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Charlie Drake (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006) was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer.

With his small stature (5' 1" 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. The catchphrase came about because he was short, and so his eyes would often be naturally directly level with a lady's bosom. Because of this and because in his work he preferred working with the fuller, bigger busted lady, the catchphrase was born.


Biography

Born Charles Edward Springall in the Elephant and Castle, Southwark, South London, he took his mother's maiden name for the stage and, later, television and film, achieving success as a comedian.

Drake made his first appearance on stage at the age of eight, and after leaving school toured working men's clubs. After serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Drake turned professional and made his TV debut in The Centre Show in 1953. He then joined his wartime comrade Jack Edwardes to form a double act, named 'Mick and Montmorency'. In 1954 he appeared with Bob Monkhouse in the film, Fast and Loose.

He appeared in the television shows Laughter in Store (1957), Drake's Progress (1957), Charlie Drake In… (1958 to 1960) and The Charlie Drake Show (1960 to 1961), being remembered for his opening catchphrase "Hello, my darlings!" Filming of the Charlie Drake Show by the BBC was cut short, however, by a serious accident that occurred in 1961, during a live transmission. Drake had arranged for a bookcase to be set up in such a way that it would fall apart during a slapstick sketch in which he was pulled through it. It was later discovered that an over-enthusiastic workman had "mended" the bookcase before the broadcast. The actors working with him, unaware of what had happened, proceeded with the rest of the sketch which required that they pick him up and throw him through an open window. Drake fractured his skull and was unconscious for three days. It was two years before he returned to the screen.

TV fame led to four films, none of them successful — Sands of the Desert (1960), Petticoat Pirates (1961), The Cracksman (1963) and Mr Ten Percent (1967). He returned to TV in 1963 with The Charlie Drake Show, a compilation of which won an award at the Montreux Festival in 1968. The centrepiece of this was an extended sketch featuring an orchestra in which Drake appeared to play all the instruments; as well as conducting and one scene in which he was the player of a triangle waiting for his cue to play a single strike - which he subsequently missed.

Through the series he played a gymnast doing a single arm twist from a high ring while a commentator counted eventually into the thousands and by the end of the series, Drake's arm appeared to be 20 ft long. Other shows included Who is Sylvia (1967) and Slapstick and Old Lace (1971), but it was The Worker (1965 to 1970) that gained most acclaim.


The Worker

In The Worker (ATV/ITV) he played a perpetually unemployed labourer who, in every episode, was dispatched to a new job by the ever-frustrated Mr. Pugh (Henry McGee) at the local labour exchange. All the jobs he embarked upon ended in disaster, sometimes with a burst of classic slapstick, sometimes with a bewildered Drake himself at the centre of incomprehensible actions by the people employing him. Bookending these sequences were the encounters between Drake and Pugh. Running jokes included Drake's inability to manage Mr Pugh's name, his mispronunciations ranging from a childish "Mi'er Poo" to "Peeyooo". Drake sang the theme song himself, using an old music hall number.

He recorded a number of records, most of them produced by George Martin for the Parlophone label. The first, "Splish Splash", a cover version of a rock and roll song originally recorded by Bobby Darin, got into the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, but the rest were mostly novelty songs. One of these, "My Boomerang Won't Come Back", became a modest hit in the United States where, for the most part, his work was otherwise not known.

Peter Gabriel, after leaving Genesis in late 1975, produced a single "You Never Know" for Drake (UK Charisma), but it was not a chart success.


Later career

Drake turned to straight acting in the 1980s, winning acclaim for his role as Touchstone in Shakespeare's As You Like It (at the Ludlow Festival), and an award for his part in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. Drake also starred as Smallweed in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House (1985), and Filipina Dreamgirls, a TV movie for the BBC. His final appearances on stage were with Jim Davidson in his adult adaptation of Cinderella, which was spelt SINderella, as Baron Hard-on. A live recording of one of the dates on the tour of the pantomime was later adapted, and edited for video, and put out for sale nationwide.


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.


Personal life

Drake was married twice, both dancers, and was survived by three sons. Aged 51, Drake married his second wife, 18 year old Elaine Bird, but the marriage was dissolved in 1984.
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Parlophone 45-R 4824 My Boomerang Won´t Come Back/
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Gepostet: 23.12.2010 - 12:53 Uhr  ·  #3
Wie man bei rockinpete's Collage bereits sehen konnte, schaffte es Charlie bis in die USA
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Hallo,

hier Charlie Drakes erster Rock'n'Roll-Versuch. Die Rückseite ist nach seiner - in der Einleitung erwähnten - stehenden Redewendung betitelt:

"Splish Splash" / "Hello, My Darlings" (Parlophone 45-R 4461, 1958)

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Hallo,

Mit R´n´R gehts weiter, dann eine cover-version von Larry Verne´s Mr.Custer und dann noch "Splish Splash" auf der deutschen Odeon.

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"My Boomerang Won't Come Back" und das Jochen Brauer Sextett
mit "Bumerang".
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Der Komiker, Schauspieler, Schreiber und Sänger Charlie Drake wurde am 19. Juni 1925 im londoner Wohnviertel Elephant and Castle, Southwark, England, als Charles Edward Springall geboren und verstarb am 23. Dezember 2006 im Brinsworth House, Twickenham, London, England.
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07 58....45-R 4461....CHARLIE DRAKE Accompaniment directed by Ken Jones..Splish Splash (7XCE 16107)/Hello, My Darlings (7XCE 16108)
10 58....45-R 4478....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by KEN JONES..Itchy Twitchy Feeling (7XCE 16135)/Volare (7XCE 16136)
11 58....45-R 4496....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by KEN JONES..Tom Thumb's Tune (7XCE 16160)/Goggle Eye Ghee (7XCE 16161)
05 59....45-R 4552....CHARLIE DRAKE with accompaniment directed by KEN JONES..Sea Cruise (7XCE 16310)/Starkle, Starkle Little Twink (7XCE 16311)
07 60....45-R 4675....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by KEN JONES..Old Mr. Shadow (7XCE 16516)/Naughty (7XCE 16517)
10 60....45-R 4701....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by Ron Goodwin..Glow Worm (7XCE 16590)/Mr. Custer (7XCE 16579)
09 61....45-R 4824....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence..My Boomerang Won't Come Back (7XCE 16865)/She's My Girl (7XCE 16866)
02 62....45-R 4875....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence..Tanglefoot (7XCE 17065)/Drake's Progress (7XCE 17066)
06 62....45-R 4918....CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence..I Bent My Assagai (7XCE 17113)/Sweet Freddy Green (7XCE 17114)
08 63….R 5057….CHARLIE DRAKE with Accompaniment directed by JOHNNIE SPENCE..I’ve Lost The End Of My Yodel (7XCE 17401)/I Can Cry Can’t I (7XCE 17402)

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