Larry Drake

Larry Drake Movies and 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1950-02-21 (74 years old)
  • Place of birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
2016

Horror

Thriller

4.1
46%
Dead Air
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 53%
role:
Vernon
2009

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.1
53%
Green Lantern: First Flight
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Ganthet (voice)
2009

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
70%
Pathology
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 56%
role:
Fat Bastard
2008

Crime

Horror

Thriller

5.9
56%
Spun
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Dr. K
2002

Comedy

Crime

Drama

6.7
66%
American Pie 2
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Natalie's Dad
2001

Comedy

Romance

6.4
62%
Inferno
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Ramsey Hogan
1999

Action

Drama

Romance

5.2
61%
Overnight Delivery
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 58%
role:
Hal Ipswich
1998

Comedy

Romance

6.1
58%
Johnny Bravo
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 75%
role:
Pops (voice)
1997

Animation

Comedy

Family

7.2
75%
Bean
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Elmer
1997

Adventure

Comedy

Family

6.5
64%
1995

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.1
55%
Dr. Giggles
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 56%
role:
Dr. Evan Rendell
1992

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

5.3
56%
Darkman
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Robert G. Durant
1990

Action

Crime

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
64%
L.A. Law
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 74%
role:
Benny Stulwicz
1986

Drama

7.1
74%
The Karate Kid
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Yahoo #1
1984

Action

Drama

Family

7.3
72%
1983

Horror

Mystery

TV Movie

6.7
66%
The Big Brawl
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 61%
role:
Judge #1
1980

Action

Comedy

5.7
61%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Larry Drake are, for example, Dead Air, Green Lantern: First Flight and Pathology.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are The Karate Kid (7.3), Green Lantern: First Flight (7.1) and Spun (6.7).