Charlie Drake(1925-2006)

Actor
Writer
Soundtrack

Charlie Drake was born on 19 June 1925 in Elephant and Castle, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Cracksman (1963), Sinderella Live (1995) and Sands of the Desert (1960). He was married to Elaine Bird and Heather Barnes. He died on 23 December 2006 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.

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Known for

The Cracksman

5.9

Ernest Wright

1963

Sinderella Live

7.3

Video

Baron Hardon

1995

Sands of the Desert

4.8

Charlie Sands

1960

Bleak House

7.5

TV Series

Smallweed

Credits

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Actor

Sinderella Comes Again
6.9
Video
- Baron Von Hard-on
- 2004
Sinderella Live
7.3
Video
- Baron Hardon
- 1995
99-1
7.4
TV Series
- Freddie Windsor
- 1995
Burning Ash
Short
- Ethan Hawker
- 1992
Screen One
6.8
TV Series
- Lionel
- 1991
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
8.3
TV Movie
- Nagg
- 1991
Mr. H Is Late
7.2
TV Movie
- Short Delivery Man
- 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
8.5
TV Mini Series
- Marmeladov
- 1988
Bleak House
7.5
TV Series
- Smallweed
- 1985
Rhubarb Rhubarb
6.6
Short
- Golf Club Pro
- 1980
The Plank
7.4
TV Movie
- Delivery man with cake
- 1979
Meet Peters & Lee
TV Series
- 1976
Professor Popper's Problems
7.4
- Professor Popper
- 1974
Slapstick and Old Lace
TV Series
- Various parts
- 1971
The Worker
7.5
TV Series
- The Worker
- Charlie
- 1965–1970

Writer

The Worker
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- deviser
- 1965–1970
The Charlie Drake Show
7.4
TV Series
- writer
- 1967–1968
Mister Ten Per Cent
5.1
- in collaboration with
- 1967
Who Is Sylvia?
6.8
TV Series
- writer
- 1967
The Cracksman
5.9
- screenplay
- 1963
Petticoat Pirates
5.2
- additional material
- 1961
The Charlie Drake Show
6.7
TV Series
- writer
- 1960–1961
Sands of the Desert
4.8
- additional dialogue
- 1960
Charlie Drake
8.2
TV Series
- writer
- 1958–1960
A Christmas Night with the Stars
6.2
TV Series
- Writer
- 1958–1959
Drake's Progress
TV Series
- script
- 1957–1958
A Christmas Cracker
TV Movie
- additional material (as Charles Drake)
- 1956

Soundtrack

Spear
6.3
- performer: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
- writer: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
- 2015
Mental
6.1
- writer: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
- 2012
Timeshift
7.1
TV Series
- performer: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
- writer: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
- 2008
3-2-1
5.6
TV Series
- performer: "St. Bernard's"
- 1979
Professor Popper's Problems
7.4
- performer: "Professor Popper's Song"
- 1974
Sands of the Desert
4.8
- performer: "Old Mr. Shadow"
- 1960