Tom Drake
Tom Drake received his first taste of the acting world when--under his real name, Alfred Alderdice--he starred in the hit Broadway production of "Janie" in 1942. After taking the stage name Tom Drake, the newly christened actor gathered the success from the musical and went on to star in his most famous role, next to Judy Garland in the 1944 musical "Meet Me in St. Louis." There, Drake played John Truett, the love interest of a girl whose family lived in St. Louis during the Louisiana Purchase Convention. The picture gained an array of Academy Award nominations, including Best Music. The next film in which Drake appeared was "The Green Years," in which he starred as Robert Shannon, an orphan who overcomes boundaries on his path to become a doctor. Drake starred in the 1950 holiday feature "The Great Rupert," playing a young man striking up a little romance--with some assistance from a helpful little squirrel. A supporting role in the Civil War-themed "Raintree County" in 1957 helped Drake's film career stay afloat before television appearances overwhelmed his filmography from the '50s to the '70s.
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Tom Drake
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mayday at 40,000 Feet! | Harry Jensen (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Keeper | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Matter of Wife... and Death | Paulie Baker (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Return of Joe Forrester | The golfer (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crackle of Death | Don Kibbey (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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The Green Hornet | Duke Slate (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Cycle Psycho | Dick Ridelander (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Echo of a Nightmare | Harrison Brill (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Inheritance | Cérard Gréville (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warkill | Phil Sutton (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Tomahawk | Bill Kane (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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The Singing Nun | Fitzpatrick (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Johnny Reno | Joe Conners (Character) | - | 1966 |
21% |
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The Sandpiper | Walter Robinson (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | House of the Black Death | Paul Desard (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bramble Bush | Larry McFie (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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Warlock | Abe McQuown (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money, Women and Guns | Jess Ryerson (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Date With Disaster | Unknown (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cyclops | Lee Brand (Character) | - | 1957 |
10% |
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Raintree County | Bobby Drake (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sangaree | Dr. Roy Darby (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | F.B.I. Girl | Carl Chercourt (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Trust a Gambler | Police Sgt. Ed Donovan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disc Jockey | Johnny (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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The Great Rupert | Peter `'Pete'` Dingle (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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Scene of the Crime | Det. 'C.C.' Gordon (Character) | - | 1949 |
17% |
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Words and Music | Richard Rodgers (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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Hills of Home | Tammas Milton (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias a Gentleman | Johnny Lorgen (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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Cass Timberlane | Jamie Wargate (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beginning or the End | Matt Cochran (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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I'll Be Yours | George Prescott (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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Courage of Lassie | Sergeant Smitty (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Faithful in My Fashion | Jeff Compton (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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The Green Years | Robert Shannon (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Man's Navy | Jess Weaver (Character) | - | 1945 |
80% |
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The White Cliffs of Dover | Dying American Soldier (Character) | - | 1944 |
100% |
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Two Girls and a Sailor | Frank Miller (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maisie Goes to Reno | Sgt. Bill Fullerton (Character) | - | 1944 |
100% |
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Meet Me in St. Louis | John Truett (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Bill Rice (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Howards of Virginia | James Howard (Character) | - | 1940 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Hank Desmond (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | George Appleton (Guest Star) | 1973 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Roger Fanshion (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Bill Penski (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Paul Glydor (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Ben Hurley (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Green Hornet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Monte (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Wade Banning (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lieutenant | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dakotas | Cpl. Stephen Agard (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Clifford Towne (Guest Star) | 1959 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stagecoach West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Cleve Niles (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Tom Mannering (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1954-1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shower of Stars | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1950 |