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Charles "Charlie" Clews (September 27, 1919 – January 29, 2009) was a comic actor and script writer. Clews was one of the very first contributors to the local Maltese radio (then Rediffusion). He had found a great solace in his Mother-in-Law about whom he used to joke constantly, depicting her as a monster when in fact she had been an angel. He married Anne in 1943 and they had eight children; Hilary (deceased), Miriam, Jane, Irene, Norman, Kenneth, Alan and Kevin. He was born in Senglea, Malta. ==Acting career== Clews worked as a marine surveyor at the Admiralty Dockyard complex (now Malta Shipyards), from where he left to start a career in journalism. During his lifetim,e his greatest love was the stage and the radio. He had started acting in Senglea, but his acting career was established in concerts for the workers at the dockyards during the constant bombardment of the Second World War, with air-raids frequently cutting short their shows. The authorities had encouraged the raising of morale in the face of grave danger that workers faced in their perilous work. His jokes kept the men laughing even during heavy bombardments. He was the backbone of The Stage Commandos, the stage company that came out with a new style of comedy in 1945 and was very popular all over the island, having performed in all the principal theatres of the two islands. Their repertoire included sketches, plays and musicals. The Stage Commandos had won the “Bajda u Ħamra” award in the one act play competition at the Radio City Theatre in 1947. Clews was the driving force of the Radju Muskettieri (The Radio Musketeers). Although he worked closely with a number of other well known personalities, his closest partner was Johnny Catania. Some other well known actors in his team included Gemma Portelli, Armando Urso, Vitorin Galea, Johnny Navarro, Terry L. Bencini, Josette Ciappara, Nosì Ghirlando and Guża Caruana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Clews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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