Nothing wrong with an 18 year old wife,just other people's perceptions I guess, gossipping and back stabbing. Up to her and them. Splish Splash incidentally was a hit in Uk for Charlie whilst the Bobby Darin version did nothing. I always thought his comedy harmless stuff..very twee but I could happily pass half an hour mildly amused and then puzzled that I had actually enjoyed it.
I think it unnecessary and mean spirited to attack CD in this way. Was Ken Dodd not funny even though he owed the IR? The fact is that CD was funny and made millions of people happy. Lots of our idols images would suffer if we forensically examined their private lives. Charlie was a man with faults (unlike you it seems) and we don't need to examine his DNA to show our appreciation for the pleasure he gave. Perhaps you would like now to prance back up to the moral high ground.
Instead of being called Drake..he should have been called RAKE!!
He was a womanising waster who could see no further than the end of his nose in my opinion and the video of his"aresol" shows how washed up he was at the end of it.
Good for a few years in the 60s BUT dated in terms of comedy and limited too.
Born to a poor family even by 1920's standards working as a child for a cats-meat dealer. By 9yo he was winning money in talent competitions. His education deprived, 14 when he left school in the summer of 1939 he also left home. By night he was an Air Raid Precautions messenger by day he worked where ever he could. The War was on but the Navy instantly rejected him, he was only 5'1'' tall. He volunteered for the RAF and was taken on and served as a rear gunner, stationed out of India.
Your an arsehole and your comments are in poor taste. I knew the man personally and he was hilarious company, kind and considerate to those close to him. Tell me more about your comic achievements irksome little butterball? Easy to take pot shots at a dead man from the comfort of your armchair....
@7SLR I would like to make contact with Charlies son Christopher, information sort with interest of his time in the RAF in Ireland. Charlie as i understand was billited with my father..
He also played Smallweed in the BBC TV serialisation of Charles Dickens's Bleak House (1985). He played Ubu Roi in Spike Milligan's variation of Alfred Jarry's play, directed by Charles Jarowitz. He was in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1988), and in Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1992) he was Nagg. He even won a Drama Award for his role as Davies in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 1983, almost 50 years after he earned his first crust on stage.
What do you know about his real life that makes you say such a thing? What a cruel thing to say I might add. For an encore, after insulting dead people for no apparent reason, do you steal candy from babies???
Amazing childhood background. Charlie served as a rear gunner. He stationed out of Northern Ireland and India. He wrote 3 television series. For 10 years the title of the show was simply, Charlie Drake. A popular comic starred him in a regular full-page strip. Charlie then began work on many films. Stared in no fewer than ten Royal Variety Shows. This Is Your Life. Won a Drama Award for his role as Davies in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 1983, He also wrote an autobiography. What you done
Charlie's films: Sands of the Desert (1960) . Then Petticoat Pirates (1961). The Cracksman (1963). Then Mister Ten Per Cent (1967). During this time Charlie was invited to Star in no fewer than ten Royal Variety Shows. And, when colour television arrived on BBC2 in 1968, his series would win the Golden Rose of Montreux. This Is Your Life in 1961 came far too early for a man who would be winning acclaim over 20 years later.
Charlie had me ROFLing when I was a kid in the 1960's, first with his comedy double act "Mick and Montmorency", then with his own shows.
In one sketch he performed an appendix operation on himself and his facial expressions and grimaces had me in stitches..:)
TungstenKid 7 months ago
Nothing wrong with an 18 year old wife,just other people's perceptions I guess, gossipping and back stabbing. Up to her and them. Splish Splash incidentally was a hit in Uk for Charlie whilst the Bobby Darin version did nothing. I always thought his comedy harmless stuff..very twee but I could happily pass half an hour mildly amused and then puzzled that I had actually enjoyed it.
alanvking 3 years ago
charlie gave a lot of people a heap of pleasure
as for dodging the taxman he's in with the queen and
the richman for doing the same.
17scorton 4 years ago 4
I think it unnecessary and mean spirited to attack CD in this way. Was Ken Dodd not funny even though he owed the IR? The fact is that CD was funny and made millions of people happy. Lots of our idols images would suffer if we forensically examined their private lives. Charlie was a man with faults (unlike you it seems) and we don't need to examine his DNA to show our appreciation for the pleasure he gave. Perhaps you would like now to prance back up to the moral high ground.
jokergame 4 years ago 6
Instead of being called Drake..he should have been called RAKE!!
He was a womanising waster who could see no further than the end of his nose in my opinion and the video of his"aresol" shows how washed up he was at the end of it.
Good for a few years in the 60s BUT dated in terms of comedy and limited too.
melitagnome 4 years ago
Born to a poor family even by 1920's standards working as a child for a cats-meat dealer. By 9yo he was winning money in talent competitions. His education deprived, 14 when he left school in the summer of 1939 he also left home. By night he was an Air Raid Precautions messenger by day he worked where ever he could. The War was on but the Navy instantly rejected him, he was only 5'1'' tall. He volunteered for the RAF and was taken on and served as a rear gunner, stationed out of India.
bryanhudsonyork 4 years ago
Your an arsehole and your comments are in poor taste. I knew the man personally and he was hilarious company, kind and considerate to those close to him. Tell me more about your comic achievements irksome little butterball? Easy to take pot shots at a dead man from the comfort of your armchair....
7SLR 3 years ago
@7SLR I would like to make contact with Charlies son Christopher, information sort with interest of his time in the RAF in Ireland. Charlie as i understand was billited with my father..
Blue17velvet 3 months ago
kewl vid, i want to find the bookcase accident clip =(
minxamo 4 years ago
rip charlie...you gave me great pleasure in the 1960's as a great entertainer
rob1900d 5 years ago 2
Great comic and entertainer, sadly missed.
ertyuqwerty 4 years ago 2
He also played Smallweed in the BBC TV serialisation of Charles Dickens's Bleak House (1985). He played Ubu Roi in Spike Milligan's variation of Alfred Jarry's play, directed by Charles Jarowitz. He was in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1988), and in Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1992) he was Nagg. He even won a Drama Award for his role as Davies in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 1983, almost 50 years after he earned his first crust on stage.
bryanhudsonyork 4 years ago 2
rip charlie
great man
lardyboy666 5 years ago 2
Thank you for this tribute
kittyburgha 5 years ago
Charlie Drake Held Out Against The Inland Revenue And Because Of This It Ruined His Career.He Was A Fine Actor And Comic.RIP Charlie
pirate259 5 years ago
a fitting tribure,,,IMHO he was as crap in real life as he was on the stage..
melitagnome 5 years ago
What do you know about his real life that makes you say such a thing? What a cruel thing to say I might add. For an encore, after insulting dead people for no apparent reason, do you steal candy from babies???
AllenBussey 4 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
The FACTS
1-Ran up HUGE debts with Inland Revenue
2-Degenerate gambler..Nags Poker--Blew 3 million according to himsef and £120000 in one night(D Telegraph)
3-Ignored Equity nd banned from working outside London for 2 years..
4-Ladies man--18 year old missus?..
5-Blew it in the USA on the Ed Sullivan show
6-And finally I do not steal "candy"(sic) from babies..and would never contemplate such japes..
Hardly a role model?????
melitagnome 4 years ago
Amazing childhood background. Charlie served as a rear gunner. He stationed out of Northern Ireland and India. He wrote 3 television series. For 10 years the title of the show was simply, Charlie Drake. A popular comic starred him in a regular full-page strip. Charlie then began work on many films. Stared in no fewer than ten Royal Variety Shows. This Is Your Life. Won a Drama Award for his role as Davies in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 1983, He also wrote an autobiography. What you done
bryanhudsonyork 4 years ago
And would'nt we all have loved to do and have the same life!
pirate259 2 years ago
You may also wish to read my comments on "Are Sole" Video...
melitagnome 4 years ago
Charlie's films: Sands of the Desert (1960) . Then Petticoat Pirates (1961). The Cracksman (1963). Then Mister Ten Per Cent (1967). During this time Charlie was invited to Star in no fewer than ten Royal Variety Shows. And, when colour television arrived on BBC2 in 1968, his series would win the Golden Rose of Montreux. This Is Your Life in 1961 came far too early for a man who would be winning acclaim over 20 years later.
bryanhudsonyork 4 years ago