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Charlie Drake is a Actor and Scriptwriter British born on 19 june 1925
Charles Edward Springall, known professionally as Charlie Drake (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006) was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer.
With his small stature (5' 1"/155 cm tall), curly red hair and liking for slapstick, he was a popular comedian with children in his early years, becoming nationally known for his "Hello, my darlings!" catchphrase.
Retirement
Drake suffered a stroke in 1995 and retired, staying at Brinsworth House, a retirement home for actors and performers, run by the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund, until his death on 23 December 2006, after suffering multiple strokes the previous night.
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Birth name Charles Edward Springall
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 june 1925
Death 23 december 2006 (at 81 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 june 1925
Death 23 december 2006 (at 81 years)
With his small stature (5' 1"/155 cm tall), curly red hair and liking for slapstick, he was a popular comedian with children in his early years, becoming nationally known for his "Hello, my darlings!" catchphrase.
Biography
Drake was married twice and was survived by three sons. He was married to Heather Barnes (born 1935), a dancer, from 1953 until 1971, and they had three sons. In 1976 Drake married his second wife, Elaine Bird (born 1959) - also a dancer, but the marriage was dissolved in 1984.Retirement
Drake suffered a stroke in 1995 and retired, staying at Brinsworth House, a retirement home for actors and performers, run by the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund, until his death on 23 December 2006, after suffering multiple strokes the previous night.
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Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980)
, 28minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Edwards, Eric Sykes, Bob Todd, Charlie Drake, Bill Fraser, Nicholas Bond-Owen
Rating65%
A police inspector is so intent on winning a round of golf against a vicar, despite his lack of ability at the game, that he employs his constable to furtively disentangle his ball from the odd spots in which it usually comes to rest - while his opponent looks for help from a higher power...
The Plank (1979)
, 30minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Lionel Blair, Bernard Cribbins, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors
Roles Delivery man with cake
Rating73%
Professor Popper's Problems (1974)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Themes Children's films
Actors Charlie Drake, Todd Carty, Milo O'Shea, Sydney Bromley, Richard Caldicot, Alan Curtis
Roles Professor Popper
Rating72%
It centres around a group of children who with the school professor get shrunk and then have to return to normal size.
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
, 1h24Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Drake, Derek Nimmo, Wanda Ventham, John Le Mesurier, Anthony Nicholls, Noël Dyson
Roles Percy Pointer
Rating52%
Percy Pointer, a construction worker and amateur dramatist, writes a drama 'Oh My Lord' and hopes to have it professionally produced. A dishonest producer agrees to back the play, hoping that it will be a disaster, so that he can claim insurance on its failure. To Percy's distress, the first audience see the play as a slapstick comedy, not the drama he intended it to be.
The Cracksman (1963)
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Actors Charlie Drake, Nyree Dawn Porter, George Sanders, Dennis Price, Percy Herbert, Eddie Byrne
Roles Ernest Wright
Rating58%
Charlie Drake plays honest locksmith Ernest Wright whose problem is that he cannot resist the challenge of a lock. First he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but is released on probation. Next the same man fools him into breaking into a house, and he lands in jail for a year. When he is released, he gets tricked into opening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence and an undeserved reputation as a master thief. Upon his release he finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs into a safe-cracking scheme but, with the help of undercover police woman Muriel played by Nyree Dawn Porter, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
, 1h27Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Roles Charlie
Rating51%
Sands of the Desert (1960)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Drake, Peter Arne, Sarah Branch, Raymond Huntley, Peter Illing, Roger Delgado
Roles Charlie Sands
Rating47%
The Golden Link (1954)
, 1h23Directed by Charles Saunders
Origin United-kingdom
Actors André Morell, Thea Gregory, Patrick Holt, Jack Watling, Olive Sloane, Alexander Gauge
Police try to solve a case involving a woman who fell to her death from the top of a block of high-rise flats.
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Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
, 1h24Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Drake, Derek Nimmo, Wanda Ventham, John Le Mesurier, Anthony Nicholls, Noël Dyson
Rating52%
Percy Pointer, a construction worker and amateur dramatist, writes a drama 'Oh My Lord' and hopes to have it professionally produced. A dishonest producer agrees to back the play, hoping that it will be a disaster, so that he can claim insurance on its failure. To Percy's distress, the first audience see the play as a slapstick comedy, not the drama he intended it to be.
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
, 1h27Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Rating51%