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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 7, 1914
Died
July 25, 1992
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Alfred Capurro
Alfred Drake
0.2 Popularity
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
Known For
7.2
Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
🎬
0.0
Capt. Dick Warrington
Naughty Marietta
2003
0.0
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
5.5
The Great Ak (voice)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985
7.2
President of Exchange
Trading Places
1983
6.7
Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
0.0
Fred Carter
Visit From a Dead Man
1975
5.3
Self
Your Money or Your Wife
1972
6.5
Claudius
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
🎬
7.3
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Credits
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)
2005
7.2
🎬
Naughty Marietta
as Capt. Dick Warrington
2003
0.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990
0.0
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
as The Great Ak (voice)
1985
5.5
Trading Places
as President of Exchange
1983
7.2
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Visit From a Dead Man
as Fred Carter
1975
0.0
Your Money or Your Wife
as Self
1972
5.3
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Claudius
1964
6.5
🎬
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
Kiss Me, Kate
as Frederick Graham / Petruchio
1958
8.7
The Yeomen of the Guard
as Jack Point
1957
0.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
5.6
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
1956
0.0
Tony Awards
as Narrator
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jack Point
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Frederick Graham / Petruchio
1951
8.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Captain Brown
1948
6.3
Strange Victory
as Narrator
1948
6.0
Tars and Spars
as Howard Young
1946
4.7
Diary of a Sergeant
as Harold Russell (voice) (uncredited)
1945
6.0