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Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell; 14 January 1926 – 14 November 2015) was a British actor. He was a

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winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner. In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also performed minor roles in several films. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence in the role of bigoted

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in the

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television sitcom '' Till Death Us Do Part'' (1965–75), created by

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, which won him a Best TV Actor BAFTA in 1967. He reprised the role in the television sequels '' Till Death...'' ( ATV, 1981) and ''

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'' (BBC, 1985–92), and in the films '' Till Death Us Do Part'' (1969) and '' The Alf Garnett Saga'' (1972). His other film appearances include ''

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'' (1958), ''

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'' (1964), '' The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'' (1965), ''

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'' (1969) and ''

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'' (1982). He held both British and Australian citizenshipWarren Mitchell is a winner
ABC TV ''7.30 Report'' interview with Kerry O'Brien, 24 February 2004 and enjoyed considerable success in stage performances in both countries, winning Olivier Awards in 1979 for ''

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'' and in 2004 for '' The Price''.

Early life

Mitchell was born and raised in Stoke Newington, London. His father was a glass and china merchant. His family were

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(originally surnamed "Misell"). He was interested in acting from an early age and attended Gladys Gordon's Academy of Dramatic Arts in Walthamstow from the age of seven. He did well at Southgate County School (now Southgate School),Southgate School notable pupils: Warren Misell
Retrieved 14 November 2015 a state grammar school at

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. He then studied physical chemistry at

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, as a

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cadet student on a six-month university short course which the armed services sponsored for potential officers. There he met his contemporary,

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, and together they joined the RAF in October 1944. He completed his navigator training in Canada just as the

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ended.BFI screen online biography
accessed 27 June 2007 His wife, Constance Wake (1928–2017) was a film and TV actress in '' Behind the Headlines'' (1956 film), ''

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'' (1960 TV series) and others.

Career

Richard Burton's description of the acting profession had convinced him that it would be better than completing his chemistry degree and so Mitchell attended

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for two years, performing in the evening with London's Unity Theatre. After a short stint as a DJ on

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, in 1951, Mitchell became a versatile professional actor with straight and comedy roles on stage, radio, film and television. His first broadcast was as a regular on the radio show ''

'', and this led to appearances in both the radio and television versions of ''

''. By the late 1950s, he regularly appeared on television: as Sean Connery's trainer in boxing drama '' Requiem for a Heavyweight'' (1957), with

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in the sitcom '' Drake's Progress'' (BBC, 1957) and a title role in ''Three 'Tough' Guys'' (ITV, 1957), in which he played a bungling criminal. He also appeared in several episodes of ''

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''. During the first of these, '' Underground'' (1958), one of the lead actors died during the live performance. He also had roles in '' The Avengers'' in addition to many ITC drama series including: ''

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'', '' The Four Just Men'', '' Sir Francis Drake'', ''

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'' and as a recurrent guest in '' The Saint'', as in the second episode of the first season, "The Latin Touch" in 1962, depicting an Italian taxi driver. His cinema début was in

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's '' Manuela'' (1957), and he began a career of minor roles as sinister foreign agents, assisted by his premature baldness and facility with

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an accents. He appeared in '' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'' (1961), the Hammer horror ''

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'' (1961), ''

'' (1964), ''Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?'' (Gerry Levy, 1964), and ''

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'' (

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, 1965) and played leads in ''All the Way Up'' (

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, 1970), ''

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'' (

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, 1984), '' The Dunera Boys'' (

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, 1985) and '' Foreign Body'' (

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, 1986). In 1965, Mitchell was cast in the role for which he became best known, as the

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-voting, bigoted

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supporter

in a play for the BBC ''

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'' series, broadcast on 22 July 1965. This was the pilot edition of the long-running series ''Till Death Us Do Part'', with

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, Una Stubbs and Anthony Booth. The part of Mum, played by Franklin, was recast with

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in the role when the programme was commissioned as a series. Mitchell's real life persona was different from Alf Garnett, being Jewish, Labour-voting and a staunch supporter of

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. The show ran from 1966 to 1975, in seven series, making a total of 53 30-minute episodes. While the series aimed to satirise

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, it actually also gained the support of many bigoted racists who perceived Alf as "the voice of reason". Mitchell reprised the role of Alf Garnett in the films '' Till Death Us Do Part'' (1969) and '' The Alf Garnett Saga'' (1972), in the ATV series '' Till Death...'' (1981), and in the BBC series ''

'' (1985–92). He also reprised his role as Alf Garnett in 1983 in the television series ''The Main Attraction'' where comedians recreated their famous acts from their past in front of a live and television audience (similar to ''An Audience with...'' that began in 1976). In 1997 he played the role in ''An Audience with Alf Garnett''. The same year, ITV aired a series of mini-episodes called ''A Word With Alf'', featuring Alf and his friends. All the TV shows and both films were written by

. When Speight died in 1998, the character of Alf Garnett was retired at Mitchell's request. Mitchell had a long and distinguished career on stage and television. Other small screen roles included a 13-episode series, '' Men of Affairs'' with Brian Rix (ITV, 1973–74), based on the West End hit farce ''

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'' There were also performances in 1975 in '' Play for Today'' (showing that he could play a serious character role in the episode, ''Moss''), as William Wardle, a crooked accountant in '' The Sweeney'' episode ''Big Spender'' (

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for ITV, 1978), '' Lovejoy'' (BBC), '' Waking the Dead'' (BBC), '' Kavanagh QC'' ( Central Television for ITV, he played a concentration camp survivor in the episode ''Ancient History''), as Shylock in ''

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'' (BBC, 1980) and '' Gormenghast'' (BBC, 2000). In 1991 he starred as Ivan Fox, a Jewish atheist from London living in Belfast in '' So You Think You've Got Troubles'', a

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comedy series written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks. In 2001, he appeared in a Christmas Special episode of ''

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'', "Potts in Pole Position". He was a subject of the television programme '' This Is Your Life'' in 1972 when he was surprised by

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. On stage he received extensive critical acclaim for his performances as

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's ''

'' at the National Theatre directed by Michael Rudman (1979, being originally cast in the role by Stephen Barry at the Playhouse in

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, Australia); Harold Pinter's ''

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'' at the National Theatre; Pinter's ''

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'' at London's

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(1991) and Miller's ''The Price'' at the

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in 2003. Mitchell had a number of musical roles in his lengthy career, beginning with the role of Theophile in the original London production of ''Can-Can'' and the small role of Crookfinger Jake in ''The Threepenny Opera''. He also sang briefly in the film ''Till Death Do Us Part'' and played Alfred Doolittle on the studio album of ''My Fair Lady'', Music Hall Songs, songs of the

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, and other recordings such as ''The Writing's on the Wall'', from 1967, on CBS, all in the Alf Garnett persona, were released in LP and 45 rpm single form, too, in Britain and Australia. In 2008, at the age of 82, Mitchell was performing alongside Ross Gardiner at the

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, in London's West End, as a retired dry-cleaner in Jeff Baron's portrait of Jewish-American life '' Visiting Mr. Green''.

Awards

In 1976, his one-man show ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf'' won the ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for best comedy in London's West End.Keenan, Catherine
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, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 21 January 2005 In 1982, he received an Australian Film Institute Award for best supporting actor in the film ''Norman Loves Rose''. He received two

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s—for playing

's ''

'' (National Theatre, 1979) and as best supporting actor in a 2003 performance of ''The Price'', also by Miller. His role in ''Death of a Salesman'' also won him an ''

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'' and was highly praised by Peter Hall. Miller reportedly described Mitchell's performance as "one of the best interpretations of the part he had ever seen."

Personal life and death

Mitchell described himself in an interview as an atheist, but also stated that he "enjoy dbeing Jewish". He was a patron of the

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. In 1951, he married Constance Wake, an actress who appeared in early 1960s television dramas such as ''

''. They had three children, son Daniel and daughters Rebecca and Anna. For over 20 years, Mitchell suffered pain from nerve damage, caused by

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, and was a supporter of the Neuropathy Trust. He suffered a mild stroke in August 2004. He was back onstage a week later, reprising his lauded role as a cantankerous old Jew in

's ''The Price''.Keenan, Catherin
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'', Arts section, 21 January 2005. Mitchell died at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, on 14 November 2015, two months short of his 90th birthday after a long illness.

Selected filmography

Films

* '' Five Days'' (1954) as Laughing Man in Bar (uncredited) * '' The Passing Stranger'' (1954) (uncredited) * '' Manuela'' (1957) as Moss * '' Barnacle Bill'' (1957) as Artie White * '' Girls at Sea'' (1958) as Arthur * '' The Trollenberg Terror'' (1958) as Prof. Crevett * ''

'' (1959) as Walter Prinn * ''

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'' (1959) as Merchant (uncredited) * '' Tommy the Toreador'' (1959) as Waiter * ''

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'' (1960) as Tailor * '' Hell Is a City'' (1960) as Commercial Traveller * ''

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'' (1960) as Haystack Club Manager (uncredited) * '' The Boy Who Stole a Million'' (1960) as Pedro * '' Surprise Package'' (1960) as Klimatis * '' The Pure Hell of St Trinian's'' (1960) as Tailor * ''

'' (1961) as Pepe Valiente * ''

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'' (1961) as Waiter * '' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'' (1961) as Giorgio * ''

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'' (1962) as Robert * '' Postman's Knock'' (1962) as Rupert * ''

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'' (1962) as Contact Man * ''

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'' (1962) as Puccelli (A Father) * '' The Main Attraction'' (1962) as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) * '' We Joined the Navy'' (1962) as 'Honest' Marcel * '' The King's Breakfast'' (1963) as The Gym Instructor (short) * ''

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'' episode: '' Incident at Midnight'' (1963) as Chemist * '' The Small World of Sammy Lee'' (1963) as Lou Leeman * '' Unearthly Stranger'' (1963) as Prof. Geoffrey D. Munro * '' Calculated Risk'' (1963) as Simmie * ''The Sicilians'' (1964) as O'Leary * ''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964) as Lofty * ''

'' (1964) as Spencius * ''Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?'' (1964) as Emilio Dinelli, the Magician (with '' Ottilie Patterson)'' * ''

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'' (1965) as Prozoroff * '' The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'' (1965) as Mr. Zanfrello * ''

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'' (1965) as Maitre d'Hotel * ''

'' (1965) as Abdul * '' Promise Her Anything'' (1965) as Frank Focus / Panel Moderator * '' Night Caller from Outer Space'' (1965) as Reg Lilburn * '' The Sandwich Man'' (1966) as Gypsy Sid * ''

Drop Dead Darling ''Drop Dead Darling'' (US title: ''Arrivederci, Baby!'') is a 1966 British-American black comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Plot A man goes around marrying wealth ...

'' (1966) as Conte de Rienz / Maximillian * '' The Jokers'' (1967) as Lennie * ''Dying for a Smoke'' (1967) as Old Nick O'Teen (voice) * ''

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'' (1968) as Popov * '' Till Death Us Do Part'' (1969) as Alf Garnett * ''

'' (1969) as Herr Weiss * ''

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'' (1969) as Count Pandolfo * ''

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'' (1969) as Hubbard * '' All the Way Up'' (1970) as Fred Midway * '' Innocent Bystanders'' (1972) as Omar * '' The Alf Garnett Saga'' (1972) as Alf Garnett * '' What Changed Charley Farthing?'' (1975) as MacGregor * ''

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'' (1977) as Mr. Fishfinger * '' Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers'' (1977) as Morris Morris * ''

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'' (1979) as Gurdjieff's Father * ''

'' (1982) as Morris * ''

The Plague Dogs ''The Plague Dogs'' is the third novel by Richard Adams, author of ''Watership Down'', about the friendship of two dogs that escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. It was first pub ...

'' (1982) as Tyson / Wag (voice) * ''

'' (1984) as Bamber * '' Foreign Body'' (1986) as I.Q. Patel * ''Knights and Emeralds'' (1986) as Mr. Kirkpatrick * '' Kokoda Crescent'' (1988) as Stan * ''Brahms and the Little Singing Girls'' (1996) as Brahms * '' Crackers'' (1998) as Albert Hall * ''The 10th Man'' (2006) as Coleman (short)

Television

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The Children of the New Forest ''The Children of the New Forest'' is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphane ...

'' (1955) as Oliver Cromwell * ''

'' (1956-9) as Various characters (5 episodes) * ''No Shepherds Watched'' (1957) as Boxer Baxter (TV Movie) * ''The Man Who Was Two'' (1957) as Vickery (1 episode) * '' Requiem for a Heavyweight'' (1957) as Army * ''

Nicholas Nickleby ''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...

(1957) as Gentleman in small clothes (1 episode) * ''Big Guns'' (1958) as Kegworthy (5 episodes) * ''Dick and the Duchess'' (1958) as Charlie Burrows (1 episode) * ''

Starr and Company ''Starr and Company'' was a BBC television drama series aired in 1958. It was a soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by ...

'' (1958) as Charlie Rogers (3 episodes) * ''

The Larkins The Larkins may refer to: * The Larkins (1958 TV series), a British TV comedy series broadcast between 1958 and 1964 * The Larkins (2021 TV series), a British TV comedy drama that started broadcasting in 2021 * the family which is the subject of Th ...

'' (1958) as Maxie Green (1 episode) * ''

The Vise ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'' (1958) as Ben Chou (1 episode, uncredited) * '' Underground'' (1958) as Stan * ''

'' (1959) as Carlo * '' Interpol Calling'' (1959) as Willi (1 episode) * '' The Four Just Men'' (1959) as George Rudley (1 episode) * ''

No Hiding Place ''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' (1957–1958) ...

'' (1960-2) as Miles Webber, Bembo (2 episodes) * ''Knight Errant Limited'' (1960) as P-lice Chief (1 episode * '' Man from Interpol'' (1960) as Pilice Chief (1 episode * ''

'' (1960-6) as Various characters (5 episodes) * ''

Bootsie and Snudge ''Bootsie and Snudge'' is a British sitcom that aired on ITV for three series from 1960 to 1963, with a fourth in 1974. The show is a spin-off of '' The Army Game'', a sitcom about soldiers undertaking national service, and follows two of the m ...

'' (1961-3) as Various characters (5 episodes) * ''Colonel Trumper’s Private War'' (1961) as Prof. Pan Malcov (5 episodes) * '' Deadline Midnight '' (1961) as Andre Gudenian (1 episode) * '' Sir Francis Drake'' (1961) as Roberto (1 episode) * ''

'' (1961) as Aristide (1 episode) * ''

: Cliquot et Fils'' (1961) as Alphonse Lagillarde * ''Comedy Playhouse: The Channel Swimmer'' (1962) as Austin * ''Suspense'' (1962) as Mullen (1 episode) * '' Brothers in Law'' (1962) as George Coles (1 episode) * '' Man of the World'' (1962) as Alex (1 episode) * '' Ghost Squad'' (1962-3) as Mahmoud, Alfiat (2 episodes) * '' The Saint '' (1962-3) as Marco Di Cesari (3 episodes) * ''

Z Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debut ...

'' (1962) as Morrie Morris (1 episode) * '' Crane'' (1963) as Julius Dorfmann (1 episode) * '' The Human Jungle '' (1963) as Deacon Hobbs (1 episode) * ''Mauspassant'' (1963) as Monsieur Dubois (1 episode) * '' Zero One'' (1963) as Suleman Bey, Captain Awad (2 episodes) * '' Harry's Girls'' (1963) as The Director (1 episode) * '' Our Man at St. Mark's'' (1963) as Joe Meyer (1 episode) * '' The Sentimental Agent'' (1963) as Pugh (1 episode) * '' The Avengers'' (1963-7) as Various characters (3 episodes) * '' Sergeant. Cork'' (1964) as Kendrick (1 episode) * ''Detective'' (1964) as Roscovitch (1 episode) * ''The Graham Stark Show'' (1964) as Various characters (1 episode) * ''The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling'' (1964) as Dina Da (1 episode) * ''The Big Noise'' (1964) as Willy Lyman (1 episode) * ''

Redcap The redcap (or powrie) is a type of malevolent, murderous goblin found in Border folklore. He is said to inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those that were the scenes of tyranny or wicked deeds and is known for soa ...

'' (1964) as Inspector Grigoriou (1 episode) * '' A Little Big Business'' (1965) as Dr. Froehling (1 episode) * ''Comedy Playhouse: Till Death Us Do Part'' (1965) as Alf Ramsey * ''

Gaslight Theatre The Gaslight Theatre is a nonprofit theatre troupe and venue in Enid, Oklahoma. Founded in 1966 as the Enid Community Theatre, the group stages productions of ten plays per year, including Shakespeare in the Park, musicals, and dinner theatre. Si ...

'' (1965) as Various characters (5 episodes) * ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were a dramatisation of a science f ...

: The Fox and the Forest'' (1965) as Kendrick * ''

The Wednesday Play ''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction ...

: Calf Love'' (1966) as Herr Westermann * ''

Court Martial A court-martial or court martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of memb ...

'' (1966) as Guido Orsini (1 episode) * ''

Frankie Howerd Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian. Early life Howerd was born the son of soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Deat ...

'' (1966) as Francis' Agent (1 episode) * '' Lee Oswald Assasin'' (1966) as Spas T.Raikin * '' Pardon the Expression'' (1966) as Harvey Clawson (1 episode) * ''

The Man in Room 17 ''The Man in Room 17'' is a British television series which ran for two series in the mid-1960s, produced by the northern weekday ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chap ...

'' (1966) as Petropolous (1 episode) * '' Till Death Us Do Part'' (1966-75) as

(All 53 episodes) * ''Intrigue'' (1966) as Schumminge (1 episode) * '' Life with Cooper'' (1967) as Various characters (1 episode) * '' Misleading Cases'' (1967) as Professor Lindquist (1 episode) * '' Marriage and Henry Sunday'' (1967) as Henry Sunday * ''Comedy Playhouse: Tooth and Claw'' (1969) as Reuben Tooth * ''The Frankie Howerd Show'' (1969) as Various characters (1 episode) * ''Comedy Playhouse: No Peace on the Western Front'' (1972) as Fritz Van Scharganau Clausewitz * '' Black and Blue: Secrets'' (1973) as Rose * ''Men of Affairs'' (1973-4) as Sir William Mainwaring-Brown MP (All 15 episodes) * '' The Sweeney'' (1975) as William Wardle (1 episode) * '' Play For Today: Moss'' (1975) as Moss (1 episode) * ''Big Deal in New York City'' (1977) as Albert Cakebread * '' The Mechant of Venice'' (1980) as Shylock * ''

'' (1981) as Davies * '' Till Death...'' (1981) as Alf Garnett (All 6 episodes) * ''Lady Is a Tramp'' (1984) as Tramp (1 episode) * ''Waterfront'' (1984) as Laughing Les (Mini Series) * '' Men of Letters'' (1984) as Sir Dorton Serry (TV Movie) * '' The Last Bastion'' (1984) as

Franklin D Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

(Mini Series) * '' The Dunera Boys'' (1985) as Mr Baum (Mini Series) * ''

'' (1985-92) as Alf Garnett (All 47 episodes) * '' Tickets for the Titanic'' (1988) as George (1 episode) * ''

Acropolis Now ''Acropolis Now'' was an Australian television sitcom set in a fictional Greek cafe, called the "Acropolis Cafe" in Melbourne that ran for 63 episodes broadcast from 9 August 1989 to 4 November 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick ...

'' (1989) as Kostas Stephanidis (1 episode) * '' Jackaroo'' (1990) as Ambrose Barberton (1 episode) * ''So You Think You've Got Troubles?'' (1991) as Ivan Fox (4 episodes) * '' Lovejoy'' (1993) as Uncle Jack (1 episode) * '' Screen One: Wall of Silence'' (1993) as Samuel Singer (1 episode) * ''

'' (1996) as Willy Loman (TV Movie) * ''Gobble'' (1997) as Waterboard Chairman (TV Movie) * '' Kavanagh QC'' (1997) as Avran Rypin (1 episode) * ''Ain't Misbehavin (1997) as Ray Smiles (Mini Series) * ''A Word with Alf'' (1997) as Alf Garnett * '' The Thoughts of Chairman Alf'' (1998) as Alf Garnett (All 6 episodes) * '' Gormenghastv'' (2000) as Barquentine (4 episodes) * '' Monsignor Renard'' (2000) as Marshall Petain (1 episode, voice) * '' A Christmas Carol'' (2000) as James Scrooge (Eddie's Dad) * ''

'' (2001) as Potts (1 episode) * '' Waking the Dead'' (2003) as Edgar Truelove (2 episodes) * ''The Shark Net'' (2003) as Ralph Wheatley (2 episodes)

References

External links

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Screenonline: Warren Mitchell
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Warren 1926 births 2015 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Alumni of University College, Oxford Best Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners Best Supporting Actor AACTA Award winners British male comedy actors English male film actors English people of Russian-Jewish descent English humanists English atheists English male television actors Jewish English male actors Jewish atheists Laurence Olivier Award winners Naturalised citizens of Australia People from Stoke Newington Royal Air Force personnel of World War II