Charlie Drake
Actor/Actriz
14
Movies
4
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Screen One
Lionel
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Marmeladov
Bleak House
Smallweed
Christmas Night with the Stars
The Plank
Delivery man with cake
Royal Variety Performance 1984
The Cracksman
Ernest Wright
Filipina Dreamgirls
Lionel
Endgame
Nagg
Mr. H Is Late
Mister Ten Per Cent
Percy Pointer
Sands of the Desert
Charlie Sands
Sinderella Live
Baron Hardon
Petticoat Pirates
Charlie
Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress
Self
To See Such Fun
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Professor Popper's Problems