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.
The Maltese Falcon
as Reporter (uncredited)
Sergeant York
as Scorer (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Young Priest (uncredited)
War Arrow
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Now, Voyager
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
Winchester '73
as Steve Miller
Harvey
as Dr. Sanderson
Conflict
as Norman Holsworth
All That Heaven Allows
as Mick Anderson
The Arrangement
as Finnegan
Air Cadet
as Captain Sullivan
Valley of the Dolls
as Kevin Gillmore
To Hell and Back
as Brandon
The Swimmer
as Howard Graham
The Smugglers
as Harry Miller
The Glenn Miller Story
as Don Haynes
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Comanche Territory
as Stacey Howard
Four Guns to the Border
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
It Came from Outer Space
as Sheriff Matt Warren
Peggy
as Tom Fielding
The Screaming Woman
as Ken Bronson
The Male Animal
as Student (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby
No Name on the Bullet
as Luke Canfield
Out of the Fog
Across the Pacific
as Officer (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Sandy
A Night in Casablanca
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
as Jim Anderson
Air Force
as Navigator
The Third Day
as Lawrence Conway
Jeanne Eagels
as John Donahue
Dangerously They Live
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
The Red Ball Express
as Partridge
Bullet Scars
as Reporter at Police HQ
Louisa
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Hand
as George Hadley
Showdown
as Bert Pickett
The Pretender
as Dr. Leonard Koster
Whistle Stop
as Ernie
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Snappy Saunders
Walk the Proud Land
as Tom Sweeny
Gunsmoke
as Johnny Lake
Step Down to Terror
as Johnny Walters
The Counterfeit Killer
as Dolan
Little Egypt
as Oliver Doane
Dear Heart
as Frank Taylor
Until They Sail
as Capt. Richard Bates
Winning Your Wings
as State College Student (uncredited)
Female on the Beach
as Police Lieutenant Galley
Busses Roar
as Eddie Sloan
Back Street
as Curt Stanton
You Came Along
as Lt. R. Janoschek
Career
as Rex Chaney
Winter Wonderland
as Steve Kirk
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Police Headquarters
as David L. Chapin
The Money Jungle
as Harvey Sheppard
I Was a Shoplifter
as Herb Klaxon
Tobor the Great
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
Scream, Pretty Peggy
as George Thornton
Bonzo Goes to College
as Malcolm Drew
You Never Can Tell
as Perry Collins
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
as Dodd
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Alan Hardesty
One Foot in Heaven
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
Tammy Tell Me True
as Buford Woodly
Cop on the Beat
as Deputy Chief Berliner
The Lively Set
as Paul Manning
The Price of Fear
as Pete Carroll
Hail, Hero!
as Senator Murchiston
Partners in Crime
as Lt. Fred Harnett
My Brother's Wedding
as Pastor #2
The Road to Edinburgh
as Jeff Davis
The Tender Years
as Bob Wilson
Proceed and Report
as Lt. Johnson
The Playroom
as George Rutherford
Summer Pavilion
as Ned Welch