Charlie Drake
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
Credits
- 2004 · Sinderella Comes Again - Backstage as Baron Von Hard-on
- 2001 · Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress as Self
- 1995 · Sinderella Live as Baron Hardon
- 1991 · Filipina Dreamgirls as Lionel
- 1989 · Endgame as Nagg
- 1988 · Mr. H Is Late as
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Marmeladov
- 1985 · Bleak House as Smallweed
- 1984 · Royal Variety Performance 1984 as
- 1984 · Professor Popper's Problems as Professor Popper
- 1983 · The Bob Monkhouse Show as
- 1980 · Rhubarb Rhubarb as
- 1979 · The Plank as Delivery man with cake
- 1977 · To See Such Fun as
- 1974 · Descent to Danger as
- 1974 · Monster as
- 1974 · Magic Powder as
- 1974 · Follow That Skate as
- 1974 · Into the Unknown as
- 1974 · Pursued as
- 1974 · Professor Popper's Problems as
- 1967 · Mister Ten Per Cent as Percy Pointer
- 1965 · The Worker as
- 1963 · The Cracksman as Ernest Wright
- 1961 · Petticoat Pirates as Charlie
- 1960 · Sands of the Desert as Charlie Sands
- 1958 · Christmas Night with the Stars as
- 1958 · Charlie Drake In... as
- 1954 · Charlie Drake And Jack Edwardes as