Jonathan Drake — The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Character Profile

About Jonathan Drake

The patriarch of the Drake family and the title character. He suffers from prophetic visions of floating skulls and must confront his family's dark colonial past to survive the generational headless curse.

Character Facts

Played by

Eduard Franz

Appears in

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Jonathan Drake — Family Brothers — Kenneth Drake (Paul Cavanagh)

  Jonathan and Kenneth are brothers, both victims of the Drake family headless curse.

• Jonathan Drake — Family Father — Alison Drake (Valerie French)

  Jonathan is the protective father of Alison, who assists him throughout the curse investigation.

• Jonathan Drake — Conflict Arch Enemy — Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell)

  Zurich is the immortal antagonist seeking Jonathan's head to complete the curse collection.

• Jonathan Drake — Alliance Protector — Lt. Jeff Rowan (Grant Richards)

  Jeff investigates the murders and actively protects Jonathan from Zutai and Zurich.

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More characters from The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

• Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell)
• Alison Drake (Valerie French)
• Lt. Jeff Rowan (Grant Richards)
• Zutai (Paul Wexler)
• Minister at Funeral (uncredited) (Arthur Tovey)
• Det. Lee Coulter (Frank Gerstle)
• Mourner at Funeral (uncredited) (Bert Stevens)
• Mourner (uncredited) (Hans Moebus)
• Attendant (uncredited) (Anthony Redondo)
• Rogers, the butler (Lumsden Hare)
• Dr. George Bradford (Howard Wendell)
• Kenneth Drake (Paul Cavanagh)