1917-10-02 ( 107 years old ) 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.
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Movies
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988-11-22
My Brother's Wedding
1983-09-13
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975-10-27
Cop on the Beat
1975-05-06
Police Headquarters
1974-03-19
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973-11-24
Partners in Crime
1973-03-24
The Screaming Woman
1972-01-29
The Arrangement
1969-11-18
Hail, Hero!
1969-10-04
The Smugglers
1968-12-24
The Swimmer
1968-08-09
The Counterfeit Killer
1968-05-01
Valley of the Dolls
1967-12-27
The Money Jungle
1967-12-15
The Third Day
1965-08-04
Dear Heart
1965-03-07
The Lively Set
1964-10-24
Showdown
1963-05-03
Back Street
1961-10-11
Tammy Tell Me True
1961-07-26
No Name on the Bullet
1959-02-01
Step Down to Terror
1958-09-01
Until They Sail
1957-10-08
Jeanne Eagels
1957-08-02
Walk the Proud Land
1956-09-01
The Price of Fear
1956-03-13
All That Heaven Allows
1955-12-25
To Hell and Back
1955-09-22
Female on the Beach
1955-08-19
Summer Pavilion
1955-05-02
Four Guns to the Border
1954-11-05
Tobor the Great
1954-09-01
The Glenn Miller Story
1954-01-04
War Arrow
1953-12-26
It Came from Outer Space
1953-06-05
The Lone Hand
1953-05-20
Gunsmoke
1953-05-04
Bonzo Goes to College
1952-09-11
The Red Ball Express
1952-05-29
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952-03-01
Little Egypt
1951-10-01
You Never Can Tell
1951-09-23
Air Cadet
1951-03-14
Harvey
1950-12-04
Winchester '73
1950-07-12
Peggy
1950-07-01
Louisa
1950-05-31
I Was a Shoplifter
1950-05-13
Comanche Territory
1950-05-01
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949-04-20
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949-02-05
The Tender Years
1948-01-03
The Pretender
1947-08-11
Winter Wonderland
1946-05-12
A Night in Casablanca
1946-05-10
Whistle Stop
1946-01-25
You Came Along
1945-07-04
Conflict
1945-06-15
Proceed and Report
1943-11-03
Air Force
1943-03-20
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
Now, Voyager
1942-10-22
Busses Roar
1942-09-19
Across the Pacific
1942-09-04
Winning Your Wings
1942-05-28
The Male Animal
1942-03-12
Bullet Scars
1942-03-07
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941-12-24
Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24
One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941-09-20
Out of the Fog
1941-06-14
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-12-29
Career
1939-07-07
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