Larry Drake

Larry Drake

Birthday: 1950-02-21

Deathday: 2016-03-17

Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0236952

Biography:

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

The Skin of Our Teeth

Score: 10.0

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Score: 8.7

L.A. Law: The Movie

Score: 7.6

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Score: 7.3

The Karate Kid

Score: 7.2

Green Lantern: First Flight

Score: 6.9

Runaway Virus

Score: 6.7

The Journey of August King

Score: 6.7

Spun

Score: 6.6

For Keeps

Score: 6.5

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Score: 6.5

Bean

Score: 6.5

Darkman

Score: 6.4

American Pie 2

Score: 6.2

One More Mountain

Score: 6.2

Inferno

Score: 6.1

Officer Down

Score: 6.0

This Stuff'll Kill Ya!

Score: 6.0

Mrs. Harris

Score: 6.0

The Big Brawl

Score: 5.9

Pathology

Score: 5.7

Overnight Delivery

Score: 5.6

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Score: 5.6

Dr. Giggles

Score: 5.5

The Beast

Score: 5.5

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

Score: 5.4

Date with a Kidnapper

Score: 5.3

Dead Air

Score: 5.1

Paranoia

Score: 4.8

Timequest

Score: 4.8

The Seniors

Score: 4.6

Dorm Daze 2

Score: 4.6

The Secrets of Emily Blair

Score: 4.4

Attack of the Gryphon

Score: 4.3

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Score: 4.0

The Treat

Score: 4.0

Dark Asylum

Score: 3.8

Durango Kids

Score: 3.5

Too Good to Be True

Score: 3.3

Truckin' Man

Score: 3.0

Darkman

Score: 2.7

Living the Dream

Score: 2.5

I Will Avenge You, Iago!

Score: 1.0

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Firefly

Score: 8.3

Stargate SG-1

Score: 8.3

Justice League

Score: 8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

Score: 8.1

Six Feet Under

Score: 8.1

Batman Beyond

Score: 8.1

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

Boston Legal

Score: 7.9

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Score: 7.9

Star Trek: Voyager

Score: 7.8

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

Superman: The Animated Series

Score: 7.6

Fantasy Island

Score: 7.5

Johnny Bravo

Score: 7.3

Crossing Jordan

Score: 7.2

Hunter

Score: 7.2

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

The Legend of Calamity Jane

Score: 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 6.8

Road Rovers

Score: 6.8

Prey

Score: 6.8

As Told by Ginger

Score: 6.6

Hardcastle and McCormick

Score: 6.4

The Naked Truth

Score: 6.4

7th Heaven

Score: 6.4

The Beast

Score: 6.3

American Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Fearing Mind

Score: 4.0