American basketball player-coach
Daughter: Connie
Voted TV Actor of the Year for his portrayal of Cockney bigot Alf Garnett in "Till Death Us Do Part" .
Despite playing an avid West Ham United fan in "Till Death Us Do Part" , he is actually a Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
Is a naturalised citizen of Australia.
His huge following as the bigoted "Alf Garnett" character in "Till Death Us Do Part" , led to the birth of its American cousin series, "All in the Family" , in 1972 and his "Alf" counterpart, "Archie Bunker", played with equal success by Carroll OConnor.
He was awarded the 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 2003 for his performance in "The Price" at the Apollo Theatre.
He was nominated for a 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Price, at the Apollo Theatre in London, England.
Spent two weeks as a Radio Luxembourg DJ in the 1950s under his real name of Warren Misel. He was advised to change his surname so he chose the name Mitchell.
Suffered a stroke in August 2004 and was back on stage a week later performing in Arthur Miller s "The Price", a two-hour one-man show.
Mitchell and Richard Burton were Royal Air Force cadets together at Oxford in 1944, where they knew one another and became friends. From 1944-1947, when both were demobilized, they were stationed together at times in Canada and back in England. Later, they appeared together in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold .
Has three children, Rebecca, Daniel Mitchell , and Anna (Georgia Mitchell ).
Cousin of scriptwriter Ronald Wolfe.
Johnny Speight is a great satirist, and satire has always gone over the,heads of the idiots.
