Alfred Drake
Actor
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.
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Filmography
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
as The Great Ak (voice) 1985
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage) 2005
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Claudius 1964
Strange Victory
as Narrator 1948
Tars and Spars
as Howard Young 1946
Kiss Me, Kate
as Frederick Graham / Petruchio 1958
Your Money or Your Wife
as Self 1972
Night of 100 Stars
as Self 1982
Carolina
as Narrator 1972
Diary of a Sergeant
as Harold Russell (voice) (uncredited) 1945
Naughty Marietta
as Capt. Dick Warrington 1955
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self 1990
Visit From a Dead Man
as Fred Carter 1975
The Yeomen of the Guard
as Jack Point 1957