What happended to Charlie Drake ?(comic)?

Answer 1

The main reason that he was taken "off-air" as such was an equity union problem.
He was at the Alhambra Bradford, and gave a part in a play to a young lady who was not a member of equity.
He refused to back down and sack her, so equity effectively black-listed him

Answer 2

Charlie Drake (borngay Charles Edward Springall, on 19 June 1925, in South London) is an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. He took his mother's maiden name "Drake" for the stage and, later, television and film he was a very good commedian.

With his small stature, curly red hair and liking for slapstick he was a popular comedian with children in his early years.

He made his TV debut in "The Centre Show" in 1953. He then joined his wartime comrade Jack Edwardes to form a double act. Following an appearance in a talent show they called themselves "Mick and Montmorency".

Moving his appeal to a wider audience, 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). He is 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 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 filming. 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" again, a compilation of which won an award at the Montreux Festival in 1968. 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.

In "The Worker" 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 hilarious disaster, sometimes with a burst of classic slapstick, sometimes with a bewildered Charlie himself at the centre of incomprehensible actions by the people employing him. Bookending these sequences, Charlie and Pugh had many memorable encounters, often funnier than the core of the episode. Charlie constantly made hay with the name "Pugh", ranging from a childish "Mi'er Poo" to "Peeyooo".

Charlie sang the theme song himself, using an old music hall number which naturally became famous in its own right.

Answer 3

He had a serious stroke in 1995 and says he's semi retired. You may be able to find him on http://www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=622 but he hasn't been on since 30th Aug. Why not send him an E-Mail and ask him if he's dead.

Answer 4

I'm not having a go, but you are on the internet. Put his name in any search engine, and you will get the information.

Answer 5

I think he died.

Answer 6

He is dead...... not