Larry Drake

Birthday: 21 February 1949, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Birth Name: Lawrence Richard Drake

Height: 191 cm

Larry Drake was born on February 21, 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA as Lawrence Richard Drake. He was an actor and director, known for L.A. Law (1986), Darkman (1990) and Bean (1997). He was married to Ruth de Sosa. He died on March 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Actors should be allowed to play anything any producer asks them to do.

People were always coming up to me and treating me like I was slow. I would have to tell them 'I'm n...Show more »

People were always coming up to me and treating me like I was slow. I would have to tell them 'I'm not really retarded, the character I play on TV is retarded.' It was actually pretty flattering because it showed that these people thought my acting was really that convincing. Show less «

There will always be those people who want to put me in a nice, neat pigeonhole. I think people have...Show more »

There will always be those people who want to put me in a nice, neat pigeonhole. I think people have to start realizing that what I do is act. What I don't do is create an image and live by its rules or expectations. Show less «

Evil characters are usually more memorable to audiences because you don't see them every day. What y...Show more »

Evil characters are usually more memorable to audiences because you don't see them every day. What you do see are people trying to get by and be socially acceptable and follow most rules. I mean, nobody slows down on the freeway when things are going well. They slow down when there's an accident, to see if they can see some blood. Nobody reports good stuff on the news, they report bad stuff. The bad news is more distinctive, it shocks us. Show less «