
Charles Drake
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.
78
Films
47
TV Shows
Known For
125 Credits
Star Trek
as Commodore Stocker
1966

Ironside
as Mr. Thomas
1967

Wagon Train
as Marshal Vern Rothman
1957

Wagon Train
as Sam Livingston
1957

Wagon Train
as Frank Casteel
1957

The Virginian
as Randolf
1962

The Fugitive
as Oliver Greer
1963

Mission: Impossible
as Mitchell Connally
1966

Mannix
as Adam Pierson
1967

The Lucy Show
as Walter Kendricks
1962

Studio One
as Ned Welch
1948

Robert Montgomery Presents
as Johnny Bond
1950