Birthday
1917/10/02
Day of death
1994/09/10 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Charles Ruppert
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...Read more
(1967) Valley of the Dolls
as Kevin Gillmore
(1942) The Male Animal
as Student (uncredited)
(1947) The Pretender
as Dr. Leonard Koster
(1941) The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Sandy
(1946) A Night in Casablanca
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
(1945) Conflict
as Norman Holsworth
(1942) Across the Pacific
as Officer (uncredited)
(1950) Winchester '73
as Steve Miller
(1955) All That Heaven Allows
as Mick Anderson
(1953) War Arrow
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
(1961) Tammy Tell Me True
as Buford Woodly
(1943) Air Force
as Navigator
(1954) Tobor the Great
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
(1955) To Hell and Back
as Brandon
(1955) Female on the Beach
as Police Lieutenant Galley
(1950) I Was a Shoplifter
as Herb Klaxon
(1954) The Glenn Miller Story
as Don Haynes
(1969) The Arrangement
as Finnegan
(1953) It Came from Outer Space
as Sheriff Matt Warren
(1956) The Price of Fear
as Pete Carroll
(1959) No Name on the Bullet
as Luke Canfield
(1952) The Treasure of Lost Canyon
as Jim Anderson
(1958) Step Down to Terror
as Johnny Walters
(1946) Whistle Stop
as Ernie
(1941) Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Snappy Saunders
(1950) Comanche Territory
as Stacey Howard
(1965) Dear Heart
as Frank Taylor
(1952) Bonzo Goes to College
as Malcolm Drew
(1951) Air Cadet
as Captain Sullivan
(1942) Busses Roar
as Eddie Sloan
(1957) Jeanne Eagels
as John Donahue
(1942) Winning Your Wings
as State College Student (uncredited)
(1965) The Third Day
as Lawrence Conway
(1953) Gunsmoke
as Johnny Lake
(1951) You Never Can Tell
as Perry Collins
(1964) The Lively Set
as Paul Manning
(1952) The Red Ball Express
as Partridge
(1949) Tarzan's Magic Fountain
as Dodd
(1968) The Counterfeit Killer
as Dolan
(1973) Scream, Pretty Peggy
as George Thornton
(1953) The Lone Hand
as George Hadley
(1963) Showdown
as Bert Pickett
(1954) Four Guns to the Border
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
(1946) Winter Wonderland
as Steve Kirk
(1961) Back Street
as Curt Stanton
(1945) You Came Along
as Lt. R. Janoschek
(1949) Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1942) Bullet Scars
as Reporter at Police HQ
(1939) Career
as Rex Chaney
(1951) Little Egypt
as Oliver Doane
(1950) Louisa
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
(1950) Harvey
as Dr. Sanderson
(1975) Cop on the Beat
as Deputy Chief Berliner
(1956) Walk the Proud Land
as Tom Sweeny
(1967) The Money Jungle
as Harvey Sheppard
(1939) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Young Priest (uncredited)
(1942) Now, Voyager
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
(1941) The Maltese Falcon
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1957) Until They Sail
as Capt. Richard Bates
(1968) The Smugglers
as Harry Miller
(1950) Peggy
as Tom Fielding
(1941) Sergeant York
as Scorer (uncredited)
(1974) Police Headquarters
as David L. Chapin
(1983) My Brother's Wedding
as Pastor #2
(1941) Dangerously They Live
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
(1948) The Tender Years
as Bob Wilson
(1972) The Screaming Woman
as Ken Bronson
(1969) Hail, Hero!
as Senator Murchiston
(1968) The Swimmer
as Howard Graham
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) Summer Pavilion
as Ned Welch
(1975) The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Alan Hardesty
(1943) The Hard Way
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
(1973) Partners in Crime
as Lt. Fred Harnett
(1941) Out of the Fog
as ---
(1941) One Foot in Heaven
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
(1943) Proceed and Report
as Lt. Johnson
(1966) Star Trek
as Commodore Stocker
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1965) F Troop
as ---
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Walter Kendricks
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Mr. Erdap
(1967) Mannix
as Adam Pierson
(1948) Studio One
as Ned Welch
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Simon Jarvis
(1963) The Fugitive
as Oliver Greer
(1975) Switch
as Charles Estabrook
(1954) Climax!
as Mickey Wayne
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Jeff Davis (uncredited)
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Johnny Bond
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Jeff Bertch
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Ben Stockton
(1975) Matt Helm
as Mr. Simmons
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Tom
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ivan
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Lew
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Billy Gordon
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Paul Doniger
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Gavin Rhodes
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Carl Phillips
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Andy Wharton
(1960) Checkmate
as Mack Weston
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Tom Laraby
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Taggart Coleman
(1967) Ironside
as Mr. Thomas
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Mitchell Connally
(1962) The Virginian
as Randolf
(1958) Rendezvous
as John Burden
(1967) The Invaders
as Robert Morrison
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as ---
(1957) Wagon Train
as Marshal Vern Rothman