Charlie Drake

Charlie Drake

Known for

Acting

Born

June 19, 1925

Birthplace

South East London - England - UK

Died

December 23, 2006 (aged 81)

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 e...

Best known work

The Plank
The Plank
1979
Bleak House
Bleak House
1985
Sands of the Desert
Sands of the Desert
1960
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980
Sinderella Live
Sinderella Live
1995
The Cracksman
The Cracksman
1963
Mr. H Is Late
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Screen One
Screen One
1989
Petticoat Pirates
Petticoat Pirates
1961
Mister Ten Per Cent
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967

Filmography

  1. 2004

    Sinderella Comes Again - Backstage

    as Baron Von Hard-on

  2. 2001

  3. 1995

    Sinderella Live

    as Baron Hardon

  4. 1994

    99-1TV

    as Freddie Windsor (1 episode)

  5. 1991

  6. 1989

    Screen OneTV

    as Lionel (1 episode)

  7. 1989

    Endgame

    as Nagg

  8. 1988

  9. 1988

    The Modern World: Ten Great WritersTV

    as Marmeladov (1 episode)

  10. 1985

    Bleak HouseTV

    as Smallweed (3 episodes)

  11. 1984

  12. 1984

    Professor Popper's ProblemsTV

    as Professor Popper (8 episodes)

  13. 1983

  14. 1980

  15. 1979

    The Plank

    as Delivery man with cake

  16. 1977

  17. 1974

  18. 1974

  19. 1974

  20. 1974

  21. 1974

  22. 1974

  23. 1974

  24. 1967

    Mister Ten Per Cent

    as Percy Pointer

  25. 1965

    The WorkerTV

    Creator

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