Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1949 – March 17, 2016)^[1] was an American actor. He was best known as Benny Stulwicz in L.A. Law, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards. He also appeared as Robert G. Durant in both Darkman and Darkman II: The Return of Durant, a homicidal mental patient who escapes an insane asylum in the slasher black comedy Dr. Giggles, and was the voice of Pops in Johnny Bravo.

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Larry Drake
Larry Drake on the red carpet at the 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, August 28, 1988.
Born	Larry Richard Drake (1949-02-21)February 21, 1949 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	March 17, 2016(2016-03-17) (aged 67) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–2016
Spouse	Ruth de Sosa ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1991)​

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Larry Richard Drake was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 21, 1949, the son of Raymond John Drake, a drafting engineer for an oil company, and Lorraine Ruth (née Burns), a homemaker. He graduated from Tulsa Edison High School and the University of Oklahoma.^[2]

Drake is mostly remembered for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz in L.A. Law, from 1987 until the show's end in 1994, for which he twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. in 1988 and 1989.^[3][4][5][6] He returned to the role of Benny in L.A. Law: The Movie, a reunion film that aired on NBC in 2002.^[7]

He appeared in numerous film and television roles, including Time Quest, Dark Asylum, Paranoid, Bean, Overnight Delivery, The Beast, The Journey of August King, Murder in New Hampshire, Dr. Giggles,^[8] Darkman,^[9] Darkman II: The Return of Durant,^[10] The Taming of the Shrew, American Pie 2,^[11] and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. He was a regular on Prey.^[12] Drake provided the voice of Pops in Johnny Bravo. In 2007, he co-starred in Gryphon, a Sci-Fi Pictures original film.^{[citation needed]}

Drake was married from 1989 to 1991 to Ruth de Sosa,^[13] an actress and producer known for her roles in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

On March 17, 2016, Drake was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 67. Drake's manager, Steven Siebert, reported that he had some health problems in the months before his death. It was later reported that Drake suffered from a rare form of blood cancer that caused his blood to thicken.^[14]