Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake was born Alfred Capurro in New York City of Italian extraction on October 7, 1914.

He was a Broadway leading man best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of such seminal American musicals as Babes in Arms, Oklahoma!, Kiss Me, Kate, and Kismet.

Alfred Drake died of cancer on July 25, 1992 in New York City at the age of 77.

Broadway musical credits

• 1936 - White Horse Inn chorus

• 1937 - Babes in Arms as Marshall Blackstone

• 1938 - The Two Bouquets as Albert Porter

• 1939 - One for the Money
• 1939 - The Straw hat Revue

• 1940 - Two for the Show

• 1943 - Oklahoma! as Curly McLain

• 1944 - Sing Out, Sweet Land as Barnaby Goodchild

• 1946 - The Beggar's Holiday as Macheath

• 1947 - The Cradle Will Rock replacement in the part of Larry Foreman

• 1948 - Kiss Me, Kate as Fred Graham

• 1953 - Kismet as Hajj

• 1955 - Kismet as Hajj London production

• 1961 - Kean as Edmund Kean

• 1973 - Gigi as Honore Lachailles

Musical film credit

• 1946 - Tars and Spars as Howard Young

External links

Alfred Drake at IMDb