Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake was born on Oct 07, 1914 in USA. Alfred Drake's big-screen debut came with Tars and Spars directed by Alfred E. Green in 1946, strarring Howard Young. Alfred Drake is known for The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus directed by Jules Bass, Earl Hammond stars as Santa Claus and Earle Hyman as King Awgwa. The upcoming new movie Alfred Drake plays is The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus which will be released on Dec 17, 1985.

One of Broadway's most venerable, respected musical leading men, Alfred Drake created the male leads in "Oklahoma!" (1943), "Kiss Me Kate" (1949) and "Kismet" (1953). Sadly, he re-created none of these roles on screen. Very much a man of his beloved live theater, he never did go to Hollywood, except for the starring role in "Tars and Spars" (1946) for Columbia Pictures, a post-war comedy, and for a small role as the President of the Exchange in 1983's "Trading Places" (the one who says to Don Ameche "Mortimer, your brother's not well"). The 1964 production of "Hamlet" in which he played Claudius was filmed live in a Broadway theatre, was made in a new process of the time, (Electronovision) and distributed in movie theaters in the 60s and early 70s. It is available on DVD.