Editing Warren Mitchell

{{short description|English actor (1926–2015)}}
{{about|the English actor|the U.S. college basketball coach|Warren Mitchell (basketball)}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name           = Warren Mitchell
| image          = Warren Mitchell.jpg
| caption        = Mitchell in 1978
| birth_name     = Warren Misell
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1926|1|14|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Stoke Newington]], [[London]], England
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2015|11|14|1926|1|14|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Hampstead, London|Hampstead]], London, England
| alma_mater     = [[University College, Oxford]] <br /> [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| notable_works  = [[#Filmography|See below]]
| occupation     = Actor
| years_active   = 1951–2015
| spouse         = {{marriage|Constance Wake|1951}}
| children       = 3
}}

'''Warren Mitchell''' (born '''Warren Misell''';<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110888|title=Mitchell, Warren (real name Warren Misell) (1926–2015) |year=2019 |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian }}</ref> 14 January 1926&nbsp;– 14 November 2015) was an English actor best known for playing bigoted [[cockney]] [[Alf Garnett]] in television, film and stage productions from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was a [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA TV Award]] winner and twice a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] winner.

In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes ''[[Educating Archie]]'' and ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. He also performed minor roles in several films. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence in the role of Alf Garnett in the [[BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965–75), created by [[Johnny Speight]], which won him a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best TV Actor]] [[BAFTA]] in 1967. He reprised the role in the television sequels ''[[Till Death...]]'' ([[Associated TeleVision|ATV]], 1981) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (BBC, 1985–92), and in the films ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1969) and ''[[The Alf Garnett Saga]]'' (1972).

Mitchell's other film appearances include ''[[Three Crooked Men]]'' (1958), ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964), ''[[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]'' (1965), ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969) and ''[[Norman Loves Rose]]'' (1982). He held both British and Australian citizenship<ref name=obrien>[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1052464.htm Warren Mitchell is a winner] ABC TV ''7.30 Report'' interview with Kerry O'Brien, 24 February 2004</ref> and enjoyed considerable success in stage performances in both countries, winning Olivier Awards in 1979 for ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' and in 2004 for ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''.

==Early life==
Mitchell was born and raised in [[Stoke Newington]], London. His father was a glass and china merchant. His family were [[Russian Jews]]<ref name="Behr1">{{cite news| title =Variety Club&nbsp;– Jewish Chronicle colour supplement "350 years"| pages=28–29| newspaper =[[The Jewish Chronicle]]| date =15 December 2006 }}</ref> (originally called "Misell").<ref>Davis, Barry. "From the BBC with Love", ''The International Jerusalem Post'', 2–8 January 2015, pg. 10.</ref>

Mitchell 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 (which became [[Minchenden Grammar School|Minchenden School]]),<ref name=Southgate>[http://www.southgatecountyschool.co.uk/pupils.php Southgate School notable pupils: Warren Misell] Retrieved 14 November 2015</ref> a state grammar school at [[Palmers Green]], [[North London]]. <!-- Palmers Green did not become part of London until 1965 --> He then studied physical chemistry at [[University College, Oxford]], as a [[Royal Air Force]] cadet student<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/rip-warren-mitchell/|title=RIP Warren Mitchell|website=University College Oxford}}</ref> on a six-month university short course which the armed services sponsored for potential officers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/14/warren-mitchell|title=Warren Mitchell obituary|date=14 November 2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref> There he met his contemporary, [[Richard Burton]], and together they joined the RAF in October 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/662833444215017/UzpfSTEwMDg2NTA5Njk1MzE5Njo4NjAxMTY2NDc2OTQ3MDA/|title=Log In |website=facebook.com}}</ref> He completed his navigator training in Canada just as the [[World War II|Second World War]] ended.<ref name=BFI>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/465537/index.html BFI screen online biography] accessed 27 June 2007</ref>

==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 [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]] for two years, performing in the evening with London's [[Unity Theatre, London|Unity Theatre]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} After a short stint as a DJ on [[Radio Luxembourg]], 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 ''[[Educating Archie]]'', and this led to appearances in both the radio and television versions of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

By the late 1950s, Mitchell regularly appeared on television. These roles included [[Sean Connery]]'s trainer in boxing drama ''[[Requiem for a Heavyweight#British television version|Requiem for a Heavyweight]]'' (1957), with [[Charlie Drake]] 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 ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''. During the first of these, ''[[Underground (1958 TV play)|Underground]]'' (1958), one of the lead actors died during the live performance.<ref>Sweet, Matthew. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/do-not-adjust-your-set-by-kate-dunn-587580.html "Do Not Adjust Your Set By Kate Dunn"]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Independent]]'', 20 July 2003</ref> He also had roles in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' in addition to many [[ITC Entertainment|ITC]] drama series including: ''[[The Adventures of William Tell|William Tell]]'', ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'', ''[[Sir Francis Drake (TV series)|Sir Francis Drake]]'', ''[[Danger Man]]'' and as a recurrent guest in ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', as in the second episode of the first season, "The Latin Touch" in 1962, depicting an Italian taxi driver.<ref name=BFI/>

Mitchell's cinema début was in [[Guy Hamilton]]'s ''[[Manuela (1957 film)|Manuela]]'' (1957), and he began a career of minor roles as sinister foreign agents, assisted by his premature baldness and facility with [[Eastern Europe]]an accents. He appeared in ''[[The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone]]'' (1961), the Hammer horror ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961), ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964), ''[[Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?]]'' (Gerry Levy, 1964), and ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' ([[Richard Lester]], 1965) and played leads in ''All the Way Up'' ([[James MacTaggart]], 1970), ''[[The Chain (1984 film)|The Chain]]'' ([[Jack Gold]], 1984), ''[[The Dunera Boys]]'' ([[Ben Lewin]], 1985) and ''[[Foreign Body (1986 film)|Foreign Body]]'' ([[Ronald Neame]], 1986).<ref name=BFI/>

In 1965, Mitchell was cast in the role for which he became best known, as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]-voting, bigoted [[cockney]] [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] supporter [[Alf Garnett]] in a play for the BBC ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' series, broadcast on 22 July 1965. This was the pilot edition of the long-running series ''Till Death Us Do Part'', with [[Gretchen Franklin]], [[Una Stubbs]] and [[Anthony Booth]]. The part of Mum, played by Franklin, was recast with [[Dandy Nichols]] in the role when the programme was commissioned as a series.<ref name="smh obit">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/alf-garnett-star-warren-mitchell-dies-20151116-gkznqc.html |title= Alf Garnett star Warren Mitchell dies | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 16 November 2015 | access-date = 17 November 2015 | first = Chris | last = Moncrieff }}</ref> Mitchell's real life persona was different from Alf Garnett, being Jewish, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]-voting and a staunch supporter of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. The show ran from 1966 to 1975, in seven series, making a total of 53 30-minute episodes. While the series aimed to satirise [[racism]], it actually also gained the support of many bigoted racists who perceived Alf as "the voice of reason".<ref>Clark, Anthony. [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/465503/index.html Till Death Us Do Part (1966–75)] accessed 11 April 2016</ref>

Mitchell reprised the role of Alf Garnett in the films ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1969) and ''[[The Alf Garnett Saga]]'' (1972), in the [[Associated Television|ATV]] series ''[[Till Death...]]'' (1981), and in the BBC series ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (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 [[Johnny Speight]]. 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, ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!#Television|Men of Affairs]]'' with [[Brian Rix]] (ITV, 1973–74), based on the [[West End of London|West End]] hit [[farce]] ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!]]''  There were also performances in 1975 in ''[[Play for Today]]'' (showing that he could play a serious character role in the episode, ''Moss''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073408/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_45 Play for Today: Moss] at IMDb</ref>),  as William Wardle, a crooked accountant in ''[[The Sweeney]]'' episode ''Big Spender'' ([[Thames Television]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], 1978), ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (BBC), ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' (BBC), ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'' ([[ITV Central|Central Television]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], he played a concentration camp survivor in the episode ''Ancient History''),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0618988/fullcredits#cast "Kavanagh QC" Ancient History (1997)] at IMDb website. Retrieved 13 June 2012</ref> as [[Shylock]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (BBC, 1980) and ''[[Gormenghast (TV serial)|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 [[BBC One]] comedy series written by [[Maurice Gran]] and [[Laurence Marks (British writer)|Laurence Marks]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2015 |title=So You Think You've Got Troubles, 1991 |url=https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/so-you-think-youve-got-troubles-1991 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=British Classic Comedy}}</ref>

In 2001, Mitchell appeared in a Christmas Special episode of ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', "Potts in Pole Position".{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Mitchell was a subject of the television programme ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1972 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].

On stage, Mitchell received extensive critical acclaim for his performances as [[Willy Loman]] in [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] directed by [[Michael Rudman]] (1979, being originally cast in the role by [[Stephen Barry]] at the [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse]] in [[Perth]], Australia);<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/04/1075853912687.html "A man of many cantankerous parts"], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 4 February 2004. Accessed 11 April 2016.</ref> [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[The Caretaker (play)|The Caretaker]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]; Pinter's ''[[The Homecoming]]'' at London's [[Comedy Theatre]] (1991) and Miller's ''The Price'' at the [[Apollo Theatre]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/14/warren-mitchell-there-was-more-to-the-versatile-actor-than-cockney-foghorn-chairman-alf | title = Warren Mitchell: there was more to him than Cockney foghorn Chairman Alf | first = Mark | last = Lawson | date = 14 November 2015 | access-date= 17 November 2015 | work = [[The Guardian]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Brockes, Emma  |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/sep/10/theatre.television |title=Emma Brockes talks to Warren Mitchell |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 September 2003 |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/theprice-rev |title=Theatre review: The Price at Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue |publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info |author= Fisher, Philip|access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

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 [[First World War]], 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 [[Trafalgar Studios]], in London's [[West End theatre|West End]], as a retired dry-cleaner in [[Jeff Baron]]'s portrait of Jewish-American life ''[[Visiting Mr. Green]]''.<ref name=obit/><ref name=daisy>{{cite web|author=Bowie-Sell, Daisy |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/actor-warren-mitchell-dies_39147.html |title=Actor Warren Mitchell dies |publisher=[[WhatsOnStage.com]] |date=14 November 2015  |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

==Awards==
In 1976, Mitchell's one-man show ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf'' won the [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award]] for best comedy in London's West End.<ref name=keenan>Keenan, Catherine "[http://www.smh.com.au/news/Arts/Whats-it-all-about-Alfie/2005/01/20/1106110868423.html What's it all about, Alfie?]", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 21 January 2005</ref> In 1982, he received an [[Australian Film Institute]] Award for best supporting actor in the film ''Norman Loves Rose''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084419/awards Awards for Norman Loves Rose (1982)] at The Internet Movie Database</ref> He received two [[Laurence Olivier Theatre Award]]s: for playing [[Willy Loman]] in [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (National Theatre, 1979) and as best supporting actor in a 2003 performance of [[The Price (play)|''The Price'']], also by Miller.<ref name=obrien/><ref name=BFI/> His role in ''Death of a Salesman'' also won him an ''[[Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor]]''<ref name="ev.std.1955.1979"/> and was highly praised by [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]. Miller reportedly described Mitchell's performance as "one of the best interpretations of the part he had ever seen."<ref name=daisy/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|1967
|[[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA TV Award]]
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/television/actor-television |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Bafta |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
|[[Olivier Award]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival|Actor of the Year in a Revival]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1979 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1979/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[Evening Standard Theatre Awards]]<ref name="ev.std.1955.1979">{{Cite web|title=Evening Standard theatre awards: 1955–1979 |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-19551979-7236386.html|date=10 April 2012|work=standard.co.uk}}</ref>
|[[Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor]]
|{{won}}
|
|-
|1981
|[[Olivier Award]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival|Actor of the Year in a Revival]]
|[[The Caretaker (play)|''The Caretaker'']]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1981 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1981/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|1982
|[[AACTA Award]] (AFI)
|[[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''[[Norman Loves Rose]]''
|{{won}}
|
|-
|1991
| rowspan="2" |Olivier Award
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Actor of the Year]]
|''[[The Homecoming]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1991 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1991/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role|Best Performance in a Supporting Role]]
|''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 2004 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2004/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|}

==Personal life and death==
Mitchell described himself in an interview as an [[atheist]], but also stated that he "enjoy[ed] being Jewish".<ref name="scotsun">{{cite web |last=Deveney |first=Catherine |title=The pride of prejudice |access-date=20 July 2007 |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/The-pride-of-prejudice.2570786.jp |date=10 October 2007 |archive-date=11 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311002944/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/The-pride-of-prejudice.2570786.jp |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a patron of the [[British Humanist Association]].<ref>[https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/warren-mitchell/ "Warren Mitchell"], British Humanist Association website</ref> In 1951, he married Constance Wake,<ref>BMD Register – General Register Office.  Warren Missel / Constance M Wake 2nd quarter 1951, St Pancras Middlesex. Volume 2 Page 776.</ref> an actress who appeared in early 1960s television dramas such as ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]''. They had three children<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27046865 |title=Warren Mitchell obituary: Alf Garnett and much more |work=BBC News |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11995843/Warren-Mitchell-Alf-Garnett-actor-dies-aged-89.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11995843/Warren-Mitchell-Alf-Garnett-actor-dies-aged-89.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Warren Mitchell, Alf Garnett actor, dies aged 89 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

For over 20 years, Mitchell suffered pain from nerve damage, caused by [[transverse myelitis]], and was a supporter of the [[Neuropathy]] Trust.<ref name="wm dies"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Curtis|first=Keryn|url=https://www.agedcare101.com.au/the-donaldson-sisters/learning-from-the-death-of-alf-garnett/|title=Learning from the death of 'Alf Garnett'|website=agedcare101|date=4 March 2016|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.neurocentre.com/gallery-1.php Neuropathy Trust] accessed 27 June 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129033853/http://www.neurocentre.com/gallery-1.php |date=29 January 2007 }}</ref> He suffered a mild [[stroke]] in August 2004. He was back on stage a week later, reprising his lauded role as a cantankerous old Jew in [[Arthur Miller]]'s [[The Price (play)|''The Price'']].<ref>Keenan, Catherine [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/01/20/1106110868423.html "What's it all about, Alfie?"], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', Arts section, 21 January 2005.</ref>

In sharp contrast to his signature Alf Garnett character, who was a staunch [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], Mitchell was a socialist and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] supporter. He believed that the [[2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2010 Labour Party leadership election]] had a lack of firebrands.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Debating Warren Mitchell's film |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-10715644 |access-date=2023-06-14}}</ref>

Mitchell died aged 89, at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in [[Hampstead]], London, on 14 November 2015, following a long illness.<ref name="ODNB"/><ref name="wm dies">{{cite news |author=Thorpe, Vanessa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/14/warren-mitchell-dies-aged-89-alf-garnett |title=Warren Mitchell dies aged 89 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==

=== Films ===
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* ''[[Five Days (1954 film)|Five Days]]'' (1954) as Laughing Man in Bar (uncredited)
* ''[[The Passing Stranger]]'' (1954) (uncredited)
* ''[[Manuela (1957 film)|Manuela]]'' (1957) as Moss
* ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'' (1957) as Artie White
* ''[[Girls at Sea (1958 film)|Girls at Sea]]'' (1958) as Arthur
* ''[[The Trollenberg Terror]]'' (1958) as Prof. Crevett
* ''[[Three Crooked Men]]'' (1959) as Walter Prinn
* ''[[The Stranglers of Bombay]]'' (1959) as Merchant (uncredited)
* ''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Waiter
* ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) as Tailor
* ''[[Hell Is a City]]'' (1960) as Commercial Traveller
* ''[[Doctor in Love]]'' (1960) as Haystack Club Manager (uncredited)
* ''[[The Boy Who Stole a Million]]'' (1960) as Pedro
* ''[[Surprise Package (film)|Surprise Package]]'' (1960) as Klimatis
* ''[[The Pure Hell of St Trinian's]]'' (1960) as Tailor
* ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) as Pepe Valiente
* ''[[Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)|Don't Bother to Knock]]'' (1961) as Waiter
* ''[[The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone]]'' (1961) as Giorgio
* ''[[The Silent Invasion]]'' (1962) as Robert
* ''[[Postman's Knock (film)|Postman's Knock]]'' (1962) as Rupert
* ''[[Operation Snatch]]'' (1962) as Contact Man
* ''[[Village of Daughters]]'' (1962) as Puccelli (A Father)
* ''[[The Main Attraction (film)|The Main Attraction]]'' (1962) as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
* ''[[We Joined the Navy]]'' (1962) as 'Honest' Marcel
* ''[[The King's Breakfast (film)|The King's Breakfast]]'' (1963) as The Gym Instructor (short)
* ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'' 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 (film)|Calculated Risk]]'' (1963) as Simmie
* ''[[The Sicilians]]'' (1964) as O'Leary
* ''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964) as Lofty
* ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964) as Spencius
* ''[[Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?]]'' (1964) as Emilio Dinelli, the Magician (with ''[[Ottilie Patterson]])''
* ''[[The Intelligence Men]]'' (1965) as Prozoroff
* ''[[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]'' (1965) as Mr. Zanfrello
* ''[[San Ferry Ann]]'' (1965) as Maitre d'Hotel
* ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (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 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'' (1966) as Gypsy Sid
* ''[[Drop Dead Darling]]'' (1966) as Conte de Rienz / Maximillian
* ''[[The Jokers]]'' (1967) as Lennie
* ''Dying for a Smoke'' (1967) as Old Nick O'Teen (voice)
* ''[[Diamonds for Breakfast (film)|Diamonds for Breakfast]]'' (1968) as Popov
* ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1969) as Alf Garnett
* ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969) as Herr Weiss
* ''[[The Best House in London]]'' (1969) as Count Pandolfo
* ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'' (1969) as Hubbard
* ''[[All the Way Up (film)|All the Way Up]]'' (1970) as Fred Midway
* ''[[Innocent Bystanders (film)|Innocent Bystanders]]'' (1972) as Omar
* ''[[The Alf Garnett Saga]]'' (1972) as Alf Garnett
* ''[[What Changed Charley Farthing?]]'' (1975) as MacGregor
* ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' (1977) as Mr. Fishfinger
* ''[[Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1977) as Morris Morris
* ''[[Meetings with Remarkable Men (film)|Meetings with Remarkable Men]]'' (1979) as Gurdjieff's Father
* ''[[Norman Loves Rose]]'' (1982) as Morris
* ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]'' (1982) as Tyson / Wag (voice)
* ''[[The Chain (1984 film)|The Chain]]'' (1984) as Bamber
* ''[[Foreign Body (1986 film)|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 film)|Crackers]]'' (1998) as Albert Hall
* ''The 10th Man'' (2006) as Coleman (short)
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=== Television ===
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* ''[[The Children of the New Forest]]'' (1955) as Oliver Cromwell
* ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (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 (1957 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]] (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]]'' (1958) as Charlie Rogers (3 episodes)
* ''[[The Larkins (1958 TV series)|The Larkins]]'' (1958) as Maxie Green (1 episode)
* ''[[The Vise (1955 TV series)|The Vise]]'' (1958) as Ben Chou (1 episode, uncredited)
* ''[[Underground (1958 TV play)|Underground]]'' (1958) as Stan
* ''[[The Adventures of William Tell|William Tell]]'' (1959) as Carlo
* ''[[Interpol Calling]]'' (1959) as Willi (1 episode)
* ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1959) as George Rudley (1 episode)
* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (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
* ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1960–6) as Various characters (5 episodes)
* ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'' (1961–3) as Various characters (5 episodes)
* ''Colonel Trumper's Private War'' (1961) as Prof. Pan Malcov (5 episodes)
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]] '' (1961) as Andre Gudenian (1 episode)
* ''[[Sir Francis Drake (TV series)|Sir Francis Drake]]'' (1961) as Roberto (1 episode)
* ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]'' (1961) as Aristide (1 episode)
* ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]: Cliquot et Fils'' (1961) as Alphonse Lagillarde
* ''Comedy Playhouse: The Channel Swimmer'' (1962) as Austin 
* ''Suspense'' (1962) as Mullen (1 episode) 
* ''[[Brothers in Law (TV series)|Brothers in Law]]'' (1962) as George Coles (1 episode)
* ''[[Man of the World (TV series)|Man of the World]]'' (1962) as Alex (1 episode)
* ''[[Ghost Squad (TV series)|Ghost Squad]]'' (1962–3) as Mahmoud, Alfiat (2 episodes)
* ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]] '' (1962–3) as Marco Di Cesari (3 episodes)
* ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1962) as Morrie Morris (1 episode)
* ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'' (1963) as Julius Dorfmann (1 episode)
* ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]] '' (1963) as Deacon Hobbs (1 episode)
* ''Mauspassant'' (1963) as Monsieur Dubois  (1 episode)
* ''[[Zero One (TV series)|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 (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1963–7) as Various characters (3 episodes)
* ''[[Sergeant Cork|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 (TV series)|Redcap]]'' (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 (TV series)|Gaslight Theatre]]'' (1965) as Various characters (5 episodes)
* ''[[Out of the Unknown]]: The Fox and the Forest'' (1965) as Kendrick 
* ''[[The Wednesday Play]]: Calf Love'' (1966) as Herr Westermann
* ''[[Court Martial (TV series)|Court Martial]]'' (1966) as Guido Orsini (1 episode)
* ''[[Frankie Howerd (TV series)|Frankie Howerd]]'' (1966) as Francis' Agent (1 episode)
* ''[[BBC Play of the Month|Lee Oswald Assassin]]'' (1966) as Spas T.Raikin
* ''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' (1966) as Harvey Clawson (1 episode)
* ''[[The Man in Room 17]]'' (1966) as Petropolous (1 episode)
* ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1966–75) as [[Alf Garnett]] (All 53 episodes)
* ''Intrigue'' (1966) as Schumminge (1 episode)
* ''[[Tommy Cooper|Life with Cooper]]'' (1967) as Various characters (1 episode)
* ''[[Uncommon Law|Misleading Cases]]'' (1967) as Professor Lindquist (1 episode)
* ''[[Armchair Theatre|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
* ''[[Secrets (Black and Blue)|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|Play For Today: Moss]]'' (1975) as Moss (1 episode)
* ''Big Deal in New York City'' (1977) as Albert Cakebread
* ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare|The Merchant of Venice]]'' (1980) as Shylock
* ''[[The Caretaker (play)|The Caretaker]]'' (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)
* ''[[Man of Letters (film)|Men of Letters]]'' (1984) as Sir Dorton Serry (TV Movie)
* ''[[The Last Bastion]]'' (1984) as [[Franklin D Roosevelt]] (Mini Series)
* ''[[The Dunera Boys]]'' (1985) as Mr Baum (Mini Series)
* ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (1985–92) as Alf Garnett (All 47 episodes)
* ''[[Tickets for the Titanic]]'' (1988) as George (1 episode)
* ''[[Acropolis Now]]'' (1989) as Kostas Stephanidis (1 episode)
* ''[[Jackaroo (miniseries)|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|Screen One: Wall of Silence]]'' (1993) as Samuel Singer (1 episode)
* ''[[Death of a Salesman (1996 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' (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)
* ''[[Gormenghast (TV serial)|Gormenghast]]'' (2000) as Barquentine (4 episodes)
* ''[[Monsignor Renard]]'' (2000) as Marshall Petain (1 episode, voice)
* ''[[A Christmas Carol (2000 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (2000) as James Scrooge (Eddie's Dad)
* ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2001) as Potts (1 episode)
* ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' (2003) as Edgar Truelove (2 episodes)
* ''The Shark Net'' (2003) as Ralph Wheatley (2 episodes)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0593803}}
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/465537/index.html Screenonline: Warren Mitchell]
*[http://www.timeout.com/film/people/286799/warren-mitchell.html TimeOut: Warren Mitchell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929205219/http://www.timeout.com/film/people/286799/warren-mitchell.html |date=29 September 2012 }}

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