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Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake
Hamlet (1964)
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Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Alfred Drake (as President of Exchange)
Trading Places (1983)
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Patrice Munsel, Alfred Drake, John Conte, Gale Sherwood, Don Driver
Victor Herbert - Naughty Marietta
Video Artists Int'l
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Celeste Holm, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Howard Da Silva
Oklahoma! (Original 1943 Broadway Cast)
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George Forrest, Robert Wright, Alfred Drake
Kean (1961 Original Broadway Cast)
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George Forrest, Robert Wright, Alfred Drake, Richard Kiley, Joan Diener, Doretta Morrow
Kismet (1953 Original Broadway Cast)
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Maria Karnilova, Daniel Massey, Alfred Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Karin Wolfe
Gigi: The Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Alfred Drake, Annabelle Hill, Lisa Kirk, Patricia Morison, Edwin Clay, Fred Davis, Harold Lang, Harry Clark
Kiss Me, Kate (1948 Original Broadway Cast)
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Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Paul Ukena, Ray Drakeley
The Adventures of Marco Polo
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Alfred Drake
Alfredo Capurro
Stage/Film/TV Actor, Singer
(1914 - 1992)
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Alfred Drake is considered by many a musical theater legend. He had his share of flops, but his stage presence and lyrical tenor defined many of the roles he originated on Broadway, although he never reprised any of them in subsequent films. Drake began his stage career in 1935 and by 1937 introduced the title song in Babes in Arms. In 1940 he and Frances Comstock introduced “How High the Moon,” which would enter the jazz standards repertoire, in Two for the Show. He starred as Curly in the ground-breaking musical Oklahoma (1943), opening the show with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.” He triumphed in Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and won three awards, including a Tony, for his role in Kismet (1955). His last musical was a less than successful stage adaptation of Gigi (1973) after which he turned to Shakespearean drama, winning recognition in the role of Claudius opposite Richard Burton’s Hamlet (1964). He played his last stage role in The Skin of Our Teeth (1975). In 1990 he received a Tony recognizing his lifetime achievements.
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