---
name: "Charles Drake"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-drake"
fi1m_id: "charles-drake"
imdb_id: "nm0236866"
tmdb_id: 15978
wikidata_id: "Q957063"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 October 1917"
died: "10 September 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:24:06.172817+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Drake

## Identity

Charles Drake

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-drake
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-drake
- **IMDb ID:** nm0236866
- **TMDB ID:** 15978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q957063
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Drake_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957063, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15978

Actor. Born 2 October 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 10 September 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 September 1994
- **Active:** 1950–1955
- **Also known as:** Charles Ruppert
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 acting, 4 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 77 (4), 1950s 84 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Drake_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957063, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15978

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Winchester '73*](https://film.one/film/winchester-73.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Drake (born Charles Ruppert) was an American actor. He was born in New York City on 2 October 1917. After graduating from Nichols College, he worked as a salesman before turning to acting in 1939 and signing a contract with Warner Bros.

Drake served in the United States Army during the Second World War. He returned to Hollywood after the war and appeared in films including *Winchester '73* (1950), in which he played Steve Miller, and *Harvey* (1950). He later worked at Universal Studios and took on supporting roles in numerous dramas, westerns and other genres, as well as guest appearances in television series such as the original *Star Trek*.

He died in East Lyme, Connecticut, on 10 September 1994.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), Fi1m 86, as Mick Anderson — [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-heaven-allows.md)
- *Winchester '73* (1950), Fi1m 81, as Steve Miller — [page](https://film.one/film/winchester-73.md)

### Also credited (4) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Now, Voyager* (1942), Fi1m 82, as Leslie Trotter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/now-voyager.md)
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, as Second Bridegroom (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *Sergeant York* (1941), Fi1m 66, as Scorer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)
- *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), Fi1m 87, as Reporter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-maltese-falcon.md)

## Complete filmography (109)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Brother's Wedding* (1985), as Pastor #2
- *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* (1975), as Alan Hardesty
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Mr. Simmons
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Charles Estabrook
- *Cop on the Beat* (1975), as Deputy Chief Berliner
- *Harry O* (1974), series, Actor
- *Police Headquarters* (1974), as David L. Chapin
- *Scream, Pretty Peggy* (1973), as George Thornton
- *Partners in Crime* (1973), as Lt. Fred Harnett
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Screaming Woman* (1972), as Ken Bronson
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Arrangement* (1969), as Finnegan
- *Hail, Hero!* (1969), as Senator Murchiston
- *The Smugglers* (1968), as Harry Miller
- *Land of the Giants* (1968), series, as Mr. Erdap
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Tom Laraby, Jonathan Galley
- *The Swimmer* (1968), as Howard Graham
- *The Counterfeit Killer* (1968), as Dolan
- *Valley of the Dolls* (1967), as Kevin Gillmore
- *The Money Jungle* (1967), as Harvey Sheppard
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Adam Pierson
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Mr. Thomas
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Robert Morrison
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Mitchell Connally — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Commodore Stocker — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *F Troop* (1965), series, Actor
- *The Third Day* (1965), as Lawrence Conway
- *Dear Heart* (1965), as Frank Taylor
- *The Lively Set* (1964), as Paul Manning
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Simon Jarvis, Andy Wharton
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Taggart Coleman
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Oliver Greer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Showdown* (1963), as Bert Pickett
- *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Walter Kendricks
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Randolf
- *Back Street* (1961), as Curt Stanton
- *Tammy Tell Me True* (1961), as Buford Woodly
- *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as Ben Stockton
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Mack Weston
- *No Name on the Bullet* (1959), as Luke Canfield
- *Step Down to Terror* (1958), as Johnny Walters
- *Rendezvous* (1958), series, as John Burden
- *The Playroom* (1957), as George Rutherford
- *Until They Sail* (1957), as Capt. Richard Bates
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Marshal Vern Rothman, Sam Livingston, Frank Casteel
- *Jeanne Eagels* (1957), as John Donahue
- *Walk the Proud Land* (1956), as Tom Sweeny
- *The Price of Fear* (1956), as Pete Carroll
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Actor
- *To Hell and Back* (1955), as Brandon
- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), as Mick Anderson — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-heaven-allows.md)
- *Female on the Beach* (1955), as Police Lieutenant Galley
- *Summer Pavilion* (1955), as Ned Welch
- *Four Guns to the Border* (1954), as Sheriff Jim Flannery
- *The Road to Edinburgh* (1954), as Jeff Davis
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Mickey Wayne
- *Tobor the Great* (1954), as Dr. Ralph Harrison
- *The Glenn Miller Story* (1954), as Don Haynes
- *War Arrow* (1953), as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Jeff Bertch, Tom
- *It Came from Outer Space* (1953), as Sheriff Matt Warren
- *The Lone Hand* (1953), as George Hadley
- *Gunsmoke* (1953), as Johnny Lake
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Jeff Davis (uncredited)
- *Bonzo Goes to College* (1952), as Malcolm Drew
- *The Red Ball Express* (1952), as Partridge
- *The Treasure of Lost Canyon* (1952), as Jim Anderson
- *Little Egypt* (1951), as Oliver Doane
- *You Never Can Tell* (1951), as Perry Collins
- *Air Cadet* (1951), as Captain Sullivan
- *Harvey* (1950), as Dr. Sanderson
- *Winchester '73* (1950), as Steve Miller — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/winchester-73.md)
- *Peggy* (1950), as Tom Fielding
- *Louisa* (1950), as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- *I Was a Shoplifter* (1950), as Herb Klaxon
- *Comanche Territory* (1950), as Stacey Howard
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Johnny Bond, Ivan, Lew, Billy Gordon, Paul Doniger, Gavin Rhodes, Carl Phillips, Andrew, Wayne, Jed, Kenneth Reed, John, Chet
- *Johnny Stool Pigeon* (1949), as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- *Tarzan's Magic Fountain* (1949), as Dodd
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Ned Welch
- *The Tender Years* (1948), as Bob Wilson
- *The Pretender* (1947), as Dr. Leonard Koster
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor
- *Winter Wonderland* (1946), as Steve Kirk
- *A Night in Casablanca* (1946), as Lt. Pierre Delmar
- *Whistle Stop* (1946), as Ernie
- *You Came Along* (1945), as Lt. R. Janoschek
- *Conflict* (1945), as Norman Holsworth
- *Proceed and Report* (1943), as Lt. Johnson
- *Air Force* (1943), as Navigator
- *The Hard Way* (1943), as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
- *Now, Voyager* (1942), as Leslie Trotter (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/now-voyager.md)
- *Busses Roar* (1942), as Eddie Sloan
- *Across the Pacific* (1942), as Officer (uncredited)
- *Winning Your Wings* (1942), as State College Student (uncredited)
- *The Male Animal* (1942), as Student (uncredited)
- *Bullet Scars* (1942), as Reporter at Police HQ
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), as Sandy
- *Dangerously They Live* (1941), as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Second Bridegroom (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), as Reporter (uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-maltese-falcon.md)
- *Sergeant York* (1941), as Scorer (uncredited) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)
- *Nine Lives Are Not Enough* (1941), as Snappy Saunders
- *Out of the Fog* (1941), Actor
- *Million Dollar Baby* (1941), Actor
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), as Young Priest (uncredited)
- *Career* (1939), as Rex Chaney

## Gallery

- ![Charles Drake in the Allied propaganda film Winning Your Wings (1942).](https://film.one/media/person/392000/gallery-feba520d39e1.jpg) Charles Drake in the Allied propaganda film Winning Your Wings (1942). — First Motion Picture Unit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Charles_Drake_in_Winning_Your_Wings_%281942%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Charles Drake](https://film.one/media/person/392000/gallery-0cd54afabb0f.png) Charles Drake — Screenshot by Wayne77, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Walk_the_proud_Land_-_Charles_Drake.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Charles Drake & Audie Murphy (left) & Victor Millan (center) in Walk the Proud Land - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1956)](https://film.one/media/person/392000/gallery-2b0b3cc37696.jpg) Charles Drake & Audie Murphy (left) & Victor Millan (center) in Walk the Proud Land - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1956) — Film trailer screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Walk_the_Proud_Land_%281956%29_trailer_2.jpg/1280px-Walk_the_Proud_Land_%281956%29_trailer_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charles Drake](https://film.one/media/person/392000/gallery-f838cc52da49.jpg) Charles Drake — Image via TMDB

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