Charles Drake

Charles Drake , born Charles Louis Rupert, was the actor who played Commodore Stocker in the second season episode . He filmed his scenes on Friday , Wednesday and Thursday at Desilu Stage 9.
Drake appeared in nearly eighty feature films. He began primarily as a background extra and bit player, making brief appearances in such classic films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), (1941), and The Maltese Falcon (1941, with Elisha Cook). He soon began taking larger supporting roles in films such as (1953) and (1957, directed by Robert Wise and starring Jean Simmons).
Perhaps his most well-known film roles were as Dr. Sanderson in (1950) and as Brandon in (1955). He also made several appearances on . He also appeared in (1950) and (1954), as well as classic films such as (1954) and (1955). In 1967, he appeared on the television series , as gubernatorial candidate Adam Pierson in the episode "Skid Marks on a Dry Run" written by John Meredyth Lucas; in 1973, the episode script was slightly altered and a new Mannix episode called "Search for a Whisper" was filmed, starring William Shatner as gubernatorial candidate Adam Langer.
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