- 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.
- Made his stage debut at 8 with other children singing Boiled Beef and Carrotts with Harry Champion.
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