Cast
Charles Drake
Acting
Cast
Charles Drake
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-10-02
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1994-09-10
Also known as Charles Ruppert
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Young Priest (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1941
The Maltese Falcon
as Reporter (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1941
Sergeant York
as Scorer (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1967
Valley of the Dolls
as Kevin Gillmore
★5.6
MOVIE1961
Back Street
as Curt Stanton
★6.3
MOVIE1957
Until They Sail
as Capt. Richard Bates
★7.3
MOVIE1950
Winchester '73
as Steve Miller
★4.4
MOVIE1946
Whistle Stop
as Ernie
★5.8
MOVIE1947
The Pretender
as Dr. Leonard Koster
MOVIE1954
The Road to Edinburgh
as Jeff Davis
★7.4
MOVIE1942
Now, Voyager
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1950
Harvey
as Dr. Sanderson
★5.7
MOVIE1955
Female on the Beach
as Police Lieutenant Galley
★7.4
MOVIE1955
All That Heaven Allows
as Mick Anderson
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Winning Your Wings
as State College Student (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1959
No Name on the Bullet
as Luke Canfield
★7.0
MOVIE1954
The Glenn Miller Story
as Don Haynes
MOVIE1957
The Playroom
as George Rutherford
★6.3
MOVIE1953
It Came from Outer Space
as Sheriff Matt Warren
★7.3
MOVIE1968
The Swimmer
as Howard Graham
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Dangerously They Live
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1969
The Arrangement
as Finnegan
★9.0
MOVIE1955
Summer Pavilion
as Ned Welch
★6.6
MOVIE1955
To Hell and Back
as Brandon
★5.9
MOVIE1952
The Red Ball Express
as Partridge
★6.7
MOVIE1945
Conflict
as Norman Holsworth
★6.6
MOVIE1942
Across the Pacific
as Officer (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1946
A Night in Casablanca
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Air Force
as Navigator
★5.6
MOVIE1965
The Third Day
as Lawrence Conway
★6.5
MOVIE1965
Dear Heart
as Frank Taylor
★5.0
MOVIE1950
Comanche Territory
as Stacey Howard
★6.8
MOVIE1972
The Screaming Woman
as Ken Bronson
★5.8
MOVIE1968
The Smugglers
as Harry Miller
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Sandy
★5.7
MOVIE1953
The Lone Hand
as George Hadley
★8.0
MOVIE1968
The Counterfeit Killer
as Dolan
★6.2
MOVIE1957
Jeanne Eagels
as John Donahue
★5.9
MOVIE1956
Walk the Proud Land
as Tom Sweeny
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Out of the Fog
★6.3
MOVIE1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1942
The Male Animal
as Student (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1948
The Tender Years
as Bob Wilson
★4.7
MOVIE1975
Cop on the Beat
as Deputy Chief Berliner
★6.4
MOVIE1943
The Hard Way
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Snappy Saunders
★6.5
MOVIE1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
★5.3
MOVIE1954
Tobor the Great
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
★7.0
MOVIE1975
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Alan Hardesty
★5.8
MOVIE1950
I Was a Shoplifter
as Herb Klaxon
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Million Dollar Baby
★10.0
MOVIE1964
The Lively Set
as Paul Manning
★6.6
MOVIE1953
Gunsmoke
as Johnny Lake
★5.8
MOVIE1958
Step Down to Terror
as Johnny Walters
★5.0
MOVIE1954
Four Guns to the Border
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
★5.6
MOVIE1967
The Money Jungle
as Harvey Sheppard
MOVIE1943
Proceed and Report
as Lt. Johnson
★5.9
MOVIE1956
The Price of Fear
as Pete Carroll
★6.9
MOVIE1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Tammy Tell Me True
as Buford Woodly
★5.9
MOVIE1949
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
as Dodd
★5.0
MOVIE1973
Partners in Crime
as Lt. Fred Harnett
★7.1
MOVIE1951
You Never Can Tell
as Perry Collins
★7.1
MOVIE1983
My Brother's Wedding
as Pastor #2
★6.0
MOVIE1950
Peggy
as Tom Fielding
★5.8
MOVIE1953
War Arrow
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
★6.5
MOVIE1969
Hail, Hero!
as Senator Murchiston
★6.0
MOVIE1952
Bonzo Goes to College
as Malcolm Drew
★6.2
MOVIE1973
Scream, Pretty Peggy
as George Thornton
★6.0
MOVIE1952
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
as Jim Anderson
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Career
as Rex Chaney
★7.3
MOVIE1945
You Came Along
as Lt. R. Janoschek
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Louisa
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1946
Winter Wonderland
as Steve Kirk
★6.1
MOVIE1963
Showdown
as Bert Pickett
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Bullet Scars
as Reporter at Police HQ
★5.7
MOVIE1951
Air Cadet
as Captain Sullivan
★8.0
MOVIE1951
Little Egypt
as Oliver Doane
★6.6
MOVIE1942
Busses Roar
as Eddie Sloan
MOVIE1974
Police Headquarters
as David L. Chapin