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)
Johnny Bond
1950
Ivan
1950
Lew
1950
Billy Gordon
1950
1950
Paul Doniger
1950
Gavin Rhodes
1950
Carl Phillips
1950
1971
Commodore Stocker
1966
Adam Pierson
1967
Marshal Vern Rothman
1957
Sam Livingston
1957
Frank Casteel
1957
Tom Laraby
1968
Jonathan Galley
1968
Ned Welch
1948
1955
Simon Jarvis
1964
Andy Wharton
1964
Taggart Coleman
1964
Ben Stockton
1960
1947
Walter Kendricks
1962
1973
Robert Morrison
1967
Charles Estabrook
1975
1963
Mickey Wayne
1954
Oliver Greer
1963
1972
Mr. Erdap
1968
Mr. Thomas
1967
Mr. Simmons
1975
1974
Jeff Bertch
1953
Tom
1953
Randolf
1962
Mitchell Connally
1966
1965
Mack Weston
1960
1967
Jeff Davis (uncredited)
1953
Ernie
1946
Howard Graham
1968
John Burden
1958
Reporter (uncredited)
1941
Young Priest (uncredited)
1939
Dr. Sanderson
1950
Steve Miller
1950
Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
1942
Scorer (uncredited)
1941
Kevin Gillmore
1967
Mick Anderson
1955
Brandon
1955
Norman Holsworth
1945
Sheriff Matt Warren
1953
Self (archive footage)
1988
Don Haynes
1954
Lt. Pierre Delmar
1946
Navigator
1943
Finnegan
1969
Sandy
1941
Partridge
1952
Luke Canfield
1959
Johnny Lake
1953
Tom Sweeny
1956
Harvey Sheppard
1967
Police Lieutenant Galley
1955
Frank Taylor
1965
Stacey Howard
1950
Rex Chaney
1939
Dr. Ralph Harrison
1954
Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
1943
Student (uncredited)
1942
Capt. Richard Bates
1957
1941
Tom Fielding
1950
Bert Pickett
1963
Officer (uncredited)
1942
Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Pete Carroll
1956
Jim Anderson
1952
Curt Stanton
1961
Alan Hardesty
1975
Oliver Doane
1951
Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
1953
Sheriff Jim Flannery
1954
Lawrence Conway
1965
Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
1941
Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
1941
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Lt. Fred Harnett
1973
John Donahue
1957
Reporter at Police HQ
1942
Lt. R. Janoschek
1945
Buford Woodly
1961
Bob Wilson
1948
George Hadley
1953
Herb Klaxon
1950
Senator Murchiston
1969
Dr. Leonard Koster
1947
Paul Manning
1964
Steve Kirk
1946
Pastor #2
1983
Johnny Walters
1958
Captain Sullivan
1951
State College Student (uncredited)
1942
Ned Welch
1955
Deputy Chief Berliner
1975
Ken Bronson
1972
Dolan
1968
Snappy Saunders
1941
Malcolm Drew
1952
Dodd
1949
Harry Miller
1968
Eddie Sloan
1942
George Thornton
1973
Jeff Davis
Perry Collins
1951
David L. Chapin
1974
Lt. Johnson
1943