Charles Drake, an actor who co-starred in movies with Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart and James Stewart, died Saturday after a long illness at age 76.

Drake began acting in the late 1930s and had three roles in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," starring Charles Laughton.In the 1940s and '50s, his movies included "Dive Bomber," "The Maltese Falcon," "The Man Who Came to Dinner," "You Came Along," "Comanche Territory," "Peggy," "The Glenn Miller Story" and "To Hell and Back."

Other movies included "All That Heaven Allows," "Walk the Proud Land," "Jeanne Eagles," "Showdown," "The Swimmer" and "The Arrangement."

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On television Drake appeared in "Robert Montgomery Presents," "Playhouse 90," "Lux Video Theater" and "CBS Playhouse" in the 1950s.

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