Charles Drake
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.
111 acting credits
Acting · 111
Mannix
1967
Star Trek
1966
The Fugitive
1963
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Wagon Train
1957
The Virginian
1962
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Climax!
1954
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Daniel Boone
1964
The Lucy Show
1962
Cannon
1971
Studio One
1948
The Rookies
1972
The Name of the Game
1968
The Invaders
1967
Switch
1975
Land of the Giants
1968
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Checkmate
1960
Harry O
1974
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
F Troop
1965
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Matt Helm
1975
Letter to Loretta
1953
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
The Maltese Falcon
1941
General Electric Theater
1953
Sergeant York
1941
Harvey
1950
Winchester '73
1950
Valley of the Dolls
1967
The Swimmer
1968
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
All That Heaven Allows
1955
Now, Voyager
1942
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Air Force
1943
To Hell and Back
1955
A Night in Casablanca
1946
The Arrangement
1969
Out of the Fog
1941
No Name on the Bullet
1959
Bullet Scars
1942
Conflict
1945
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
The Hard Way
1943
War Arrow
1953
The Lone Hand
1953
Jeanne Eagels
1957
Gunsmoke
1953
Tobor the Great
1954
Whistle Stop
1946
Across the Pacific
1942
Until They Sail
1957
The Male Animal
1942
The Screaming Woman
1972
Career
1939
Peggy
1950
Walk the Proud Land
1956
Showdown
1963
Comanche Territory
1950
You Never Can Tell
1951
Million Dollar Baby
1941
The Money Jungle
1967
Female on the Beach
1955
Dangerously They Live
1941
The Red Ball Express
1952
The Price of Fear
1956
Hail, Hero!
1969
Louisa
1950
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
The Smugglers
1968
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
Step Down to Terror
1958
Back Street
1961
Police Headquarters
1974
Rendezvous
1958
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
You Came Along
1945
Partners in Crime
1973
Winter Wonderland
1946
Cop on the Beat
1975
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973
Air Cadet
1951
Four Guns to the Border
1954
One Foot in Heaven
1941
Dear Heart
1965
Summer Pavilion
1955
The Lively Set
1964
The Third Day
1965
The Tender Years
1948
Little Egypt
1951
Busses Roar
1942
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
The Pretender
1947
My Brother's Wedding
1983
Proceed and Report
1943
The Road to Edinburgh
1954
Winning Your Wings
1942
The Playroom
1957