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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

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