Tom Drake
Tom " Buddy" Drake ( Richard Alden, real name Alfred Sinclair Alderdice, . * August 5, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City; † August 11, 1982 in Torrance, California ) was an American actor.
Life
Drake made his debut in 1938 in the Broadway play Clean Beds and was occupied in the following years in films from MGM in supporting roles. A first major role in the war drama The White Cliffs of Dover ( 1944) film editing fell victim. He had greater success as a partner of Judy Garland in the 1944 also created movie musical Meet Me in St. Louis. In The Green Years he asserted itself alongside actors such as Hume Cronyn, Charles Coburn, Jessica Tandy and Gladys Cooper.
In the movie musical Words and Music (1948 ), he appeared on the side of Mickey Rooney as the narrator of the film story. He had his last major film role in Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949 ) next to Clifton Webb and Shirley Temple. After that he got when essentially only supporting roles and acted in the 1950s mostly in numerous television series. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City.