Charles Drake

Charles Drake

Birthday: 1917-10-02

Deathday: 1994-09-10

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Charles Ruppert

imdb_id: nm0236866

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Maltese Falcon

Score: 7.7

Harvey

Score: 7.7

Now, Voyager

Score: 7.4

The Swimmer

Score: 7.3

All That Heaven Allows

Score: 7.3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Score: 7.3

Winchester '73

Score: 7.3

Sergeant York

Score: 7.2

The Tender Years

Score: 7.0

You Came Along

Score: 7.0

The Glenn Miller Story

Score: 6.9

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Score: 6.9

A Night in Casablanca

Score: 6.8

The Screaming Woman

Score: 6.7

The Arrangement

Score: 6.7

My Brother's Wedding

Score: 6.7

No Name on the Bullet

Score: 6.6

One Foot in Heaven

Score: 6.6

The Hard Way

Score: 6.6

Busses Roar

Score: 6.6

Dear Heart

Score: 6.6

To Hell and Back

Score: 6.6

Across the Pacific

Score: 6.6

Conflict

Score: 6.6

Until They Sail

Score: 6.5

Out of the Fog

Score: 6.4

You Never Can Tell

Score: 6.4

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.4

Air Force

Score: 6.4

It Came from Outer Space

Score: 6.3

Jeanne Eagels

Score: 6.3

Bullet Scars

Score: 6.2

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Score: 6.2

Walk the Proud Land

Score: 6.1

Louisa

Score: 6.1

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Score: 6.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Score: 6.0

Hail, Hero!

Score: 6.0

Valley of the Dolls

Score: 6.0

Showdown

Score: 5.9

Dangerously They Live

Score: 5.9

Tammy Tell Me True

Score: 5.9

Winning Your Wings

Score: 5.9

Back Street

Score: 5.8

The Red Ball Express

Score: 5.8

The Third Day

Score: 5.8

The Price of Fear

Score: 5.8

Female on the Beach

Score: 5.7

Step Down to Terror

Score: 5.6

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

Score: 5.6

War Arrow

Score: 5.6

The Lone Hand

Score: 5.6

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Score: 5.5

The Pretender

Score: 5.5

I Was a Shoplifter

Score: 5.3

Tobor the Great

Score: 5.2

The Money Jungle

Score: 5.0

Air Cadet

Score: 5.0

Bonzo Goes to College

Score: 5.0

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Score: 5.0

The Smugglers

Score: 4.8

Comanche Territory

Score: 4.8

Peggy

Score: 4.7

Four Guns to the Border

Score: 4.7

Winter Wonderland

Score: 4.3

Whistle Stop

Score: 4.3

Cop on the Beat

Score: 4.1

The Male Animal

Score: 4.1

Partners in Crime

Score: 2.0

The Road to Edinburgh

Score: 0.0

Proceed and Report

Score: 0.0

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Score: 0.0

Summer Pavilion

Score: 0.0

Police Headquarters

Score: 0.0

Little Egypt

Score: 0.0

Career

Score: 0.0

The Counterfeit Killer

Score: 0.0

The Lively Set

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Star Trek

Score: 8.0

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Kraft Television Theatre

Score: 7.5

Judd for the Defense

Score: 7.5

Matt Helm

Score: 7.4

The Fugitive

Score: 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Score: 7.2

The Lucy Show

Score: 7.0

Police Story

Score: 6.9

Daniel Boone

Score: 6.9

Daniel Boone

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

The Invaders

Score: 6.8

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

The Rookies

Score: 6.8

Switch

Score: 6.7

Land of the Giants

Score: 6.7

Mannix

Score: 6.7

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Cannon

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Score: 6.2

F Troop

Score: 6.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Harry O

Score: 4.6

Checkmate

Score: 4.1

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Rendezvous

Score: 0.0