Gender
Male
Born
Oct 07, 1914
Bronx, New York, USA
Died
Jul 25, 1992
New York, New York, USA
Performer Director Writer
Also Known As
Alfred Capurro
Relations
Brother of
Arthur Kent
  • CREDITS
    The Skin of Our Teeth (Sep 09, 1975 - Sep 13, 1975)
    Play, Revival
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Mr. Antrobus - Original
    Gigi (Nov 13, 1973 - Feb 10, 1974)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Honoré Lachailles - Original
    Song of the Grasshopper (Sep 28, 1967 - Sep 30, 1967)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Aristobulo - Original
    Those That Play the Clowns (Nov 24, 1966 - Nov 26, 1966)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Soren Brandes - Original
    Hamlet (Apr 09, 1964 - Aug 08, 1964)
    Play, Revival
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Claudius - Original
    Rugantino (Feb 06, 1964 - Feb 29, 1964)
    Musical, Original
    • Translated by Alfred Drake
    Lorenzo (Feb 14, 1963 - Feb 16, 1963)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Lorenzo - Original
    Kean (Nov 02, 1961 - Jan 20, 1962)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Edmund Kean - Original
    Love Me Little (Apr 14, 1958 - Apr 19, 1958)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Alfred Drake
    Kismet (Dec 03, 1953 - Apr 23, 1955)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Public Poet, later called Hajj - Original
    The Gambler (Oct 13, 1952 - Nov 01, 1952)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • David Petri - Original
    • Book adapted by Alfred Drake
    Courtin' Time (Jun 13, 1951 - Jul 14, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Staged by Alfred Drake
    The King and I (Mar 29, 1951 - Mar 20, 1954)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • The King of Siam - Replacement (Apr 06, 1953 - Jun 20, 1953)
    The Liar (May 18, 1950 - May 27, 1950)
    Musical, Original
    • Directed by Alfred Drake
    • Book by Alfred Drake
    Kiss Me, Kate (Dec 30, 1948 - Jul 28, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Fred Graham / Petruchio - Original (Dec 30, 1948 - Jun 03, 1950)
    Joy to the World (Mar 18, 1948 - Jul 03, 1948)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Alexander Soren - Original
    The Cradle Will Rock (Dec 26, 1947 - Feb 07, 1948)
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Larry Foreman - Original
    Beggar's Holiday (Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • MacHeath - Original
    Sing Out, Sweet Land (Dec 27, 1944 - Mar 24, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Barnaby Goodchild - Original
    Oklahoma! (Mar 31, 1943 - May 29, 1948)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Curly - Original
    Yesterday's Magic (Apr 14, 1942 - May 30, 1942)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Robert - Original
    As You Like It (Oct 20, 1941 - Oct 25, 1941)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Orlando - Original
    Out of the Frying Pan (Feb 11, 1941 - May 10, 1941)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Norman Reese - Original
    Two For The Show (Feb 08, 1940 - May 25, 1940)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Visitor - Original
      • Clifton Sharp - Original
      • Piano Player - Original
      • "The All-Girl Band" Singer - Original
      • Rich Man - Original
      • Tony - Original
      • "At Last It's Love" Dancer - Original
      • "Good Night, Miss Astor" Singer - Original
    The Straw Hat Revue (Sep 29, 1939 - Dec 02, 1939)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Original
    One For the Money (Feb 04, 1939 - May 27, 1939)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • The Brother - Original
      • Mr. Fuller - Original
      • Orson Welles - Original
      • The Groom - Original
      • The Manager - Original
      • Reporter - Original
      • Singer - Original
    The Two Bouquets (May 31, 1938 - Jul 16, 1938)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Albert Porter - Original
    Babes in Arms (Apr 14, 1937 - Dec 18, 1937)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Marshall Blackstone - Original
      • The High Priest - Original
    White Horse Inn (Oct 01, 1936 - Apr 10, 1937)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Singing Ensemble - Original
    Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore (Aug 12, 1935 - Sep 04, 1935)
    Trial by Jury
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Juror - Original
    H.M.S. Pinafore
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Chorus - Original
    The Gondoliers (Aug 05, 1935 - Aug 31, 1935)
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Chorus - Original
    The Yeomen of the Guard (Jul 29, 1935 - Aug 28, 1935)
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • First Citizen - Original
      • Ensemble - Original
    The Pirates of Penzance (Jul 22, 1935 - Aug 24, 1935)
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Ensemble - Original
    The Mikado (Jul 15, 1935 - Sep 07, 1935)
    Musical, Revival
    • Performer: Alfred Drake
      • Ensemble - Original
    Gigi (May 15, 1973 - Nov 03, 1973)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Honoré Lachailles - Original
    Kismet (Aug 02, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965)
    Musical, Revival
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Public Poet, later called Hajj - Original
    Kismet (Aug 06, 1962 - Nov 10, 1962)
    Musical, Revival
    • Starring: Alfred Drake
      • Public Poet, later called Hajj - Original
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

    Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre

    1990 | Recipient
    Alfred Drake
     

    Best Actor in a Musical

    1974 | Nominee  | Gigi
    Starring: Alfred Drake
     

    Best Actor in a Musical

    1962 | Nominee  | Kean
    Starring: Alfred Drake

    Best Actor in a Musical

    1954 | Winner  | Kismet
    Starring: Alfred Drake
The Skin of Our Teeth (Sep 09, 1975 - Sep 13, 1975)
Play, Revival
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Mr. Antrobus - Original
Gigi (Nov 13, 1973 - Feb 10, 1974)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Honoré Lachailles - Original
Song of the Grasshopper (Sep 28, 1967 - Sep 30, 1967)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Aristobulo - Original
Those That Play the Clowns (Nov 24, 1966 - Nov 26, 1966)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Soren Brandes - Original
Hamlet (Apr 09, 1964 - Aug 08, 1964)
Play, Revival
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Claudius - Original
Rugantino (Feb 06, 1964 - Feb 29, 1964)
Musical, Original
  • Translated by Alfred Drake
Lorenzo (Feb 14, 1963 - Feb 16, 1963)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Lorenzo - Original
Kean (Nov 02, 1961 - Jan 20, 1962)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Edmund Kean - Original
Love Me Little (Apr 14, 1958 - Apr 19, 1958)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Alfred Drake
Kismet (Dec 03, 1953 - Apr 23, 1955)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Public Poet, later called Hajj - Original
The Gambler (Oct 13, 1952 - Nov 01, 1952)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • David Petri - Original
  • Book adapted by Alfred Drake
Courtin' Time (Jun 13, 1951 - Jul 14, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Staged by Alfred Drake
The King and I (Mar 29, 1951 - Mar 20, 1954)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • The King of Siam - Replacement (Apr 06, 1953 - Jun 20, 1953)
The Liar (May 18, 1950 - May 27, 1950)
Musical, Original
  • Directed by Alfred Drake
  • Book by Alfred Drake
Kiss Me, Kate (Dec 30, 1948 - Jul 28, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Fred Graham / Petruchio - Original (Dec 30, 1948 - Jun 03, 1950)
Joy to the World (Mar 18, 1948 - Jul 03, 1948)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Alexander Soren - Original
The Cradle Will Rock (Dec 26, 1947 - Feb 07, 1948)
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Larry Foreman - Original
Beggar's Holiday (Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • MacHeath - Original
Sing Out, Sweet Land (Dec 27, 1944 - Mar 24, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Barnaby Goodchild - Original
Oklahoma! (Mar 31, 1943 - May 29, 1948)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Curly - Original
Yesterday's Magic (Apr 14, 1942 - May 30, 1942)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Robert - Original
As You Like It (Oct 20, 1941 - Oct 25, 1941)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Orlando - Original
Out of the Frying Pan (Feb 11, 1941 - May 10, 1941)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Norman Reese - Original
Two For The Show (Feb 08, 1940 - May 25, 1940)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Visitor - Original
    • Clifton Sharp - Original
    • Piano Player - Original
    • "The All-Girl Band" Singer - Original
    • Rich Man - Original
    • Tony - Original
    • "At Last It's Love" Dancer - Original
    • "Good Night, Miss Astor" Singer - Original
The Straw Hat Revue (Sep 29, 1939 - Dec 02, 1939)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Original
One For the Money (Feb 04, 1939 - May 27, 1939)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • The Brother - Original
    • Mr. Fuller - Original
    • Orson Welles - Original
    • The Groom - Original
    • The Manager - Original
    • Reporter - Original
    • Singer - Original
The Two Bouquets (May 31, 1938 - Jul 16, 1938)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Albert Porter - Original
Babes in Arms (Apr 14, 1937 - Dec 18, 1937)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Marshall Blackstone - Original
    • The High Priest - Original
White Horse Inn (Oct 01, 1936 - Apr 10, 1937)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Singing Ensemble - Original
Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore (Aug 12, 1935 - Sep 04, 1935)
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Juror - Original
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Chorus - Original
The Gondoliers (Aug 05, 1935 - Aug 31, 1935)
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Chorus - Original
The Yeomen of the Guard (Jul 29, 1935 - Aug 28, 1935)
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • First Citizen - Original
    • Ensemble - Original
The Pirates of Penzance (Jul 22, 1935 - Aug 24, 1935)
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Ensemble - Original
The Mikado (Jul 15, 1935 - Sep 07, 1935)
Musical, Revival
  • Performer: Alfred Drake
    • Ensemble - Original
Gigi (May 15, 1973 - Nov 03, 1973)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Honoré Lachailles - Original
Kismet (Aug 02, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965)
Musical, Revival
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Public Poet, later called Hajj - Original
Kismet (Aug 06, 1962 - Nov 10, 1962)
Musical, Revival
  • Starring: Alfred Drake
    • Public Poet, later called Hajj - Original

Tony Award®

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre

1990 | Recipient
Alfred Drake
 

Best Actor in a Musical

1974 | Nominee  | Gigi
Starring: Alfred Drake
 

Best Actor in a Musical

1962 | Nominee  | Kean
Starring: Alfred Drake

Best Actor in a Musical

1954 | Winner  | Kismet
Starring: Alfred Drake

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