1950-02-21 ( 75 years old ) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016) was an American actor. The son of Lorraine, a homemaker, and Raymond Drake, a drafting engineer for an oil company. Drake is renowned for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz on the television show L.A. Law from 1987 until the show's end in 1994, for which he won two consecutive Emmy Awards (1988, 1989). He returned to the part of Benny in L.A. Law: The Movie, a "reunion" movie aired on NBC in 2002. Drake has appeared in numerous television and film roles, including: Time Quest, Dark Asylum, Paranoid, Bean, Overnight Delivery, The Beast, The Journey of August King, Murder in New Hampshire, Dr. Giggles, Darkman, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, The Taming of the Shrew (1983), American Pie 2, and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. He was also a regular on the 1998 science fiction TV show Prey. Drake provided the voice acting for Pops on Johnny Bravo. In 2007 he co-starred in the made for TV movie Gryphon, a Sci-Fi Pictures original film. Drake married actress Ruth De Sosa in 1989; they divorced in 1991. In October 2009, he married horror writer and model Marina Drujko, but later they divorce in the same year, 2009.
On March 17, 2016, Drake was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. Drake's manager, Steven Siebert, reported that the actor had some health problems in the months before his death. It was later reported that Drake suffered from a rare form of blood cancer that caused his blood to thicken.
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Movies
The Secrets of Emily Blair
2016-10-01
Dead Air
2009-10-27
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009-07-28
Pathology
2008-04-11
Attack of the Gryphon
2007-01-27
Dorm Daze 2
2006-09-05
Mrs. Harris
2006-02-25
Officer Down
2005-08-01
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
2005-04-19
Timequest
2003-05-09
Spun
2003-02-07
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002-05-12
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
Dark Asylum
2001-11-08
American Pie 2
2001-08-10
Runaway Virus
2000-01-29
Durango Kids
1999-10-10
Inferno
1999-09-25
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999-01-10
The Treat
1998-09-10
Paranoia
1998-06-01
Overnight Delivery
1998-04-07
Bean
1997-07-03
The Beast
1996-04-28
The Journey of August King
1995-09-14
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
1995-07-11
One More Mountain
1994-03-06
Dr. Giggles
1992-10-23
Darkman
1992-02-21
Darkman
1990-08-24
Too Good to Be True
1988-11-14
For Keeps
1988-01-15
The Karate Kid
1984-06-22
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983-01-18
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
1981-10-24
The Big Brawl
1980-08-18
The Seniors
1978-06-30
Date with a Kidnapper
1976-01-01
Truckin' Man
1975-05-01
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
1971-02-26
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