RIP Warren Mitchell

[steveindenmark]

I have just heard that Warren Mitchell has passed away.

We of course all remember Alf Garnet. Before the days of political correctness, when he got away with everything and all races could see the funny side.

He said he enjoyed his jewishness but was an aethiest. A good actor and funny man.

RIP Alf.

 

[subaqua]

I have just heard that Warren Mitchell has passed away.

We of course all remember Alf Garnet. Before the days of political correctness, when he got away with everything and all races could see the funny side.

He said he enjoyed his jewishness but was an aethiest. A good actor and funny man.

RIP Alf.

you do realise Alf was a parody. johnny speight was a great writer and warren was a great actor.

 

[steveindenmark]

No. Alf and Warren were two different people. They sounded nothing like each other

 

[philk56]

Sad news. Saw him on stage in Death of a Salesman - great performance. He was also always great value when he was interviewed at half-time during Spurs games. A fanatical supporter despite the views of his alter-ego!

 

[Mrs M]

Aw,sad news.

 

[raleighnut]

Sad news, I've lost count of the number of people who didn't realise 'Alf' was a pithtake.

 

[numbnuts]

RIP

 

[Drago]

RIP. It's a shame that the cardigan wearers missed the point with Alf Garnett. He wasn't glorifying bigotry, but ever so subtly ridiculing it, and I used to pish myself laughing at Alf.

I hope that we at least see the feature film on TV in tribute.

 

[Levo-Lon]

One of the best lines,..in the bar buying everyone a drink...

RIP Warren

 

[speccy1]

YOOOOOOOO BLOODY SILLY MOO!!!!!

 

[Tin Pot]

you do realise Alf was a parody. johnny speight was a great writer and warren was a great actor.

Even to this day?

When I was a kid most of my friends thought it was celebrating racism and sexism. It took me a while to get over myself, but not this long!

He was hilarious once you'd realised

RIP

This world can never have enough comic actors.

 

[Levo-Lon]

^^^ spot on

 

[Profpointy]

Brilliant actor, in quite a lot of things. As well as Alf I fondly remember a one-off TV play where he was the foreman of a gang of removal men in a "seven deadly sins" type episodic story, each move representing a sin. Nigel Hawthorne and Leo Mckern (rumpole) were two of the movers.

Unlike most comic creations, Alf really had no redeeming features at all but a magnificent creation owing as much to Michel as to the writers. He did a great speech on smoking - which got more and more preposterous till finally he claimed he was "smoking for the Queen"

 

[Drago]

Anyone remember the episode where Alf fell asleep in the garden and dreamed he was bowling for Englad?

 

[speccy1]

Anyone remember the episode where Alf fell asleep in the garden and dreamed he was bowling for Englad?

Got the dvd with that one on