| Charles Drake | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Charles Rupert |
| Born | October 2 1917 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | September 10 1994 (aged 76) East Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
| Occupation | actor |
Charles Drake (real name Charles Ruppert, born October 2, 1917 in New York City – died September 10, 1994 in East Lyme, Connecticut) was an American actor.
Biography
Drake 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. He played in 83 films between 1939 and 1975, including Scream, Pretty Peggy with Bette Davis. Over fifty of them were dramas, but he also acted in comedies, science fiction, horror and film noir.
External links
- Charles Drake at the Internet Movie Database
- Charles Drake article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
