Pint-sized, squeaky-voiced slapstick comedian, briefly fashionable in British TV and films of the 1960's.
His career in TV comedy came to an end because he was reportedly difficult to work with.
The World of Charlie Drake (1968) won the Charlie Chaplin award at the 1968 Montreux Festival as the funniest TV show. The programme included a sketch where he played numerous parts in a comic version of the 1812 Overture in E Flat.
Married Heather an ex ballerina and had 3 children.