Alfred Drake
Actor
- Born
- October 7, 1914 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 25, 1992 (age 77)
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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Known for
Trading Places
June 7, 1983
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
December 17, 1985
Hamlet
September 23, 1964
Strange Victory
September 25, 1948
Night of 100 Stars
March 8, 1982
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
August 7, 2005
Tars and Spars
January 10, 1946
Kiss Me, Kate
November 20, 1958
Your Money or Your Wife
December 19, 1972
Carolina
January 1, 1972
Diary of a Sergeant
July 1, 1945
Naughty Marietta
January 15, 1955
Acting17
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
- 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
- 1985The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus as The Great Ak (voice)
- 1983Trading Places as President of Exchange
- 1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1975Visit From a Dead Man as Fred Carter
- 1972Your Money or Your Wife as Self
- 1972Carolina as Narrator
- 1964Hamlet as Claudius
- 1958