Charles Drake (actor)
| Charles Drake | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charles Ruppert October 2, 1917 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | September 10, 1994 (aged 76) East Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
| Resting place | Cremains scattered into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939–1976 |
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 was not immediately successful. During World War II Drake served in the United States Army. Drake returned to Hollywood in 1945 and was cast in Conflict which starred Humphrey Bogart. His contract with Warner Brothers eventually 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 Montgomery's Summer Stock, a summer replacement for 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.
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