Larry Drake
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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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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Known for
The Secrets of Emily Blair
Dead Air
Green Lantern: First Flight
Pathology
Attack of the Gryphon
Dorm Daze 2
Mrs. Harris
Officer Down
Boston Legal
Timequest
Spun
Firefly
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
L.A. Law: The Movie
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Justice League
Dark Asylum
Crossing Jordan
American Pie 2
Six Feet Under
As Told by Ginger
The Fearing Mind
Runaway Virus
Durango Kids
Inferno
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Batman Beyond
Fantasy Island
The Treat
Overnight Delivery
Prey
The Legend of Calamity Jane
Stargate SG-1
Johnny Bravo
Bean
Road Rovers
Superman: The Animated Series
7th Heaven
E! True Hollywood Story
The Beast
The Journey of August King
The Naked Truth
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
The Outer Limits
Star Trek: Voyager
One More Mountain
Dr. Giggles
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Darkman
Tales from the Crypt
Too Good to Be True
For Keeps
L.A. Law
Hunter
The Karate Kid
Hardcastle and McCormick
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
The Skin of Our Teeth
American Playhouse
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
The Big Brawl
The Seniors
Date with a Kidnapper
Truckin' Man
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!