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Tom Drake
American actor (–)
For the American baseball player, see Tom Drake (baseball). For the American wrestler and politician, see Tom Drake (wrestler). For others, see Thomas Drake.
Tom Drake (born Alfred Sinclair Alderdice;[1] August 5, &#;&#; August 11, ) was an American actor.
Drake made films starting in and continuing until the mids, and also made TV acting appearances.[2]
Early life and career
Drake was born in Brooklyn, New York,[3] and attended Iona Preparatory School and graduated from Mercersburg Academy.[4]
He was excused from serving in World War II due to heart problems.[2] Despite this limitation, he did act in British training films.
Biography of actor tom drake Article Talk. Parkington , The Green Years in addition to Warlock What was Thomas Drake charged with? Tools Tools.Billed as Alfred Alderdice, Drake appeared on Broadway in Run Sheep Run () and Clean Beds ().[5]
After appearing in the film The Howards of Virginia (billed as Richard Alden),[3] he got his break after starring in the Broadway smash Janie,[6] after which he was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[7]
MGM
MGM started Drake in a supporting role in Two Girls and a Sailor ().
He was third billed in a "B", Maisie Goes to Reno () then had small roles in some "A" pictures, Marriage Is a Private Affair () and Mrs. Parkington ().
He was more prominently featured in his role as Judy Garland's leading man in 's Meet Me in St. Louis.[3] He played John Truitt, the "boy next door".
MGM promoted him to leading roles with This Man's Navy () co starring Wallace Beery.
MGM gave Drake the star role in The Green Years (), which was a huge hit.[8] It was followed by Courage of Lassie (), another big hit, and Faithful in My Fashion (), which lost money.
Universal borrowed him to play Deanna Durbin's leading man in I'll Be Yours ().[9]
Back at MGM Drake was a support in The Beginning or the End () and Cass Timberlane (), and teamed with Beery again in Alias a Gentleman (). He did another Lassie film, Hills of Home () and played composer Richard Rodgers in the loosely-based biography Words and Music ().
Cass Timberlane was popular but the other films all lost money.[8]
Drake was borrowed by Fox to play the romantic lead in Mr.
Belvedere Goes to College () then at MGM was in Scene of the Crime () with Van Johnson. He made The Great Rupert () for George Pal.
Later career
Drake began appearing on episodes of TV shows such as The Ford Theatre Hour, Suspense, Lights Out, Tales of Tomorrow, The Unexpected.
He went to Columbia for Never Trust a Gambler () and to Allied Artists for Disc Jockey (). He appeared in F.B.I.
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After television jobs for actors transitioned from live telecasts from New York to shows that were filmed in California, Drake had roles in the CBS series Lassie, NBC's Cimarron City, ABC's 77 Sunset Strip, ABC's The Rebel, CBS’ Perry Mason, ABC's Combat!, ABC's Land of the Giants, NBC's Adam, ABC's The Streets of San Francisco and NBC's Banacek.
He continued to appear in features, starring in The Cyclops, Date with Disaster () (a rare lead), and Raintree County (). He played the leader of a gang of criminals in Warlock () and was in Money, Women and Guns (). He also had a minor role in the film The Singing Nun (), playing Ed Sullivan's producer Mr.
Fitzpatrick.
His last acting credit was in [4]
Personal life
Tom Drake was married to Isabelle Dunn during the s.
Drake was a Roman Catholic[10] and supported Adlai Stevenson during the presidential election.[11]
Death
Drake died of lung cancer at age 64 at Torrance Memorial Hospital in Torrance, California on August 11, [4] His body is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.[1]
Filmography
Features:
Selected Television Appearances
References
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