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.

Фільмографія

• 1985My Brother's Wedding — Pastor #2
• 1975Cop on the Beat — Deputy Chief Berliner
• Matt Helm — Mr. Simmons
• Switch — Charles Estabrook
• 1975The Lives of Jenny Dolan — Alan Hardesty
• Harry O
• 1974Police Headquarters — David L. Chapin
• 1973Partners in Crime — Lt. Fred Harnett
• 1973Scream, Pretty Peggy — George Thornton
• The Rookies
• 1972The Screaming Woman — Ken Bronson
• Cannon
• 1969Hail, Hero! — Senator Murchiston
• 1969The Arrangement — Finnegan
• Land of the Giants — Mr. Erdap
• 1968The Counterfeit Killer — Dolan
• The Name of the Game — Tom Laraby, Jonathan Galley
• 1968The Smugglers — Harry Miller
• 1968The Swimmer — Howard Graham
• Ironside — Mr. Thomas
• Judd, for the Defense
• Mannix — Adam Pierson
• The Invaders — Robert Morrison
• 1967The Money Jungle — Harvey Sheppard
• 1967Долина ляльок — Kevin Gillmore
• Mission: Impossible — Mitchell Connally
• Зоряний шлях — Commodore Stocker
• 1965Dear Heart — Frank Taylor
• F Troop
• 1965The Third Day — Lawrence Conway
• Daniel Boone — Simon Jarvis, Andy Wharton
• 1964The Lively Set — Paul Manning
• Агенти U.N.C.L.E. — Taggart Coleman
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• 1963Showdown — Bert Pickett
• The Fugitive — Oliver Greer
• The Lucy Show — Walter Kendricks
• The Virginian — Randolf
• 1961Back Street — Curt Stanton
• 1961Tammy Tell Me True — Buford Woodly
• Checkmate — Mack Weston
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Ben Stockton
• 1959No Name on the Bullet — Luke Canfield
• Rendezvous — John Burden
• 1958Step Down to Terror — Johnny Walters
• 1957Jeanne Eagels — John Donahue
• 1957The Playroom — George Rutherford
• 1957Until They Sail — Capt. Richard Bates
• Wagon Train — Marshal Vern Rothman, Sam Livingston, Frank Casteel
• 1956The Price of Fear — Pete Carroll
• 1956Walk the Proud Land — Tom Sweeny
• 1955All That Heaven Allows — Mick Anderson
• 1955Female on the Beach — Police Lieutenant Galley
• 1955Summer Pavilion — Ned Welch
• The 20th Century Fox Hour
• 1955To Hell and Back — Brandon
• Climax! — Mickey Wayne
• 1954Four Guns to the Border — Sheriff Jim Flannery
• 1954The Glenn Miller Story — Don Haynes
• 1954The Road to Edinburgh — Jeff Davis
• 1954Tobor the Great — Dr. Ralph Harrison
• General Electric Theater — Jeff Davis (uncredited)
• 1953Gunsmoke — Johnny Lake
• 1953It Came from Outer Space — Sheriff Matt Warren
• Letter to Loretta — Jeff Bertch, Tom
• 1953The Lone Hand — George Hadley
• 1953War Arrow — Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
• 1952Bonzo Goes to College — Malcolm Drew
• 1952The Red Ball Express — Partridge
• 1952The Treasure of Lost Canyon — Jim Anderson
• 1951Air Cadet — Captain Sullivan
• 1951Little Egypt — Oliver Doane
• 1951You Never Can Tell — Perry Collins
• 1950Comanche Territory — Stacey Howard
• 1950Harvey — Dr. Sanderson
• 1950I Was a Shoplifter — Herb Klaxon
• 1950Louisa — Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
• 1950Peggy — Tom Fielding
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Johnny Bond, Ivan, Billy Gordon, Lew, Paul Doniger, Carl Phillips, Gavin Rhodes, Andrew, Wayne, Jed, Kenneth Reed, Chet
• 1950Winchester '73 — Steve Miller
• 1949Johnny Stool Pigeon — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1949Tarzan's Magic Fountain — Dodd
• Studio One — Ned Welch
• 1948The Tender Years — Bob Wilson
• Kraft Television Theatre
• 1947The Pretender — Dr. Leonard Koster
• 1946A Night in Casablanca — Lt. Pierre Delmar
• 1946Whistle Stop — Ernie
• 1946Winter Wonderland — Steve Kirk
• 1945Conflict — Norman Holsworth
• 1945You Came Along — Lt. R. Janoschek
• 1943Air Force — Navigator
• 1943Proceed and Report — Lt. Johnson
• 1943The Hard Way — Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
• 1942Across the Pacific — Officer (uncredited)
• 1942Bullet Scars — Reporter at Police HQ
• 1942Busses Roar — Eddie Sloan
• 1942Now, Voyager — Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
• 1942The Male Animal — Student (uncredited)
• 1942Winning Your Wings — State College Student (uncredited)
• 1941Dangerously They Live — Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
• 1941Million Dollar Baby
• 1941Nine Lives Are Not Enough — Snappy Saunders
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
• 1941Out of the Fog
• 1941Sergeant York — Scorer (uncredited)
• 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner — Sandy
• 1941Мальтійський сокіл — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1939Career — Rex Chaney
• 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Young Priest (uncredited)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)