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Charlie Drake

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Comedian

The Resume

    (June 19, 1925-December 23, 2006)
    Born in Elephant and Castle, Southwark, South London, United Kingdom
    Birth name is Charles Edward Springall
    5’1
    Died of a stroke at age 81 in Brinsworth House, Twickenham, Middlesex
    Singles include ‘My Boomerang Won’t Come Back,’ ‘Tanglefoot’ and ‘Only a Working Man’
    Television credits include ‘The Centre Show,’ ‘The Charlie Drake Show’ and ‘The Worker’

Why he might be annoying:

    Three words: ‘Hello, my darlings.’ (He was referring to the tatas, not the women.)
    He took the maiden name of his mother.
    He spent money almost as fast as he made it.
    His skull was fractured in a sketch involving a bookcase, leaving him unconscious for three days. He would not return to the screen for two years.
    The bookcase was repaired by a laborer who clearly had no idea it was supposed to be part of the sketch.
    His most famous song unwittingly made a mockery of Aboriginals.
    He couldn’t translate his small screen success to the big screen.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the son of a London newspaper vendor.
    His signature character was the aggrieved everyman.
    He took extreme pride in the details of his scripts, many of which he himself had written.
    He made a successful transition from silly slapstick to straight drama (Touchstone in Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Smallweed in Dickens’ Bleak House), even playing heavies.
    His most famous song featured the Popeye laugh.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying