Actor
Alfred Drake
112 years · New York City, New York, USA · 17 films
Alfred Drake (October 7, 1914 - July 25, 1992) was an American actor and singer. Born as Alfred Capurro in New York City, the son of parents emigrated from Recco, Genoa, Drake began his Broadway career while still a student at Brooklyn College. He is best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma!; Kiss Me, Kate; Kismet; and for playing Marshall Blackstone in the original production of Babes in Arms, (in which he sang the title song) and Hajj in Kismet, for which he received the Tony Award. He was also a prolific Shakespearean, notably starring as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing opposite Katharine Hepburn. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Best known for
Trading Places
1983 · President of Exchange
On Kanopy
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985 · The Great Ak (voice)
Hamlet
1964 · Claudius
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Strange Victory
1948 · Narrator
On OVID
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
Filmography 17
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985 · The Great Ak (voice)
Trading Places
1983 · President of Exchange
On Kanopy
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Visit From a Dead Man
1975 · Fred Carter
Your Money or Your Wife
1972 · Self
Carolina
1972 · Narrator
Hamlet
1964 · Claudius
Kiss Me, Kate
1958 · Frederick Graham / Petruchio
The Yeomen of the Guard
1957 · Jack Point
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1956 · Marco Polo
Naughty Marietta
1955 · Capt. Dick Warrington
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951 · Actor
Strange Victory
1948 · Narrator
On OVID
Tars and Spars
1946 · Howard Young
Diary of a Sergeant
1945 · Harold Russell (voice) (uncredited)
On MGM Plus