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Charles Drake

Charles Drake

Actor · 1917 – 1994 · 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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.7

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie7.2

    Sergeant York

    1941 · 239 votes

  • Movie7.3
  • Movie7.3

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955 · 349 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Glenn Miller Story

    1954 · 169 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Swimmer

    1968 · 279 votes

  • Movie7.7

    Harvey

    1950 · 701 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Valley of the Dolls

    1967 · 151 votes

  • Movie6.8

    A Night in Casablanca

    1946 · 164 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Winchester '73

    1950 · 419 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Now, Voyager

    1942 · 238 votes

  • Movie6.3

    It Came from Outer Space

    1953 · 257 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Arrangement

    1969 · 68 votes

  • Movie6.6

    To Hell and Back

    1955 · 69 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Until They Sail

    1957 · 32 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie5.7

    Female on the Beach

    1955 · 37 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Four Guns to the Border

    1954 · 19 votes

  • Movie5.7

    War Arrow

    1953 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Across the Pacific

    1942 · 87 votes

  • Movie6.6

    No Name on the Bullet

    1959 · 91 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Jeanne Eagels

    1957 · 15 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Tobor the Great

    1954 · 33 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Back Street

    1961 · 18 votes

Series24

  • TV8.0

    Star Trek

    1966 · 1.6K votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.6

    Mission: Impossible

    1966 · 320 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV5.9
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    Cannon

    1971 · 41 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Lucy Show

    1962 · 53 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Invaders

    1967 · 62 votes

  • TV7.7

    Judd, for the Defense

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Rookies

    1972 · 22 votes

  • TV6.8

    Land of the Giants

    1968 · 50 votes

  • TV6.6

    Switch

    1975 · 11 votes

  • TV7.2

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

    1964 · 75 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV6.0
  • TV5.2

    Harry O

    1974 · 12 votes