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Charlie Drake
South 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…
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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.
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2004
Sinderella Comes Again - Backstage
Movie Baron Von Hard-on
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2001
Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress
Movie Self
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1995
Sinderella Live
Movie Baron Hardon
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1994
99-1
TV show Freddie Windsor
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1991
Filipina Dreamgirls
Movie Lionel
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1989
Screen One
TV show Lionel
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1989
Endgame
Movie Nagg
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1988
Mr. H Is Late
Movie
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1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV show Marmeladov
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1985
Bleak House
TV show Smallweed
- 1984
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1984
Professor Popper's Problems
TV show Professor Popper
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1983
The Bob Monkhouse Show
TV show
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1980
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Movie
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1979
The Plank
Movie Delivery man with cake
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1977
To See Such Fun
Movie
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- 1974
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1974
Pursued
Movie
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1974
Monster
Movie
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1974
Into the Unknown
Movie
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1974
Descent to Danger
Movie
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1974
Follow That Skate
Movie
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1974
Magic Powder
Movie
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1967
Mister Ten Per Cent
Movie Percy Pointer
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1965
The Worker
TV show
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1963
The Cracksman
Movie Ernest Wright
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1961
Petticoat Pirates
Movie Charlie
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1960
Sands of the Desert
Movie Charlie Sands
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1958
Christmas Night with the Stars
TV show
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1958
Charlie Drake In...
TV show
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1954
Charlie Drake And Jack Edwardes
TV show
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1954
The Golden Link
Movie Joe
