Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 19, 1925
Died
Dec 23, 2006
Place of Birth
South East London - England - UK
Credits
32 titles
Charlie Drake
Biography
Charlie Drake, was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer best known for his catchphrase "Hello. My darlings!". With his small stature (5 ft 1 in or 155 cm tall), curly red hair and liking for slapstick, he was a popular comedian with children in his early years, performing with Jack Edwardes in the double act Mick and Montmorency on children's TV. He subsequently made the break into primetime TV and critical and commercial acclaim with his solo show Drake's Progress (1955-1957). He was best known for his series The Worker (1965–70) in which he played a perpetually unemployed labourer who, in every episode, was dispatched to a new job by the ever-frustrated clerk at the local labour exchange. In the sixties, Drake made the transition to cinema, making several comedy films. By the 1980s, Drake reinvented himself as a straight actor, including a memorable performance as Smallweed in the 1985 BBC adaptation of Bleak House and playing Nagg in Samuel Beckett's Endgame in 1989. He suffered a series of strokes in 1995 and retired, passing away in 2006 at the age of 81.
Known For
Filmography
Sinderella Comes Again - Backstage
Baron Von Hard-on
Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress
Self
Sinderella Live
Baron Hardon
99-1
Freddie Windsor
Filipina Dreamgirls
Lionel
Screen One
Lionel
Endgame
Nagg
Mr. H Is Late
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Marmeladov
Bleak House
Smallweed
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Professor Popper's Problems
Professor Popper
The Bob Monkhouse Show
Rhubarb Rhubarb
The Plank
Delivery man with cake
To See Such Fun
Pursued
Descent to Danger
Follow That Skate
Monster
Into the Unknown
Professor Popper's Problems
Magic Powder
Mister Ten Per Cent
Percy Pointer
The Worker
The Cracksman
Ernest Wright
Petticoat Pirates
Charlie
Sands of the Desert
Charlie Sands
Christmas Night with the Stars
Charlie Drake In...
Charlie Drake And Jack Edwardes
The Golden Link
Joe