
Alfred Drake
Acting
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

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Fred Graham / Petruchio (seg. "Kiss Me, Kate") (archive footage)

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
The Great Ak (voice)

Trading Places
President of Exchange

Night of 100 Stars
Self

Visit From a Dead Man
Fred Carter

Your Money or Your Wife
Self

Carolina
Narrator

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Claudius

Kiss Me, Kate
Frederick Graham / Petruchio

The Yeomen of the Guard
Jack Point

The Adventures of Marco Polo
Marco Polo

Naughty Marietta
Capt. Dick Warrington

Strange Victory
Narrator

Tars and Spars
Howard Young

Diary of a Sergeant
Harold Russell (voice) (uncredited)







