Larry Drake

Larry Drake

  • Birthday: 1950-02-21
  • Deathday: 2016-03-17
  • Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016) was an American actor. The son of Lorraine, a homemaker, and Raymond Drake, a drafting engineer for an oil company. Drake is renowned for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz on the television show L.A. Law from 1987 until the show's end in 1994, for which he won two consecutive Emmy Awards (1988, 1989). He returned to the part of Benny in L.A. Law: The Movie, a "reunion" movie aired on NBC in 2002. Drake has appeared in numerous television and film roles, including: Time Quest, Dark Asylum, Paranoid, Bean, Overnight Delivery, The Beast, The Journey of August King, Murder in New Hampshire, Dr. Giggles, Darkman, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, The Taming of the Shrew (1983), American Pie 2, and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. He was also a regular on the 1998 science fiction TV show Prey. Drake provided the voice acting for Pops on Johnny Bravo. In 2007 he co-starred in the made for TV movie Gryphon, a Sci-Fi Pictures original film. Drake married actress Ruth De Sosa in 1989; they divorced in 1991. In October 2009, he married horror writer and model Marina Drujko, but later they divorce in the same year, 2009. On March 17, 2016, Drake was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. Drake's manager, Steven Siebert, reported that the actor had some health problems in the months before his death. It was later reported that Drake suffered from a rare form of blood cancer that caused his blood to thicken. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Dr. Giggles

1992

As Dr. Evan Rendell

Durango Kids

1999

As Dudley

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981

As Bubba Ritter

Attack of the Gryphon

2007

As Armand

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995

As Robert G. Durant

Paranoia

1998

As Calvin Hawks

Darkman

1992

As Robert G. Durant

Overnight Delivery

1998

As Hal Ipswich

The Journey of August King

1995

As Olaf Singletary

Truckin' Man

1975

As Diesel Joe

L.A. Law: The Movie

2002

As Benny Stulwicz

Dark Asylum

2001

As The Trasher

One More Mountain

1994

As Harry Breen / Patrick Breen

Darkman

1990

As Robert G. Durant

The Treat

1998

As Ray

Officer Down

2005

As Captain Raymond Taggart

Inferno

1999

As Ramsey Hogan

Dorm Daze 2

2006

As Dean Dryer

Green Lantern: First Flight

2009

As Ganthet (voice)

Too Good to Be True

1988

As Glen Robie

I Will Avenge You, Iago!

2005

As The Warden

Timequest

2003

As J. Edgar Hoover

Date with a Kidnapper

1976

As Age Home Attendant

Runaway Virus

2000

As Dr. Griggs

Pathology

2008

As Fat Bastard

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983

As Homer/Conveener

Spun

2003

As Dr. K

The Big Brawl

1980

As Judge #1

Dead Air

2009

As Vernon

Bean

1997

As Elmer

American Pie 2

2001

As Natalie's Dad

Mrs. Harris

2006

As Harris Defense Team Psychiatrist

Batman Beyond: The Movie

1999

As Jackson Chappell (voice)

The Karate Kid

1984

As Yahoo #1

For Keeps

1988

As Night Clerk

The Seniors

1978

As Bus Sign Installer (uncredited)

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