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During his lifetime 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 CommandoesCommandos, 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 CommandoesCommandos had won the “Bajda u Ħamra” award in the one act play competition at the Radio City Theatre in 1947.

Charles 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 (the late) Johnny Catania. Some other well known actors in his team included Gemma Portelli, Vitorin Galea, Johnny Navarro, Terry L. Bencini, Josette Ciappara, Nosì Ghirlando and Guża Caruana.