
1960
The Name of the Game
1968
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Virginian
1962
The Invaders
1967
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Wagon Train
1957
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Charles Drake
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. Charles Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.