Charles Drake
Actor
Born October 2, 1917 in 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.
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
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
Scream, Pretty Peggy
George Thornton
Partners in Crime
Lt. Fred Harnett
The Rookies
The Screaming Woman
Ken Bronson
Cannon
The Arrangement
Finnegan
Hail, Hero!
Senator Murchiston
The Smugglers
Harry Miller
Land of the Giants
Mr. Erdap
The Name of the Game
Tom Laraby
The Swimmer
Howard Graham
The Counterfeit Killer
Dolan
Valley of the Dolls
Kevin Gillmore
The Money Jungle
Harvey Sheppard
Mannix
Adam Pierson
Judd, for the Defense
Ironside
Mr. Thomas
The Invaders
Robert Morrison
Mission: Impossible
Mitchell Connally
Star Trek
Commodore Stocker
F Troop
The Third Day
Lawrence Conway
Dear Heart
Frank Taylor
The Lively Set
Paul Manning
Daniel Boone
Simon Jarvis
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Taggart Coleman
The Fugitive
Oliver Greer
Showdown
Bert Pickett
The Lucy Show
Walter Kendricks
The Virginian
Randolf
Back Street
Curt Stanton
Tammy Tell Me True
Buford Woodly
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Ben Stockton
Checkmate
Mack Weston
No Name on the Bullet
Luke Canfield
Step Down to Terror
Johnny Walters
The Playroom
George Rutherford
Until They Sail
Capt. Richard Bates
Wagon Train
Marshal Vern Rothman
Jeanne Eagels
John Donahue
Walk the Proud Land
Tom Sweeny
The Price of Fear
Pete Carroll
The 20th Century Fox Hour
To Hell and Back
Brandon
All That Heaven Allows
Mick Anderson
Female on the Beach
Police Lieutenant Galley
Summer Pavilion
Ned Welch
Four Guns to the Border
Sheriff Jim Flannery
The Road to Edinburgh
Jeff Davis
Climax!
Mickey Wayne
Tobor the Great
Dr. Ralph Harrison
The Glenn Miller Story
Don Haynes
War Arrow
Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Letter to Loretta
Jeff Bertch
It Came from Outer Space
Sheriff Matt Warren
The Lone Hand
George Hadley
Gunsmoke
Johnny Lake
General Electric Theater
Jeff Davis (uncredited)
Bonzo Goes to College
Malcolm Drew
The Red Ball Express
Partridge
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Jim Anderson
Little Egypt
Oliver Doane
You Never Can Tell
Perry Collins
Air Cadet
Captain Sullivan
Harvey
Dr. Sanderson
Winchester '73
Steve Miller
Peggy
Tom Fielding
Louisa
Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
I Was a Shoplifter
Herb Klaxon
Comanche Territory
Stacey Howard
Robert Montgomery Presents
Johnny Bond
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Dodd
Studio One
Ned Welch
The Tender Years
Bob Wilson
The Pretender
Dr. Leonard Koster
Kraft Television Theatre
Winter Wonderland
Steve Kirk
A Night in Casablanca
Lt. Pierre Delmar
Whistle Stop
Ernie
You Came Along
Lt. R. Janoschek
Conflict
Norman Holsworth
Air Force
Navigator
The Hard Way
Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
Now, Voyager
Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
Busses Roar
Eddie Sloan
Across the Pacific
Officer (uncredited)
Winning Your Wings
State College Student (uncredited)
The Male Animal
Student (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
Reporter at Police HQ
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Sandy
Dangerously They Live
Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon
Reporter (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Scorer (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Snappy Saunders
Out of the Fog
Million Dollar Baby
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Young Priest (uncredited)
Career
Rex Chaney