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Actor Born: October 2, 1914 in New York City, NY Death: September 10, 1994 in East Lyme, CT Biography:Upon graduating from Nichols College, "Charles Ruppert" entered the professional world as a salesman. When he decided to switch to acting, Ruppert changed his name to "Drake". In films from 1939, "Drake" was signed to a Warner Bros. contract and appeared in such films as "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1941), "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "Now, Voyager" (1942), "Dive Bomber" (1942), "Air Force" (1943), and "Mr. Skeffington" (1944). Freelancing in the mid-'40s, he played the romantic lead in the "Marx Brothers" flick "A Night in Casablanca" (1946). Once he moved to Universal in 1949, "Drake" proved that the fault lay not in himself but in the roles he'd previously been assigned to play. He was quite personable as Dr. Sanderson in "Harvey" (1950) and thoroughly despicable as the cowardly paramour of dance-hall girl "Shelley Winters" in "Winchester '73" (1950). One of his most unusual performances was as the... Full Biography
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