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Biography
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
