Larry Drake
Acting
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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Larry Drake
John Doe
... 2016
Vernon
... 2009
Ganthet (voice)
... 2009
Fat Bastard
... 2008
Armand
... 2007
Dean Dryer
... 2006
Harris Defense Team Psychiatrist
... 2006
Captain Raymond Taggart
... 2005
The Warden
... 2005
J. Edgar Hoover
... 2003
Dr. K
... 2003
Benny Stulwicz
... 2002
... 2002
The Trasher
... 2001
Natalie's Dad
... 2001
Dr. Griggs
... 2000
Dudley
... 1999
Ramsey Hogan
... 1999
... 1999
Jackson Chappell (voice)
... 1999
Ray
... 1998
Calvin Hawks
... 1998
Hal Ipswich
... 1998
Elmer
... 1997
Olaf Singletary
... 1995
Robert G. Durant
... 1995
Harry Breen / Patrick Breen
... 1994
Dr. Evan Rendell
... 1992
Robert G. Durant
... 1992
... 1991
Robert G. Durant
... 1990
Glen Robie
... 1988
Night Clerk
... 1988
Yahoo #1
... 1984
... 1983
Homer/Conveener
... 1983
Bubba Ritter
... 1981
Judge #1
... 1980
Bus Sign Installer (uncredited)
... 1978
Age Home Attendant
... 1976
Diesel Joe
... 1975
Bubba
... 1971