Warren Mitchell

Warren Mitchell

Known for
Acting
Born
January 14, 1926
Died
November 14, 2015 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Stoke Newington, London, England, UK

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

Filmography

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Movie · as Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years poster

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Movie · as Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand poster

Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand

Movie · as Self

2003
The Shark Net poster

The Shark Net

TV · as Ralph Wheatley · 2 eps

2003
Daily Politics

Daily Politics

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Great Comedy Moments poster

Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Alf Garnett (archive footage)

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Edgar Truelove (uncredited) · 2 eps

2000
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Eddie's Dad

2000
Gormenghast poster

Gormenghast

TV · as Barquentine · 4 eps

1998
Crackers poster

Crackers

Movie · as Albert Hall

1998
The Heaven and Earth Show

The Heaven and Earth Show

TV · 1 ep

1998
Animated World Faiths poster

Animated World Faiths

TV · as Grandfather (voice) · 1 ep

1998
The Thoughts of Chairman Alf poster

The Thoughts of Chairman Alf

TV · as Alf Garnett · 6 eps

1997
Gobble poster

Gobble

Movie · as Waterboard Chairman

1997
An Audience with Alf Garnett poster

An Audience with Alf Garnett

Movie · as Alf Garnett

1997
Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'

TV · as Ray Smiles · 3 eps

1996
Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

Movie · as Willy Loman

1996
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls poster

Brahms and the Little Singing Girls

Movie · as Johannes Brahms

1994
An Audience with Ken Dodd poster

An Audience with Ken Dodd

Movie · as Self

1993
Wall of Silence poster

Wall of Silence

Movie · as Samuel Singer

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
So You Think You've Got Troubles poster

So You Think You've Got Troubles

TV · as Ivan Fox · 6 eps

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
Kokoda Crescent poster

Kokoda Crescent

Movie · as Stan

1989
Acropolis Now poster

Acropolis Now

TV · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Samuel Singer · 1 ep

1987
Tickets for the Titanic

Tickets for the Titanic

TV · as George · 1 ep

1986
Foreign Body poster

Foreign Body

Movie · as I.Q. Patel

1986
Knights & Emeralds poster

Knights & Emeralds

Movie · as Mr Kirkpatrick

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Uncle Jack · 1 ep

1985
The Dunera Boys poster

The Dunera Boys

Movie · as Mr Baum

1985
In Sickness and in Health poster

In Sickness and in Health

TV · as Alf Garnett · 42 eps

1984
The Chain poster

The Chain

Movie · as Bamber

1984
Waterfront poster

Waterfront

Movie · as Laughing Les

1984
The Last Bastion poster

The Last Bastion

TV · as Franklin Roosevelt · 3 eps

1984
Waterfront poster

Waterfront

TV · as Laughing Les · 3 eps

1982
The Plague Dogs poster

The Plague Dogs

Movie · as Tyson / Wag (voice)

1982
Norman Loves Rose poster

Norman Loves Rose

Movie · as Morris

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
The Caretaker poster

The Caretaker

Movie · as Davies

1981
Till Death... poster

Till Death...

TV · as Alf Garnett · 6 eps

1980
The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

Movie · as Shylock

1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men poster

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Movie · as Gurdjieff's Father

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self, Alf Garnett · 1 ep

1977
Jabberwocky poster

Jabberwocky

Movie · as Mr. Fishfinger

1977
That's Carry On! poster

That's Carry On!

Movie · as Spencius (archive footage)

1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers poster

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Movie · as Morris Morris

1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse poster

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

TV · as Albert Cakebread · 1 ep

1976
What Changed Charley Farthing? poster

What Changed Charley Farthing?

Movie · as MacGregor

1976
Tell Me Another poster

Tell Me Another

TV · as Himself · 4 eps

1975
Moss poster

Moss

Movie · as Moss

1975
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

TV · as William Wardle

1973
Secrets poster

Secrets

Movie · as Rose

1973
Black and Blue

Black and Blue

TV · as Cyril Rose · 1 ep

1973
Men of Affairs

Men of Affairs

TV · as Sir William Mainwaring-Brown MP · 16 eps

1972
The Alf Garnett Saga poster

The Alf Garnett Saga

Movie · as Alf Garnett

1972
Innocent Bystanders poster

Innocent Bystanders

Movie · as Omar

1971
Prisoners poster

Prisoners

Movie · as The Guard

1970
All the Way Up poster

All the Way Up

Movie · as Fred Midway

1970
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town poster

Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

Movie · as Gus Elen

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Moss · 1 ep

1969
Moon Zero Two poster

Moon Zero Two

Movie · as J.J. Hubbard

1969
Till Death Us Do Part poster

Till Death Us Do Part

Movie · as Alf Garnett

1969
The Assassination Bureau poster

The Assassination Bureau

Movie · as Herr Weiss

1969
The Best House in London poster

The Best House in London

Movie · as Count Pandolfo

1968
Diamonds for Breakfast poster

Diamonds for Breakfast

Movie · as Popov

1967
The Jokers poster

The Jokers

Movie · as Lennie

1967
Dying for a Smoke

Dying for a Smoke

Movie · as Old Nick O'Teen (voice)

1967
A Series of Bird's

A Series of Bird's

TV · 1 ep

1967
Misleading Cases

Misleading Cases

TV · as Professor Lindquist · 1 ep

1966
Calf Love poster

Calf Love

Movie · as Herr Westermann

1966
Promise Her Anything poster

Promise Her Anything

Movie · as Frank Focus / Panel Moderator

1966
Arrivederci, Baby! poster

Arrivederci, Baby!

Movie · as Conte de Rienz / Maximillian

1966
The Sandwich Man poster

The Sandwich Man

Movie · as Gipsy Sid

1966
Lee Oswald: Assassin poster

Lee Oswald: Assassin

Movie · as Spas T. Raikin, Traveller's Aid Rep.

1966
Till Death Us Do Part poster

Till Death Us Do Part

TV · as Alf Garnett · 49 eps

1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold poster

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Movie · as Mr. Zanfrello

1965
The Night Caller poster

The Night Caller

Movie · as Reg Lilburn

1965
The Intelligence Men poster

The Intelligence Men

Movie · as Prozoroff

1965
Help! poster

Help!

Movie · as Abdul

1965
San Ferry Ann poster

San Ferry Ann

Movie · as Maitre d'Hotel

1965
The Fox and the Forest poster

The Fox and the Forest

Movie · as Joe

1965
The Man in Room 17 poster

The Man in Room 17

TV · as Petropolous · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Spas T Raikin, Traveller's Aid Representative · 1 ep

1965
Out of the Unknown poster

Out of the Unknown

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

1964
Carry On Cleo poster

Carry On Cleo

Movie · as Spencius

1964
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? poster

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

Movie · as Emilio Dinelli

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Head Porter, Ballas · 1 ep

1964
Redcap poster

Redcap

TV · as Inspector Gregoriou · 1 ep

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Herr Westermann · 1 ep

1963
We Joined the Navy poster

We Joined the Navy

Movie · as 'Honest' Marcel

1963
Unearthly Stranger poster

Unearthly Stranger

Movie · as Prof. Munroe

1963
Incident at Midnight poster

Incident at Midnight

Movie · as Chemist

1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee poster

The Small World of Sammy Lee

Movie · as Lou Leeman

1963
Calculated Risk poster

Calculated Risk

Movie · as Simmie

1963
The Sicilians poster

The Sicilians

Movie · as O'Leary

1963
The King's Breakfast poster

The King's Breakfast

Movie · as The Gym Instructor

1963
Seventy Deadly Pills poster

Seventy Deadly Pills

Movie · as Lofty

1963
The Human Jungle poster

The Human Jungle

TV · as 'Deacon' Hobbs · 1 ep

1963
Crane

Crane

TV · as Julius Dorfmann · 1 ep

1963
First Night

First Night

TV · as Uncle Nick · 1 ep

1963
Sergeant Cork poster

Sergeant Cork

TV · as Kendrick · 1 ep

1962
Postman's Knock poster

Postman's Knock

Movie · as Rupert

1962
Village of Daughters poster

Village of Daughters

Movie · as Puccelli (A Father)

1962
The Silent Invasion poster

The Silent Invasion

Movie · as Robert

1962
The Main Attraction poster

The Main Attraction

Movie

1962
Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Marco Di Cesari · 3 eps

1962
Man of the World poster

Man of the World

TV · as Alex · 1 ep

1962
Suspense poster

Suspense

TV · as Mullen · 1 ep

1961
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone poster

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Movie · as Giorgio

1961
Don't Bother to Knock poster

Don't Bother to Knock

Movie · as Waiter

1961
The Curse of the Werewolf poster

The Curse of the Werewolf

Movie · as Pepe Valiente

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Brodney · 2 eps

1961
Sir Francis Drake poster

Sir Francis Drake

TV · as Roberto · 1 ep

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Andropoulis, Kovacs · 1 ep

1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's poster

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

Movie · as Tailor

1960
The Boy Who Stole a Million poster

The Boy Who Stole a Million

Movie · as Pedro

1960
Doctor in Love poster

Doctor in Love

Movie · as Haystack Club Manager (uncredited)

1960
Surprise Package poster

Surprise Package

Movie · as Klimatis

1960
Hell Is a City poster

Hell Is a City

Movie · as Commercial Traveller

1960
Two-Way Stretch poster

Two-Way Stretch

Movie · as Tailor

1960
Maigret poster

Maigret

TV · 1 ep

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as Bober · 1 ep

1960
Danger Man poster

Danger Man

TV · as Jose Santiago, Banarji, Stashig · 1 ep

1959
The Stranglers of Bombay poster

The Stranglers of Bombay

Movie · as Merchant (uncredited)

1959
Interpol Calling poster

Interpol Calling

TV · as Willi · 1 ep

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 2 eps

1958
Girls at Sea poster

Girls at Sea

Movie · as Arthur

1958
Three Crooked Men poster

Three Crooked Men

Movie · as Walter Prinn

1958
The Trollenberg Terror poster

The Trollenberg Terror

Movie · as Prof. Crevett

1958
The Adventures of William Tell poster

The Adventures of William Tell

TV · 1 ep

1958
The Larkins poster

The Larkins

TV · as Maxie Green · 1 ep

1957
Blood Money poster

Blood Money

Movie · as Army

1957
Manuela poster

Manuela

Movie · as Moss

1957
Barnacle Bill poster

Barnacle Bill

Movie · as Artie White

1956
Hancock's Half Hour poster

Hancock's Half Hour

TV · 6 eps

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Stan, Harry Jacobs, Henry Sunday · 1 ep

1954
Paid to Kill poster

Paid to Kill

Movie · as Laughing Man in Bar

1950
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

TV · as Sam Harris · 1 ep