Norman Mitchell

For the Australian cricket and football player see Norman Mitchell (sportsman).

Norman Mitchell
Born	Norman Mitchell Driver 27 August 1918(1918-08-27) Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died	19 March 2001(2001-03-19) (aged 82) Downham Market, Norfolk, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–2001

Norman Mitchell (27 August 1918 – 19 March 2001) was an English television, stage and film actor.

Born in Sheffield, his father was a mining engineer and his mother a concert singer. He attended Carterknowle Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, before appearing in repertory theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. During World War II he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.^[1] He then made thousands of television appearances and appeared in over sixty films.

Mitchell was married to actress Pauline Mitchell (Laura Deane - died 1992). He was the father of Jacqueline Mitchell and actor Christopher Mitchell, most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

Selected filmography

• Up to His Neck (1954)
• A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
• Five Clues to Fortune (1957)
• Beat Girl (1960)
• The Yellow Teddy Bears (1963)
• A Home of Your Own (1964)
• Three Hats for Lisa (1965)
• The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
• Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
• On the Buses (1971)
• Bless This House (1972)
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973)
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
• Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
• The Big Sleep (1978)
• Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
• The Wicked Lady (1983)

Selected television credits

• All Creatures Great and Small
• Are You Being Served?
• Beryl's Lot
• Bless This House
• Casualty
• Come Back Mrs Noah
• Dad's Army
• Danger UXB
• Doctor at Large
• Doctor Who (in the serial The Daleks' Master Plan)
• George and Mildred
• The Goodies "The Lost Island of Munga" (ep 3.5)
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum
• Keep it in the Family
• Never the Twain
• On the Buses
• Ripping Yarns
• Robin's Nest
• Softly, Softly
• Sykes
• Up Pompeii!
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
• Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
• Wodehouse Playhouse
• Worzel Gummidge
• Yes Minister
• You Rang, M'Lord?
• Z-Cars

References

1. ^ http://www.normanmitchell.com/norman_mitchell_book/

External links

• Norman Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Mitchell, Norman
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Date of birth	27 August 1918
Place of birth	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of death	19 March 2001
Place of death	Downham Market, Norfolk, England, UK