Larry Drake
Acting
Born 1949-02-21
Died 2016-03-17
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Stargate SG-1
Hunter
Star Trek: Voyager
Golden Globe Awards
Boston Legal
Crossing Jordan
Six Feet Under
L.A. Law
The Outer Limits
Johnny Bravo
Tales from the Crypt
Batman Beyond
Superman: The Animated Series
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Firefly
7th Heaven
American Playhouse
Justice League
The Karate Kid
Hardcastle and McCormick
The Naked Truth
American Pie 2
As Told by Ginger
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Bean
Inferno
Road Rovers
Darkman
Fantasy Island
The Legend of Calamity Jane
Green Lantern: First Flight
The Beast
Pathology
Dorm Daze 2
The Big Brawl
Spun
Prey
E! True Hollywood Story
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
For Keeps
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
The Ladies Club
Truckin' Man
Dr. Giggles
Attack of the Gryphon
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
The Treat
Mrs. Harris
Dead Air
Overnight Delivery
The Seniors
The Secrets of Emily Blair
L.A. Law: The Movie
Dark Asylum
One More Mountain
Darkman
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Too Good to Be True
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