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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.913 |
Birthday | 1950-02-21 |
Place of Birth | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
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1997
Bean
6.461/2366
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Inferno
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow
6.465/159
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2009
Dead Air
5.122/37
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1998
Overnight Delivery
5.6/90
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1990
Darkman
6.43/1344
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1992
Dr. Giggles
5.563/144
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1995
The Journey of August King
6.7/15
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2009
Green Lantern: First Flight
6.9/431
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Attack of the Gryphon
4.3/21
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Darkman II: The Return of Durant
5.581/266
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1999
Durango Kids
3.5/10
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2003
Timequest
4.467/15
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Truckin' Man
3/7
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1992
Darkman
2.5/2
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Too Good to Be True
3.3/3
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The Skin of Our Teeth
10/1
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1991
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5.4/13
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1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
7.2/179
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2002
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0/0
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2006
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4.581/86
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2001
Dark Asylum
3.8/13
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2006
Mrs. Harris
6/16
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1998
Paranoia
4.8/5
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1971
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
6/5
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Date with a Kidnapper
5.1/8
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1998
The Treat
4/3
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6.483/142
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2002
L.A. Law: The Movie
8.4/4
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2005
Officer Down
6/5
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2001
American Pie 2
6.2/4840
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1996
The Beast
0/0
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2016
The Secrets of Emily Blair
4.5/35
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One More Mountain
6.2/4
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2003
Spun
6.527/447
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1983
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
4/1
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2000
Runaway Virus
6.7/3
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The Seniors
4.2/9
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5.962/170
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5.7/451
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8.7/3
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