
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.

宇宙大作戦

マルタの鷹

ハーヴェイ

Mission: Impossible

Judd for the Defense

Kraft Television Theatre

天はすべて許し給う

情熱の航路

Matt Helm

ノートルダムの傴僂男

ウィンチェスター銃'73

泳ぐひと

ヨーク軍曹

The Fugitive

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

ザ・ルーシー・ショー

You Came Along

The Tender Years

Daniel Boone

The Man Who Came to Dinner

グレン・ミラー物語

My Brother's Wedding

You Never Can Tell

A Night in Casablanca

The Rookies

The Name of the Game

鬼警部アイアンサイド

The Invaders

One Foot in Heaven

Land of the Giants

Mannix

Switch

The Screaming Woman

To Hell and Back

Conflict

パナマの死角

No Name on the Bullet

Busses Roar

Cannon

Wagon Train

Air Force

The Arrangement

Louisa

Letter to Loretta

Dear Heart

Gunsmoke

General Electric Theater

バージニアン

Until They Sail

It Came from Outer Space

The Hard Way

Out of the Fog

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Bullet Scars

F Troop

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Walk the Proud Land

Jeanne Eagels

Hail, Hero!

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Valley of the Dolls

Showdown

Dangerously They Live

Tammy Tell Me True

The Red Ball Express

The Price of Fear

Winning Your Wings

War Arrow

Female on the Beach

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

Step Down to Terror

The Lone Hand

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Pretender

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Back Street

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Third Day

I Was a Shoplifter

Tobor the Great

Air Cadet

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Bonzo Goes to College

The Money Jungle

Studio One

Four Guns to the Border

Comanche Territory

The Smugglers

Peggy

Harry O

Winter Wonderland

Whistle Stop

Cop on the Beat

Checkmate

The Male Animal

Climax!

Partners in Crime

The Lively Set

The Counterfeit Killer

Career

Little Egypt

Police Headquarters

Summer Pavilion

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

The Road to Edinburgh

The Playroom