Charles Drake

Acting · Born 1917-10-02 in New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• Winchester '73 as Steve Miller
• All That Heaven Allows as Mick Anderson
• Harvey as Dr. Sanderson
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Young Priest (uncredited)
• Now, Voyager as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
• The Maltese Falcon as Reporter (uncredited)
• Sergeant York as Scorer (uncredited)
• The Swimmer as Howard Graham
• Valley of the Dolls as Kevin Gillmore
• The Male Animal as Student (uncredited)

TV

• Star Trek as Commodore Stocker
• The Rookies
• F Troop
• The Lucy Show as Walter Kendricks
• Land of the Giants as Mr. Erdap
• Mannix as Adam Pierson
• Studio One as Ned Welch
• Cannon
• Harry O
• Daniel Boone as Simon Jarvis