Charlie Drake

Known for ActingBorn 1925-06-19Died 2006-12-23South East London - England - UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

To See Such Fun

Endgame

The Worker

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Rhubarb Rhubarb

Sinderella Live

The Golden Link

The Bob Monkhouse Show

The Plank

Filipina Dreamgirls

Screen One

Mr. H Is Late

Christmas Night with the Stars

Bleak House

Professor Popper's Problems

The Cracksman

Petticoat Pirates

Mister Ten Per Cent

Sands of the Desert

Sinderella Comes Again - Backstage

Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress

99-1

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Professor Popper's Problems

Magic Powder

Follow That Skate

Pursued

Monster

Descent to Danger

Into the Unknown

Charlie Drake In...

Charlie Drake And Jack Edwardes