Everything about Alfred Drake totally explained
Alfred Drake (
October 7,
1914 -
July 25,
1992) was an
American actor and
singer.
Born Alfred Capurro in
New York City, Drake was a
Broadway performer best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of such American musicals as
Oklahoma!,
Kiss Me, Kate, and
Kean, and for the roles of Marshall Blackstone in the original production of
Babes in Arms (in which he sang the title song) and Hajj in
Kismet.
Drake was mostly a stage and television star; he starred in only one film,
Tars and Spars, but played several roles on television. His
1964 stage performance as Claudius in the
Richard Burton Hamlet was filmed live on the stage of the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, using a "quickie" process called
Electronovision, and shown in movie theatres in a very limited engagement. It was also recorded on
LP. Today's audiences may remember him as the bearded and bespectacled President of the Exchange, who eventually fires
Don Ameche and
Ralph Bellamy in the
1983 Eddie Murphy-
Dan Aykroyd film
Trading Places.
Alfred Drake died of
cancer in New York City at the age of 77.
Theatre credits
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