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Tom Drake was an American actor with a relatively lengthy career. Drake was born in 1918, in Brooklyn, New York. His real name was Alfred Sinclair Alderdice. He was educated at the Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York, and Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania,
He started his acting career in 1938, with theatrical performances in Broadway, New York City. He appeared in the plays "Run Sheep Run" (1938) and "Clean Beds" (1939), He initially used the stage name "Richard Alden", but later changed his stage name to "Tom Drake".
In the early 1940s, Drake started appearing in theatrical films. Following a number of uncredited parts as an extra, his first film credit was in the film "The Howards of Virginia" (1940), as the character James Howard. The setting of the film was 18th-century Virginia. In the film, the protagonist Matt Howard (played by Cary Grant) is a war orphan. His father was killed in the Braddock Expedition (1755), a failed British campaign during the French and Indian War. The impoverished Howard gains the favor and political patronage of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), and uses this connection to acquire land and wealth, and build a new dynasty of plantation owners. But this family is undermined by the class difference and tensions between "new money" Matt and the "old money" heiress which he married.
In 1942, Drake received his first taste of fame by starring in the hit Broadway play "Janie". Afterwards, he was signed to a full contract with the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Drake was 24 years old, but was found ineligible for military service in World War II; his medical exams diagnosed a heart disease.
Drake's most memorable role during the War was the character John Truett in the musical "Meet Me in St. Louis". Truett was the boy next door, who served as the love interest for the character Esther Smith (played by Judy Garland). Following the War, Drake appeared in over 30 films and several television series. He broke out of typecasting in 1959, when playing gang leader Abe McQuown in the Western film "Warlock".
By the early 1970s, Drake's career was in decline. His final film role was the character Dr. Adam Forrest in the horror film "The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe" (1974), Drake died in 1982, suffering from lung cancer. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.- Director
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Aydin Arakon was born on 22 May 1918 in Adrianople, Ottoman Empire [now Edirne, Turkey]. He was a director and writer, known for Fosforlu Cevriye (1959), Kitipiyoza tuzak (1959) and The Conquest of Constantinople (1951). He died on 11 August 1982 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Editor
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Folmar Blangsted was born on 6 October 1904 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an editor and director, known for Summer of '42 (1971), Rio Bravo (1959) and A Star Is Born (1954). He was married to Else Blangsted. He died on 11 August 1982 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cynthia Hinds was born on 22 February 1965 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She died on 11 August 1982 in Kent, Washington, USA.
- Aithna Gover was born on 21 July 1893 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Good Wives (1958), Little Women (1958) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 11 August 1982 in Langton Green, Kent, England, UK.
- Carola Wagner was born on 17 February 1902. She was an actress, known for Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst... (1962), Liebesgeschichten (1967) and Ein Chirurg erinnert sich (1972). She died on 11 August 1982 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Rudolf Christoph was born in 1923 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Geheimkommando Bumerang (1966) and Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz (1974). He died on 11 August 1982 in Berlin, Germany.