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