Charles Drake

Charles Drake

October 2, 1917 · 109 years old

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…

Known For

28 titles
1
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

7.9
2
Harvey

Harvey

1950 · 1h 44m · Movie

A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows.

7.9
3
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.

7.6
4
All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows

1955 · 1h 29m · Movie

An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.

7.6
5
The Swimmer

The Swimmer

1968 · 1h 35m · Movie

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

7.6
6
It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space

1953 · 1h 21m · Movie

A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.

6.5
7
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967 · 2h 3m · Movie

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

6.0
8
The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 1h 55m · Movie

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

7.3
9
A Night in Casablanca

A Night in Casablanca

1946 · 1h 25m · Movie

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

6.9
10
To Hell and Back

To Hell and Back

1955 · 1h 46m · Movie

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

7.1
11
Conflict

Conflict

1945 · 1h 26m · Movie

An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister.

7.1
12
Air Force

Air Force

1943 · 2h 4m · Movie

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

7.0
13
The Arrangement

The Arrangement

1969 · 2h 5m · Movie

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

6.3
14
No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

1959 · 1h 17m · Movie

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

7.2
15
Until They Sail

Until They Sail

1957 · 1h 34m · Movie

During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.

6.5
16
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1953 · 1h 19m · Movie

A young gunslinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter save their land and cattle from an evil, wealthy land owner.

6.6
17
Back Street

Back Street

1961 · 1h 47m · Movie

In Lincoln, the ambitious aspirant-designer Rae Smith has an incident with a wolf department store businessman and is rescued by the Marine Paul Saxon. They immediately fall in love with each other and spend the night together. On...

6.6
18
Scream, Pretty Peggy

Scream, Pretty Peggy

1973 · 1h 14m · Movie

A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.

6.1
19
Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land

1956 · 1h 28m · Movie

An agent sent from Washington in 1874 takes charge of an Apache reservation and has the oppressive US Army back off, which creates conflicts and causes the Indians to have great respect for him.

6.6
20
Red Ball Express

Red Ball Express

1952 · 1h 23m · Movie

Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.

6.4
21
The Screaming Woman

The Screaming Woman

1972 · 1h 13m · Movie

A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has been buried alive. Her family, however, r...

6.6
22
Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

1957 · 1h 48m · Movie

The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.

6.2
23
Tobor the Great

Tobor the Great

1954 · 1h 17m · Movie

A young boy-genius befriends his grandfather's robot, designed as a test pilot for space travel and coveted by foreign spies.

5.2
24
Comanche Territory

Comanche Territory

1950 · 1h 16m · Movie

White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.

5.6
25
You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell

1951 · 1h 18m · Movie

An ex-army dog inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner, and which is poisoned, asks the leader in the heaven for animals to send him back to Earth, as a human private investigator, to solve his own murder.

7.0
26
Four Guns to the Border

Four Guns to the Border

1954 · 1h 23m · Movie

An outlaw gang on the lam encounters former associate Simon Bhumer and his gorgeous daughter, who's drawn to their leader Cully.

6.0
27
I Was a Shoplifter

I Was a Shoplifter

1950 · 1h 14m · Movie

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

6.1
28
Step Down to Terror

Step Down to Terror

1958 · 1h 16m · Movie

A killer on the lam takes refuge in his childhood home where his mother and widowed sister-in-law are ignorant of his criminal past.

6.1