In 1965, David Charkham played a schoolboy in the original London cast of Wolf Mankowitz's musical "Passion Flower Hotel". Along with two other cast members, he recorded a song from the musical, "I Love My Love", which was issued on Decca. He also appeared in various children's TV programs during the 1960s. In 1972 he appeared in the London production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". His mother and father worked in the fashion business.