🎭 Actor
Alfred Drake
🎂 Born 7 October 1914 (age 77)✝ 25 July 1992📍 New York City, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
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
Known For
Full Filmography(17 films)
YearTitleRating
1983Trading Places★ 7.21982Night of 100 Stars★ 6.81964Hamlet★ 6.91956The Adventures of Marco Polo—1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story—1985The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus★ 5.62005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards★ 7.21957The Yeomen of the Guard—1955Naughty Marietta—1946Tars and Spars★ 5.81972Your Money or Your Wife★ 6.31958Kiss Me, Kate★ 8.31948Strange Victory★ 6.81951America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers—1975Visit From a Dead Man—1945Diary of a Sergeant★ 7.01972Carolina★ 7.0