Acting credits
21
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Alfred Drake
Acting
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Movies: 16Series: 5
TMDB ID: 940155
IMDb ID: nm0236848
Known for: Acting
Born: October 7, 1914
Died: July 25, 1992
Age: 77
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 2005
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.37
Wikidata: Q1078468
Also known as
Alfred Capurro
Biography
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
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alfred Drake.
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
2005 Movie
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990 Movie
5.5
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
as The Great Ak (voice)
1985 Movie
7.2
Trading Places
as President of Exchange
1983 Movie
6.7
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982 Movie
Visit From a Dead Man
as Fred Carter
1975 Movie
5.3
Your Money or Your Wife
as Self
1972 Movie
7.0
Carolina
as Narrator
1972 Movie
6.5
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Claudius
1964 Movie
8.7
Kiss Me, Kate
as Frederick Graham / Petruchio
1958 Movie
The Yeomen of the Guard
as Jack Point
1957 Movie
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
1956 Movie
Naughty Marietta
as Capt. Dick Warrington
1955 Movie
6.0
Strange Victory
as Narrator
1948 Movie
4.7
Tars and Spars
as Howard Young
1946 Movie
6.0
Diary of a Sergeant
as Harold Russell (voice) (uncredited)
1945 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alfred Drake.
7.3
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self • 3 eps
1959 Series
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self • 1 eps
1956 Series
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer • 1 eps
1956 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jack Point • 1 eps
1951 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Captain Brown • 1 eps
1948 Series