Charles Drake (Actor)

Reviews of Charles Drake Movies

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Movies starring Charles Drake have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.

The Maltese Falcon - released in 1941 - is Charles Drake's highest rated movie, with a score of 85% based on 656 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Charles Drake is Whistle Stop - released in 1946 - with a score of 40% based on 7 reviews.

Actor 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 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.

Charles Drake has acted in films with Jack Mower, Virginia Grey, Frank Mayo and Creighton Hale.

Charles Drake has worked with these film directors: Irving Rapper, John Huston, Lee Sholem and Howard Hawks.