Larry Drake
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-02-21 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Died
2016-03-17
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Stargate SG-1
as Burrock
Star Trek: Voyager
as Chellick
Crossing Jordan
as Tom
Firefly
as Sir Warwick Harrow
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Boston Legal
as Bishop Luke Bernard
The Outer Limits
as Robert Vitale
Superman: The Animated Series
as Mr. Eelan (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
as Tobias
Tales from the Crypt
as Santa (segment "And All Through the House")
Johnny Bravo
as Pops (voice)
Six Feet Under
as Inspector Gerson
L.A. Law
as Benny Stulwicz
Batman Beyond
as Jackson Chappell (voice)
7th Heaven
as Mr. Riley
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Moss T. Meister / Burglar #2 / Scooby Snax Monster (voice)
Hunter
as Kirkland
Justice League
as Colonel Vox (voice)
As Told by Ginger
as Mr. Weinstein (voice)
The Karate Kid
as Yahoo #1