Charles Drake
- Recitazione
- 2 ottobre 1917 · New York City, New York, USA
- 10 settembre 1994
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · In persona
- My Brother's Wedding · Pastor #2
- The Lives of Jenny Dolan · Alan Hardesty
- Matt Helm · Mr. Simmons
- Switch · Charles Estabrook
- Cop on the Beat · Deputy Chief Berliner
- Harry O
- Police Headquarters · David L. Chapin
- L'ombra di Jennifer · George Thornton
- Partners in Crime · Lt. Fred Harnett
- A tutte le auto della polizia
- The Screaming Woman · Ken Bronson
- Cannon
- Il compromesso · Finnegan
- Hail, Hero! · Senator Murchiston
- The Smugglers · Harry Miller
- La terra dei giganti · Mr. Erdap
- Reporter alla ribalta · Tom Laraby, Jonathan Galley
- Un uomo a nudo · Howard Graham
- The Counterfeit Killer · Dolan
- La valle delle bambole · Kevin Gillmore
- The Money Jungle · Harvey Sheppard
- Mannix · Adam Pierson
- Al banco della difesa
- Ironside · Mr. Thomas
- Gli invasori · Robert Morrison
- Missione Impossibile · Mitchell Connally
- Star Trek · Commodore Stocker
- I Forti di Forte Coraggio
- The Third Day · Lawrence Conway
- Tre donne per uno scapolo · Frank Taylor
- Gli impetuosi · Paul Manning
- Daniel Boone · Simon Jarvis, Andy Wharton
- Organizzazione U.N.C.L.E. · Taggart Coleman
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- The Fugitive · Oliver Greer
- Il collare di ferro · Bert Pickett
- The Lucy Show · Walter Kendricks
- Il virginiano · Randolf
- Il sentiero degli amanti · Curt Stanton
- Dimmi la verità · Buford Woodly
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show · Ben Stockton
- Checkmate · Mack Weston
- La pallottola senza nome · Luke Canfield
- Step Down to Terror · Johnny Walters
- Rendezvous · John Burden
- The Playroom · George Rutherford
- Quattro donne aspettano · Capt. Richard Bates
- Carovane verso il west · Marshal Vern Rothman, Sam Livingston
- Un solo grande amore · John Donahue
- La terra degli Apaches · Tom Sweeny
- The Price of Fear · Pete Carroll
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- All'inferno e ritorno · Brandon
- Secondo amore · Mick Anderson
- Delitto sulla spiaggia · Police Lieutenant Galley
- Summer Pavilion · Ned Welch
- I desperados della frontiera · Sheriff Jim Flannery
- The Road to Edinburgh · Jeff Davis
- Climax! · Mickey Wayne
- Tobor - Il re dei robot · Dr. Ralph Harrison
- La storia di Glenn Miller · Don Haynes
- Il maggiore Brady · Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
- Letter to Loretta · Jeff Bertch, Tom
- Destinazione... Terra! · Sheriff Matt Warren
- Il complice segreto · George Hadley
- Il dominatore del Texas · Johnny Lake
- General Electric Theater · Jeff Davis (uncredited)
- Bonzo Goes to College · Malcolm Drew
- L'autocolonna rossa · Partridge
- The Treasure of Lost Canyon · Jim Anderson
- Little Egypt · Oliver Doane
- You Never Can Tell · Perry Collins
- I moschettieri dell'aria · Captain Sullivan
- Harvey · Dr. Sanderson
- Winchester '73 · Steve Miller
- Peggy la studentessa · Tom Fielding
- Amo Luisa disperatamente · Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- La regina dei tagliaborse · Herb Klaxon
- Pelle di bronzo · Stacey Howard