Warren Mitchell

Actor Jan 14 (died age 89) Stoke Newington, London, England, UK 1950–2016 (66 year career)

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Biography

Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell) was an English actor. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and a two-time winner of the Laurence Olivier Award. His most fondly remembered role is that of the Johnny Speight comic creation of Alf Garnett which he played on and off from 1965 to 1992 with the sitcoms Til Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health.

Known For

Film

The Plague Dogs

Tyson / Wag (voice)

Film

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Mr. Zanfrello

Film

Help!

Abdul

Film

Jabberwocky

Mr. Fishfinger

Film

The Curse of the Werewolf

Pepe Valiente

Film

Carry On Cleo

Spencius

Film

The Assassination Bureau

Herr Weiss

Film

Two-Way Stretch

Tailor

Filmography

Acting (126)

Movies (79)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

as Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.7

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

as Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand

2003

as Self

A Christmas Carol

as Eddie's Dad

Crackers

as Albert Hall

Gobble

as Waterboard Chairman

An Audience with Alf Garnett

1997

as Alf Garnett

Death of a Salesman

1996

as Willy Loman

6.5

Brahms and the Little Singing Girls

1996

as Johannes Brahms

An Audience with Ken Dodd

1994

as Self

7.7

Wall of Silence

1993

as Samuel Singer

Kokoda Crescent

1989

as Stan

Knights & Emeralds

as Mr Kirkpatrick

Foreign Body

as I.Q. Patel

The Dunera Boys

as Mr Baum

Waterfront

as Laughing Les

The Chain

1984

as Bamber

6.8

The Plague Dogs

1982

as Tyson / Wag (voice)

Norman Loves Rose

as Morris

The Caretaker

as Davies

The Merchant of Venice

1980

as Shylock

7.0

Meetings with Remarkable Men

1979

as Gurdjieff's Father

Jabberwocky

as Mr. Fishfinger

That's Carry On!

as Spencius (archive footage)

5.7

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

as Morris Morris

4.2

What Changed Charley Farthing?

1976

as MacGregor

Moss

1975

as Moss

Secrets

as Rose

Innocent Bystanders

as Omar

The Alf Garnett Saga

as Alf Garnett

Prisoners

as The Guard

All the Way Up

1970

as Fred Midway

6.0

Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

1970

as Gus Elen

The Assassination Bureau

as Herr Weiss

Moon Zero Two

as J.J. Hubbard

The Best House in London

1969

as Count Pandolfo

3.6

Till Death Us Do Part

1969

as Alf Garnett

7.2

Diamonds for Breakfast

as Popov

The Jokers

as Lennie

Calf Love

as Herr Westermann

The Sandwich Man

1966

as Gipsy Sid

6.1

Promise Her Anything

1966

as Frank Focus / Panel Moderator

3.5

Arrivederci, Baby!

1966

as Conte de Rienz / Maximillian

5.6

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

as Mr. Zanfrello

Help!

as Abdul

The Intelligence Men

as Prozoroff

San Ferry Ann

as Maitre d'Hotel

The Night Caller

as Reg Lilburn

The Fox and the Forest

1965

as Joe

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Spencius

6.6

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

as Emilio Dinelli

Incident at Midnight

as Chemist

Unearthly Stranger

as Prof. Munro

We Joined the Navy

as 'Honest' Marcel

Seventy Deadly Pills

as Lofty

The Small World of Sammy Lee

1963

as Lou Leeman

5.9

The King's Breakfast

1963

as The Gym Instructor

The Sicilians

as O'Leary

Calculated Risk

as Simmie

Village of Daughters

as Puccelli (A Father)

The Silent Invasion

as Robert

The Main Attraction

Postman's Knock

as Rupert

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

as Pepe Valiente

6.5

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

1961

as Giorgio

6.8

Don't Bother to Knock

1961

as Waiter

4.5

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

as Tailor

Surprise Package

as Klimatis

Doctor in Love

as Haystack Club Manager (uncredited)

Two-Way Stretch

as Tailor

Hell Is a City

as Commercial Traveller

6.5

The Boy Who Stole a Million

1960

as Pedro

5.8

The Stranglers of Bombay

1959

as Merchant (uncredited)

Three Crooked Men

as Walter Prinn

The Crawling Eye

as Prof. Crevett

Girls at Sea

as Arthur

Blood Money

as Army

Manuela

1957

as Moss

5.7

Paid to Kill

1954

as Laughing Man in Bar

5.7

Television (47)

Daily Politics

2003

as Self

8.5

The Shark Net

2003

as Ralph Wheatley

Waking the Dead

2001

as Edgar Truelove (uncredited)

7.2

Gormenghast

2000

6.9

The Heaven and Earth Show

1998

3.2

Animated World Faiths

1998

as Grandfather (voice)

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Ray Smiles

Pebble Mill

as Self

So You Think You've Got Troubles

1991

as Ivan Fox

6.0

Have I Got News for You

as Self

Acropolis Now

Lovejoy

as Uncle Jack

In Sickness and in Health

as Alf Garnett

Wogan

as Self

Till Death...

as Alf Garnett

An Audience with...

as Self

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977

as Albert Cakebread

Tell Me Another

as Himself

The Sweeney

as William Wardle

Last of the Summer Wine

as Potts

Black and Blue

as Cyril Rose

Men of Affairs

as Sir William Mainwaring-Brown MP

Play for Today

1970

as Moss

6.3

A Series of Bird's

1967

Till Death Us Do Part

1966

as Alf Garnett

7.4

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Spas T Raikin, Traveller's Aid Representative

Out of the Unknown

as Joe

The Man in Room 17

as Petropolous

Theatre 625

as Head Porter

Redcap

as Inspector Gregoriou

The Human Jungle

as 'Deacon' Hobbs

Crane

as Julius Dorfmann

The Saint

as Marco Di Cesari

Z-Cars

Man of the World

as Alex

Suspense

as Mullen

The Avengers

as Brodney

Sir Francis Drake

as Roberto

Drama 61-67

as Andropoulis

Maigret

No Hiding Place

Interpol Calling

as Willi

The Adventures of William Tell

The Larkins

as Maxie Green

Hancock's Half Hour

Armchair Theatre

as Stan

Sunday Night Theatre

as Sam Harris