Actor
Alfred Drake
October 7, 1914 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Denholm Elliott
2 titles together
Trading Places, Hallmark Hall of Fame
George Rose
2 titles together
Hallmark Hall of Fame, Hamlet
E.G. Marshall
2 titles together
Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Philco Television Playhouse
Ray Walker
2 titles together
Tars and Spars, Tars and Spars
Celeste Holm
2 titles together
The Yeomen of the Guard, America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
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Patrice Munsel
2 titles together
Naughty Marietta, America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
Full filmography · 16
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
2005
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
as The Great Ak (voice)
19855.7
Trading Places
as President of Exchange
19837.2
Visit From a Dead Man
as Fred Carter
1975
Carolina
as Narrator
1972
Hamlet
as Claudius
1964
Kiss Me, Kate
as Frederick Graham / Petruchio
1958
The Yeomen of the Guard
as Jack Point
1957
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
1956
Naughty Marietta
as Capt. Dick Warrington
1955
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
cast
1951
Strange Victory
as Narrator
1948