Larry Drake

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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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2016
The Secrets of Emily Blair
Movie John Doe
2009
Dead Air
Movie Vernon
2009
Green Lantern: First Flight
Movie Ganthet (voice)
2008
Pathology
Movie Fat Bastard
2007
Attack of the Gryphon
Movie Armand
2006
Dorm Daze 2
Movie Dean Dryer
2006
Living the Dream
Movie Richard
2005
Mrs. Harris
Movie Harris Defense Team Psychiatrist
2005
Officer Down
Movie Captain Raymond Taggart
2005
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Movie The Warden
2004
Boston Legal
TV show Bishop Luke Bernard
2003
Spun
Movie Dr. K
2002
Firefly
TV show Sir Warwick Harrow
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
TV show Moss T. Meister / Burglar #2 / Scooby Snax Monster (voice)
2002
L.A. Law: The Movie
Movie Benny Stulwicz
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie Self