Actor
Charles Drake
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 ...

Known For
Acting
1988 -- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage)
1983 -- My Brother's Wedding | Pastor #2
1975 -- The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Alan Hardesty
1975 -- Cop on the Beat | Deputy Chief Berliner
1974 -- Police Headquarters | David L. Chapin
1973 -- Scream, Pretty Peggy | George Thornton
1973 -- Partners in Crime | Lt. Fred Harnett
1972 -- The Screaming Woman | Ken Bronson
1969 -- The Arrangement | Finnegan
1969 -- Hail, Hero! | Senator Murchiston
1968 -- The Smugglers | Harry Miller
1968 -- The Swimmer | Howard Graham
1968 -- The Counterfeit Killer | Dolan
1967 -- Valley of the Dolls | Kevin Gillmore
1967 -- The Money Jungle | Harvey Sheppard
1965 -- The Third Day | Lawrence Conway
1965 -- Dear Heart | Frank Taylor
1964 -- The Lively Set | Paul Manning
1963 -- Showdown | Bert Pickett
1961 -- Back Street | Curt Stanton
1961 -- Tammy Tell Me True | Buford Woodly
1959 -- No Name on the Bullet | Luke Canfield
1958 -- Step Down to Terror | Johnny Walters
1957 -- Until They Sail | Capt. Richard Bates
1957 -- Jeanne Eagels | John Donahue
1956 -- Walk the Proud Land | Tom Sweeny
1956 -- The Price of Fear | Pete Carroll
1955 -- All That Heaven Allows | Mick Anderson
1955 -- To Hell and Back | Brandon
1955 -- Female on the Beach | Police Lieutenant Galley
1955 -- Summer Pavilion | Ned Welch
1954 -- Four Guns to the Border | Sheriff Jim Flannery
1954 -- Tobor the Great | Dr. Ralph Harrison
1954 -- The Glenn Miller Story | Don Haynes
1953 -- War Arrow | Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
1953 -- It Came from Outer Space | Sheriff Matt Warren
1953 -- The Lone Hand | George Hadley
1953 -- Gunsmoke | Johnny Lake
1952 -- Bonzo Goes to College | Malcolm Drew
1952 -- The Red Ball Express | Partridge
1952 -- The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Jim Anderson
1951 -- Little Egypt | Oliver Doane
1951 -- You Never Can Tell | Perry Collins
1951 -- Air Cadet | Captain Sullivan
1950 -- Harvey | Dr. Sanderson
1950 -- Winchester '73 | Steve Miller
1950 -- Peggy | Tom Fielding
1950 -- Louisa | Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1950 -- I Was a Shoplifter | Herb Klaxon
1950 -- Comanche Territory | Stacey Howard
1949 -- Johnny Stool Pigeon | Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1949 -- Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Dodd
1948 -- The Tender Years | Bob Wilson
1947 -- The Pretender | Dr. Leonard Koster
1946 -- Winter Wonderland | Steve Kirk
1946 -- A Night in Casablanca | Lt. Pierre Delmar
1946 -- Whistle Stop | Ernie
1945 -- You Came Along | Lt. R. Janoschek
1945 -- Conflict | Norman Holsworth
1943 -- Proceed and Report | Lt. Johnson
1943 -- Air Force | Navigator
1943 -- The Hard Way | Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
1942 -- Now, Voyager | Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
1942 -- Busses Roar | Eddie Sloan
1942 -- Across the Pacific | Officer (uncredited)
1942 -- Winning Your Wings | State College Student (uncredited)
1942 -- The Male Animal | Student (uncredited)
1942 -- Bullet Scars | Reporter at Police HQ
1941 -- Dangerously They Live | Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
1941 -- The Man Who Came to Dinner | Sandy
1941 -- One Foot in Heaven | Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
1941 -- The Maltese Falcon | Reporter (uncredited)
1941 -- Sergeant York | Scorer (uncredited)
1941 -- Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Snappy Saunders
1941 -- Out of the Fog |
1939 -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Young Priest (uncredited)
1939 -- Career | Rex Chaney
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