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Charles Drake is a Actor American born on 2 october 1917 at New York City (USA)

Charles Drake

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Birth name Charles Ruppert
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1917 at New York City (USA)
Death 10 september 1994 (at 76 years) at East Lyme (USA)

Charles Drake (October 2, 1917 – September 10, 1994) was an American actor.

Biography

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 was not immediately successful. During World War II Drake served in the United States Army. 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 1950 Drake co-starred with James Stewart and Shelley Winters in Winchester '73 and again co-starred with Stewart in the film Harvey a screen adaptation of the Broadway play.

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. Also that year, he co-starred in the Audie Murphy bio pic, To Hell and Back, as Murphy's close friend "Brandon".

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.

On November 14, 1961, Drake played the role of state line boss Allen Winter in the episode "The Accusers" of NBC's Laramie western series. In the story line, housekeeper Daisy Cooper (Spring Byington) identifies Winter as having left a hotel room right after a saloon girl, Carla Morton, portrayed by Joanne Linville, is murdered there. At first, few believe Daisy because Winter is a respected man in Laramie and the boss of Cooper's boss, series character Slim Sherman (John Smith). Carla had pressured Winter to leave his wife and marry her. When Daisy searches for further proof of Winter's guilt, Winter resorts to sabotage of Daisy's carriage and stakes out the Sherman Ranch, posing as an Indian, while Slim is away on an overnight assignment authorized by Winter. Slim suddenly becomes convinced of Daisy's story and rides swiftly to her rescue.

In 1967, Drake played the part of Oliver Greer in The Fugitive episode "The One That Got Away". He guest starred in the fourth season (1968–1969) of NBC's Daniel Boone as Simon Jarvis. He played in eighty-three films between 1939 and 1975, including Scream, Pretty Peggy. More than fifty were dramas, but he also acted in comedies, science fiction, horror, and film noir.

Drake is a part of the legacy of Star Trek, having played the role of Commodore Stocker in the original series' second season episode, "The Deadly Years" (December 8, 1967).

He died on September 10, 1994 in East Lyme, Connecticut, at the age of seventy-six.

Best films

The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
(Actor)
To Hell and Back (1955)
(Actor)
Harvey (1950)
(Actor)
Dear Heart (1965)
(Actor)
Air Force (1943)
(Actor)

Usually with

Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(25 films)
Russel Gausman
Russel Gausman
(23 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Drake (72 films)

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Actor

My Brother's Wedding, 1h16
Directed by Charles Burnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Drake, Frances E. Nealy, Henry G. Sanders, Sy Richardson
Roles Pastor #2
Rating70% 3.540733.540733.540733.540733.54073
The movie opens with a man playing the harmonica and singing the blues. Pierce is then seen walking down the street when he gets called by a woman to see her sister's baby. Pierce says that he doesn't have time because he has to go to visit Soldier's mother, but goes in anyway. At the house, Pierce asks who the father is and the woman says that he could be the father if he wants. Angered by the comment, Pierce leaves the house and continues his way to Soldier's place.
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Shirley Jones, Stephen Boyd, Lynn Carlin, Farley Granger, James Darren, George Grizzard
Roles Alan Hardesty
Rating61% 3.0895053.0895053.0895053.0895053.089505
A newspaper reporter is jeopardized by her investigation of an assassination
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Directed by Gordon Hessler
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Ted Bessell, Bette Davis, Charles Drake, Allan Arbus, Christiane Schmidtmer, Tovah Feldshuh
Roles George Thornton
Rating61% 3.050023.050023.050023.050023.05002
Peggy is a college student and aspiring artist who works as a housekeeper in the mansion of mysterious recluse Mrs. Elliott and her oddball sculptor son Jeffrey. She becomes suspicious when George Thornton comes to the house looking for his missing daughter, who once worked in the position she now holds, and even more so when she learns Jeffrey's sister, whom she was led to believe was on an extended European vacation, actually is mentally deranged and living in the apartment above the garage. Undaunted by warnings from her employer, Peggy is determined to befriend the girl, a decision that leads to a lot of mysterious doings and a Psycho-inspired climax.
The Screaming Woman, 1h13
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Joseph Cotten, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Robinson, Charles Knox Robinson III
Roles Ken Bronson
Rating65% 3.295533.295533.295533.295533.29553
De Havilland plays Laura Wynant, a wealthy former mental patient who has travelled to her country estate to recuperate. While there, she discovers that a woman has been buried alive on her property. Wynant tries to inform others of what she has found but nobody believes her, and her family begins to suspect a relapse in her mental condition. Because her hands are nearly crippled by arthritis, she is not able to dig the woman up herself. She tries to trick a local boy into assisting her by telling him she is digging for a lost bracelet but is forced to tell him the truth, resulting in a confrontation with his angry father. While going door-to-door to seek help, she encounters the buried woman's husband, who had in fact buried her after striking her on the head with a shovel and thinking her dead. Wynant is confined to home under doctor's orders and, in a fit of anger, experiences a spontaneous recovery from the arthritis in her hands. She begins to dig up the buried woman, who is still alive, but the murderous husband finds her. The authorities arrive in time and Wynant and the buried woman are rescued.
The Seven Minutes, 1h55
Directed by Russ Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Wayne E. Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Edy Williams, Jay C. Flippen, David Brian
Roles Sergeant Kellogg
Rating55% 2.759992.759992.759992.759992.75999
After a teenager who purchased the erotic novel The Seven Minutes is charged with rape, an
Hail, Hero!, 1h40
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Douglas, Peter Strauss, John Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, Deborah Winters, Charles Drake
Roles Senator Murchiston
Rating53% 2.666582.666582.666582.666582.66658
During the Vietnam War, college student Carl Dixon quits school and joins the Army in hopes of using love, not bullets, to combat the Viet Cong.
The Arrangement, 2h1
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone, Hume Cronyn, Michael Higgins
Roles Finnegan
Rating63% 3.152193.152193.152193.152193.15219
Wealthy ad man Eddie Anderson makes a failed suicide attempt in his car. He is contemptuous of life and its "arrangements." His long marriage to Florence is now devoid of passion, and he has become the lover of Gwen, a research assistant at his Los Angeles advertising agency.
The Swimmer, 1h34
Directed by Sydney Pollack, Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Marge Champion, Kim Hunter, Bernie Hamilton, Charles Drake
Roles Howard Graham
Rating75% 3.797523.797523.797523.797523.79752
On a sunny day in an affluent suburb in Connecticut, a fit and tanned middle-aged man in a bathing suit, Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster), drops by a pool party being held by friends. They offer him a cocktail while nursing hangovers from the night before. As they share stories, Ned realizes that there is a series of swimming pools that form a "river" to his house, making it possible for him to "swim" his way home. Ned dives into the pool, emerging at the other end and beginning his journey. Ned's behavior perplexes his friends, who know things about his recent past he seems to have forgotten.
Valley of the Dolls, 2h3
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, Susan Hayward, Lee Grant, Tony Scotti
Roles Kevin Gillmore
Rating60% 3.000073.000073.000073.000073.00007
Three young women meet when they embark on their careers. Neely O'Hara (Duke) is a plucky kid with undeniable talent who sings in a Broadway show—the legendary actress Helen Lawson (Hayward) is the star of the play—while Jennifer North (Tate), a beautiful blonde with limited talent, is in the chorus. Anne Welles (Parkins) is a New England ingenue who recently arrived in New York City and works as a secretary for a theatrical agency that represents Lawson. Neely, Jennifer, and Anne become fast friends, sharing the bonds of ambition and the tendency to fall in love with the wrong men.
The Counterfeit Killer, 1h35
Directed by Józef Lejtes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston, Charles Drake, Joseph Wiseman, Don Hanmer
Roles Dolan
Rating48% 2.4496652.4496652.4496652.4496652.449665
À San Francisco, des clandestins fraîchement débarqués sont retrouvés assassinés. Le gouvernement américain décide d'envoyer sur place l'agent Don Owens avec mission d'infiltrer une bande de mafieux, commanditaires des meurtres, sous le nom de Jack Smitty...
The Third Day, 1h59
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors George Peppard, Elizabeth Ashley, Roddy McDowall, Arthur O'Connell, Mona Washbourne, Herbert Marshall
Roles Lawrence Conway
Rating56% 2.8079652.8079652.8079652.8079652.807965
Steve Mallory sort indemne, mais amnésique, d'un accident où sa voiture est tombée dans un fleuve. Durant trois jours, il va de découvertes en surprises. Il apprend qu'il est marié à Alexandria, fille d'Austin Parsons, fondateur de la société des porcelaines Parsons qui, devenu paralysé, a confié à son gendre la direction de l'entreprise familiale alors que le neveu Oliver Parsons convoitait le poste. Steve découvre qu'il avait une passagère dans sa voiture, Holly Mitchell, serveuse de bar soupçonnée d'être sa maîtresse et retrouvée morte dans l'accident. Le veuf, Aldrich, l'accuse de meurtre ainsi qu'Oliver. Steve est alors appréhendé par la police et incarcéré. Mais Aldrich enlève Alexandria, menaçant de la tuer pour venger la mort de sa femme. Steve réussit à s'évader et parvient à délivrer Alexandria. Tandis qu'Aldrich est arrêté, l'enquête révèle qu'Holly est morte noyée.
Dear Heart
Dear Heart (1965)
, 1h53
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Nichols, Charles Drake, Mary Wickes
Roles Frank Taylor
Rating71% 3.593933.593933.593933.593933.59393
Evie Jackson (Geraldine Page) is a middle-aged, single postmaster who is attending a postmasters' convention in New York City. Honest and somewhat tactless, she has many friends but pines for love. Harry Mork (Glenn Ford) is a womanizing advertising executive who is staying in the same hotel while he finds an apartment. Mork is engaged to Phyllis (Angela Lansbury), a woman from Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mork has been told that Phyllis has a son, whom he assumes from a photo is about 13 years old. But the photo is old and her son, Patrick (Michael Anderson, Jr.), is actually 18 years old and a bohemian. Mork is surprised to discover Patrick's true age. He is also embarrassed by Patrick's casual attitude toward women and nudity, and suspicious of Patrick's seemingly platonic relationship with fellow student Émile Zola Bernkrand (Joanna Crawford).
The Lively Set, 1h35
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure, Ross Elliott, Charles Drake, Marilyn Maxwell
Roles Paul Manning
Rating58% 2.904722.904722.904722.904722.90472
Casey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy Stanford Rogers (Peter Mann) hires Casey to build the car for him to race in the Tri-State Endurance Run. Chuck Manning (Doug McClure), an engineering student Casey met in a drag race, discovers potential flaws in the car's design. After an unsuccessful test run, Rogers abandons the turbine-powered car for a traditional racing model, but Casey and Chuck rework the turbine vehicle to compete with Rogers in the endurance run. Pamela Tiffin plays Eadie, Chuck's sister who becomes Casey's love interest.
Showdown
Showdown (1963)
, 1h19
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Harold J. Stone, Kathleen Crowley, Skip Homeier, L. Q. Jones
Roles Bert Pickett
Rating61% 3.0958653.0958653.0958653.0958653.095865
Two cowboys, Chris Foster and Bert Pickett, go into town. Ben gets in a fight after getting drunk and he and Chris are put in iron collars, chained to a killer, LaValle. They manage to escape but La Valle wants them to rob a bank.