Charles Drake
Acting
🎂 1917-10-02
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.
Cast credits(122)
Commodore Stocker
1966
Marshal Vern Rothman
1957
Sam Livingston
1957
Frank Casteel
1957
Oliver Greer
1963
Mickey Wayne
1954
Johnny Bond
1950
Ivan
1950
Billy Gordon
1950
Lew
1950
1950
Paul Doniger
1950
Carl Phillips
1950
Gavin Rhodes
1950
Randolf
1962
Mr. Thomas
1967
Adam Pierson
1967
Mitchell Connally
1966
Simon Jarvis
1964
Andy Wharton
1964
Ned Welch
1948
1971
1963
Walter Kendricks
1962
Tom Laraby
1968
Jonathan Galley
1968
1972
Charles Estabrook
1975
Mack Weston
1960
1955
Robert Morrison
1967
Mr. Erdap
1968
1973
Ben Stockton
1960
1967
Taggart Coleman
1964
1965
1947
1974
Mr. Simmons
1975
Young Priest (uncredited)
1939
Kevin Gillmore
1967
Reporter (uncredited)
1941
Jeff Bertch
1953
Tom
1953
Scorer (uncredited)
1941
Dr. Sanderson
1950
Bert Pickett
1963
Don Haynes
1954
Mick Anderson
1955
Rex Chaney
1939
Brandon
1955
Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
1942
Johnny Lake
1953
Capt. Richard Bates
1957
Howard Graham
1968
Steve Miller
1950
Sheriff Jim Flannery
1954
Luke Canfield
1959
Jim Anderson
1952
Lt. Pierre Delmar
1946
Self (archive footage)
1987
Tom Sweeny
1956
Jeff Davis (uncredited)
1953
Harvey Sheppard
1967
Curt Stanton
1961
Navigator
1943
Ernie
1946
Lawrence Conway
1965
Frank Taylor
1965
George Hadley
1953
Perry Collins
1951
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Police Lieutenant Galley
1955
Pete Carroll
1956
Tom Fielding
1950
Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
1953
Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Ken Bronson
1972
Alan Hardesty
1975
Deputy Chief Berliner
1975
Snappy Saunders
1941
Sheriff Matt Warren
1953
George Thornton
1973
Buford Woodly
1961
Ned Welch
1955
Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
1943
Student (uncredited)
1942
1941
Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
1941
Malcolm Drew
1952
Officer (uncredited)
1942
Finnegan
1969
Partridge
1952
Herb Klaxon
1950
John Donahue
1957
John Burden
1958
Norman Holsworth
1945
Reporter at Police HQ
1942
Lt. R. Janoschek
1945
Paul Manning
1964
Oliver Doane
1951
Stacey Howard
1950
Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
1941
Senator Murchiston
1969
Dolan
1968
State College Student (uncredited)
1942
Lt. Fred Harnett
1973
Dodd
1949
Sandy
1941
Dr. Leonard Koster
1947
David L. Chapin
1974
Dr. Ralph Harrison
1954
Bob Wilson
1948
Steve Kirk
1946
Johnny Walters
1958
Captain Sullivan
1951
Lt. Johnson
1943
Eddie Sloan
1942
Pastor #2
1983
Jeff Davis
Harry Miller
1968