Norman Mitchell
Norman Mitchell Driver, known professionally as Norman Mitchell, was an English television, stage and film actor.
Born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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. He then made many television appearances and appeared in over sixty films.
Mitchell was married to actress Pauline Mitchell until her death in 1992. He was the father of Jacqueline Mitchell and actor Christopher Mitchell, known for his role in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. His son Christopher predeceased him by a month.
Selected filmography
The Seekers - GraysonUp to His Neck - FungusA Kid for Two Farthings - Stallholder Police Dog You Lucky People! - Soldier Five Clues to Fortune - BertThree Sundays to Live - Police SergeantThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk - Battle of the V-1 - German in Kübelwagen The Price of Silence - Landlord Beat Girl - Club DoormanThis Sporting Life - Tenant The Yellow Teddy Bears - LarryWest 11 - Shop Customer Carry On Cabby - Bespectacled Businessman Carry On Spying - Native Policeman / Algerian GentCarry On Cleo - Heckler A Home of Your Own - The ForemanThe Little Ones - You Must Be Joking! - Billingsgate Fish Porter Bunny Lake Is Missing - MoverThree Hats for Lisa - Truck driverInvasion - Lorry DriverThe Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery - William I Was Happy Here Carry On Screaming! - CabbyThe Jokers - Window Cleaner giving interview A Challenge for Robin Hood - Dray DriverTwo a Penny - AttendantHalf a Sixpence - Master of CeremoniesI'll Never Forget What's'isname - Party Guest Oliver! - Arresting PolicemanDiamonds for Breakfast - Two Gentlemen Sharing - PolicemanSome Will, Some Won't - PolicemanOne More Time - Sergeant SmithThe Games - Harry's Boss Atlantic Wall - Bobbie 1On the Buses - London Transport OfficialBless This House - Police SergeantLady Caroline Lamb - Restaurant functionaryNearest and Dearest - Vernon SmallpieceAnd Now the Screaming Starts! - ConstableFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell - Police SergeantMan About the House - Arthur Mulgrove - DoormanLegend of the Werewolf - TinyBarry Lyndon - British Soldier The Moon Over the Alley - Joe TudgeThe Pink Panther Strikes Again - Mr. BullockThe Prince and the Pauper - Constable The Big Sleep - Doorman at Eddie's Club Carry On Emmannuelle - Drunken HusbandA Hitch in Time - Police Sergeant The Return of the Soldier - ErnestThe Wicked Lady - Man at InnRevenge of Billy the Kid - Mr. AllottDirty Weekend - Repair ManLighthouse - BrownlowMeanwhile - the Landlord
Selected television credits
Lorna Doone - Sergeant BloxhamNo Cloak – No Dagger - Police SergeantThe Saint - Mr. SmithGideon's Way - Club ManagerThe Sullavan Brothers - Mr. CrispSherlock Holmes - Shinwell JohnsonDoctor Who - First PolicemanThe Prisoner - Mechanic in the episode "The General"Softly, Softly - Steve / Dave CullenDad's Army - Captain RogersUp Pompeii! - Stovus PrimusDoctor at Large - Det. Sgt. RowleyOn the Buses - NobbyThe Moonstone - Mr. AblewhiteWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - Jack / Barman / Pub ManagerZ-Cars - George Belling / Stanley Cook / Arnold Porter / PC Adams / Chizzy Black / 1st PCBeryl's Lot - Charlie MillsNo Strings - 1st WorkmanThriller - 1st man in the pubRipping Yarns - 1st PressmanIt Ain't Half Hot Mum - Captain OwenRobin's Nest - FredCome Back Mrs Noah - Mr. NoahWodehouse Playhouse - P.C. PopjoyThe Famous Five - Ben Danger UXB - ARP ManSykes - Leg ConsultantGeorge and Mildred - Mr Clayton / Stanley / Ted / Pet Shop AssistantYou're Only Young Twice - "Use of Bath"- Landlord Yes Minister - the MayorWe, the Accused - CromptonWhy Didn't They Ask Evans? - Constable BrowningThe Goodies "The Music Master" The Goodies "The Lost Island of Munga" Worzel Gummidge - P.C. ParsonsKeep It in the Family - Piano Mover / BurtAre You Being Served? - Customer / Wendel P. ClarkNever the Twain - Waldo / GeorgeAll Creatures Great and Small - Mr. BirtwhistleYou Rang, M'Lord? - PerkinsCasualty - Johno JenkinsLast of the Summer Wine - Coggy Duckworth