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Larry Drake

Larry Drake

Acting

February 21, 1949 – March 17, 2016 (died at 67)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Male
45 Movies
29 TV Shows

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.

Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo

Johnny Bravo

1997 7.3

as Pops (voice)

Age 48 (now 67)
119 eps
Darkman
Darkman

Darkman

1990 6.4

as Robert G. Durant

Age 41 (now 67)
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995 5.7

as Robert G. Durant

Age 46 (now 67)
Dr. Giggles
Dr. Giggles

Dr. Giggles

1992 5.5

as Dr. Evan Rendell

Age 43 (now 67)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981 6.5

as Bubba Ritter

Age 32 (now 67)
L.A. Law
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986 7.1

as Benny Stulwicz

Age 37 (now 67)
131 eps
Inferno
Inferno

Inferno

1999 6.2

as Ramsey Hogan

Age 50 (now 67)
Green Lantern: First Flight
Green Lantern: First Flight

Green Lantern: First Flight

2009 7.0

as Ganthet (voice)

Age 60 (now 67)
Overnight Delivery
Overnight Delivery

Overnight Delivery

1998 5.5

as Hal Ipswich

Age 49 (now 67)
Pathology
Pathology

Pathology

2008 5.7

as Fat Bastard

Age 59 (now 67)
Dorm Daze 2
Dorm Daze 2

Dorm Daze 2

2006 4.7

as Dean Dryer

Age 57 (now 67)
Bean
Bean

Bean

1997 6.5

as Elmer

Age 48 (now 67)
Spun
Spun

Spun

2003 6.6

as Dr. K

Age 53 (now 67)
American Pie 2
American Pie 2

American Pie 2

2001 6.3

as Natalie's Dad

Age 52 (now 67)
Attack of the Gryphon
Attack of the Gryphon

Attack of the Gryphon

2007 4.3

as Armand

Age 57 (now 67)
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

1984 7.2

as Yahoo #1

Age 35 (now 67)