Larry Drake

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Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016) was an American actor. The son of Lorraine, a homemaker, and...

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Dorm Daze 2

Dorm Daze 2

... 2006

Bean

Bean

... 1997

Fullname:

Larry Drake

Date of Birth:

1950-02-21

Country:

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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Larry Drake

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.

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Larry Drake

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Larry Drake

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The Seasoning House

The Seasoning House

... 2012

The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women

... 1977

Warsaw 44

Warsaw 44

... 2014

Ashes

Ashes

... 2024

Better Watch Out

Better Watch Out

... 2017

Pray for Death

Pray for Death

... 1985

A Man Called Ahok

A Man Called Ahok

... 2018

Battle of the Warriors

Battle of the Warriors

... 2006

Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

... 2017