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Charles Edward Springall (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006), known professionally as Charlie Drake, was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. 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, becoming nationally known for ...
13. Nov. 2018 · The Unforgettables: The Best of 1962. Peak at: #21, #14 (UK chart) My Boomerang Won't Come Back (Diamond-Drake) by Charlie Drake, accompaniment directed by Johnny Spence.
28. Dez. 2006 · Charlie Drake, who has died aged 81, was a brilliant, child-like physical comedian with a keen intelligence informing the simple slapstick that made him one of Britain's top television stars in ...
30K views 4 years ago. The comedian, actor, writer and singer Charlie Drake was a subject of the television programme This Is Your Life on two occasions - surprised by Eamonn Andrews in...
27. Nov. 2019 · The sight surprised no one at the time. Charlie Drake, after all, was one of the most experienced exponents of fierce and fearless physical comedy in the world, a master of how to make each carefully-choreographed crash and collapse seem painfully vivid and real.
Charlie Drake. Once one of Britain's best loved comic actors, Drake's bruising brand of slapstick brought him television success in the 1950s. He also had a couple of chart hits, My Boomerang Won't Come Back being one, and wrote and starred in a handful of movies including Sands of the Desert (1960).
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 Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985). He was married to Elaine Bird and Heather Barnes. He died on 23 December 2006 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.
