Warren Mitchell Filmography

Gormenghast

Actors: Christopher Lee, Neve McIntosh, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Synopsis: The Groan family has led the people for years from their castle, Gormenghast. Although a new heir, Titus Groan, has just come into the world, a scheming kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins an elaborate attempt to take control. Surprisingly Steerpike faces his stiffest competition from the usually Read More

Crackers

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Daniel Kellie, Peter Rowsthorn, Susan Lyons, Terry Gill

Synopsis: David Swann directed this Australian Christmas comedy told from the point of view of bright 12-year-old Joey Dredge (Daniel Kellie). After the accidental death of his father, Joey resents Bruno (Peter Rowsthorn), the new boyfriend of his mother, Hilary Dredge (Susan Lyons), and he has an equal Read More

A Word with Alf [TV Series]

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Brian J. Murphy

Synopsis: As of this writing, A Word With Alf was the last in a seemingly endless parade of spin-offs from the landmark British sitcom Till Death Do Us Part -- which, of course, served as the inspiration for the American series All in the Family. Warren Mitchell returned to the fold as babbling bigot Alf Read More

An Audience with...Alf Garnett

Actors: Warren Mitchell

Ain't Misbehavin'

Actors: Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Jim Carter, Jane Lapotaire, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Robson Green and Jerome Flynn headline this musical comedy drama set during the 1940 Blitz of London, and following the exploits of unlikely friends Eddie Wallis (Flynn) and Eric Trapp (Green). Principled RAF pilot Eddie Wallis has been discharged from the military on medical grounds following a Read More

Jackaroo

Kokoda Crescent

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Bill Kerr, Ruth Cracknell, Madge Ryan, Martin Vaughan

Synopsis: In this strange caper flick, a trio of old codgers who served in World War Two decide to go after a crooked cop, after running into a wall of indifference by authorities to the death of one man's grandson from a heroin overdose. The resulting violence and mayhem would do credit to a large crew of Read More

Knights and Emeralds

Actors: Christopher Wild, Warren Mitchell, Bill Leadbitter, Rachel Davies

Synopsis: In a gritty teen drama-comedy about racial tensions and high school competition, Christopher Wild stars as Kevin, the son of a white racist who goes against his father's prejudices by making friends with many black kids at school. The blacks have a band and majorette corps called the Crusaders Read More

Foreign Body

Actors: Victor Banerjee, Warren Mitchell, Geraldine McEwan, Denis Quilley, Amanda Donohoe

Synopsis: Victor Banerjee, the India-born star of David Lean's A Passage to India, is the central figure of director Ronald L. Neame's Foreign Body. Jobless in Calcutta, Banerjee steals money from his own father to afford passage to Britain. There he makes contact with his cousin Warren Mitchell, who Read More

The Chain

Actors: Herbert Norville, Denis Lawson, Rita Wolf, Maurice Denham, Nigel Hawthorne, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Warren Mitchell, David Troughton, Phyllis Logan

Synopsis: The Chain is linked by a series of moves. As one couple moves out of their current residence to live in posher quarters, another moves in, and so it goes all the way up to the lavish mansioned owned by self-made millionaire Leo McKern. The cycle starts all over again when McKern, wishing to be Read More

The Dunera Boys

Synopsis: Dunera Boys is all the more incredible when one realizes that it is founded in truth. At the beginning of the second World War, the English government sanctioned the arrest of any German nationals suspected of being spies. Among these was a group of Jewish refugees, as well as several completely Read More

Man of Letters

Synopsis: Listed as an Australian TV production, Man of Letters was largely produced through the auspices of Columbia University. The project consists of four hour-long installments, each designed to enhance the audience's appreciation of great literature. Four separate "men of letters" are scrutinized and Read More

The Last Bastion

Synopsis: The political battles waged by Australian Prime Minister John Curtin against Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and others during the Second World War are the subject of this docudrama. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Waterfront

Synopsis: When a pay cut sends Australian dock workers on strike, a group of Italian immigrants are hired to take their place, causing much resentment and hatred on both sides. However, when an Italian woman and an Australian man start up a passionate affair, they discover that they must work to preserve Read More

The Plague Dogs

Actors: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Like Watership Down, Plague Dogs is an animated cartoon feature based on a novel by Richard Adams and produced by Martin Rosen. And also like Watership Down, it is more appropriate for an older audience. Two dogs escape from a British government research lab. As the authorities hunt down the Read More

Norman Loves Rose

Actors: Carol Kane, Tony Owen, Warren Mitchell, Myra de Groot, David Downer

Synopsis: In this Australian coming-of-age comedy, a 13-year old boy falls in love with his seductive sister-in-law. Though much older, she is touched by his crush and begins to teach him about lovemaking. The trouble begins when she turns up pregnant and cannot remember whether the father is her husband or Read More

The Merchant of Venice

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins

Synopsis: Bassanio (John Nettles), a young man of Venice, falls hopelessly in love with fair Portia (Gemma Jones), a wealthy heiress. But his pocket lacks the jingle to woo her. So Bassanio obtains a loan from the Jewish moneylender Shylock (Warren Mitchell), and his friend Antonio(John Franklyn-Robbins) Read More

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Actors: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Athol Fugard, Gerry Sundquist, Donald Sumpter

Synopsis: Peter Brook, one of the pioneers of the experimental theatre movement of the 1950s and 1960s, was the director of Meetings with Remarkable Men. Brook tells the story of Asian mystic G. I. Gurdijeff, here played by Dragan Maksimovic. Gurdijeff devotes his entire existence, from youth to old age, in Read More

Jabberwocky

Actors: Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Deborah Fallender, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the Read More

Stand up Virgin Soldiers

Actors: Robin Askwith, Nigel Davenport, George Layton, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: In this comedy, two soldiers stationed in Singapore set off in pursuit of the fairer sex instead of carrying out their orders. Soon after their arrival on the exotic island, the two visit a local brothel and there encounter a pair of lusty nurses who have also come in for a bit of erotic R&R. Read More

The Bananas Boat

Actors: Doug McClure, Hayley Mills, Lionel Jeffries

Synopsis: What Changed Charley Farthing stars Doug McClure as a wayfaring sailor stopping over in Havana. In the tradition of The African Queen, the sailor becomes a reluctant hero when he is hired to give safe passage out of Cuba to a young woman (Hayley Mills) and her father (Lionel Jeffries). This Read More

Innocent Bystanders

Actors: Michael Poole, Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin, Donald Pleasence, Dana Andrews, Sue Lloyd

Synopsis: Innocent Bystanders stars Stanley Baker as a Bondlike British secret service agent. In collaboration with fellow spies Geraldine Chaplin and Dana Andrews, Baker is sent behind the Iron Curtain to locate a Russian scientist who has escaped from Siberia. There's a likelihood that the scientist was Read More

The Alf Garnett Saga

All the Way Up

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Pat Heywood, Elaine Taylor, Kenneth Cranham, Vanessa Howard

Synopsis: Warren Mitchell stars in All the Way Up as a dimwitted British salesman. Though a bit shy in the brains department, Mitchell has hopes of climbing the corporate ladder. To do this, he tries to whip his addled family into a semblance of social acceptability. This being a comedy, Mitchell soon Read More

The Best House in London

Actors: David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders, Dany Robin, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: In this British farce, the British Home Secretary satisfies the men of London by sanctioning a government-run brothel. This comedy chronicles what happens when secretary John Bird appoints Sir Francis Leybourne to run the place. Bird then has his lovely girlfriend Babbette act as the Madame. Sir Read More

The Assassination Bureau

Actors: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: The Assassination Bureau is loosely based on a turn-of-the-century yarn written by Jack London. Nellie Bly-style girl reporter Sonya Winter (Diana Rigg) tries to get the goods on shady businessman Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed). Ivan is in charge of a wide-reaching organization which, for a price Read More

Moon Zero Two

Actors: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, Ori Levy

Synopsis: A spaceman -- with a raygun -- for hire takes on a crooked land baron in this drama that moves Western themes into outer space. In the year 2021, Bill Kemp (James Olson), the first man to walk on Mars, is an astronaut for hire, renting his services to the highest bidder. J.J. Hubbard (Warren Mitchell Read More

Diamonds for Breakfast

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor, Maggie Blye, Francisca Tu

Synopsis: Marcello Mastroianni marks his English language film debut in this featherweight caper film directed by first-time director Christopher Morahan. Mastroianni plays the owner of a London boutique who also happens to be the fourth in line to succeed the Russian throne. Mastroianni, feeling that the Read More

Till Death Us Do Part

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth, Una Stubbs, Liam Redmond

Synopsis: This film is taken from the popular British television series. Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell) is a middle-aged bigot who loves the Queen and all that for which the kingdom (or what is left of it) stands, right or wrong. He puts up with his dizzy wife, Else (Dandy Nichols), his liberated daughter (Una Stubbs Read More

Alf 'n' Family

Synopsis: The British television series Til Death Do Us Part was the forerunner to the American TV hit All in the Family. The original series' Archie Bunker was Alf Garnett, a bigoted, profane cockney played by Warren Mitchell. The "Edith" was the dimwitted Else, portrayed by Dandy Nichols. The British Read More

The Jokers

Actors: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald, Daniel Massey

Synopsis: Two brothers looking to avoid becoming pawns of the establishment come up with a better way of making a living -- through theft -- in this satiric comedy. David Tremayne (Oliver Reed) is a successful London architect, and his younger brother Michael (Michael Crawford) is weighing his options after Read More

Avengers: The See-Through Man

Synopsis: This time around, Steed and Peel come up against an "invisible man." Actually, he only feigns invisibility, but his deception is enough to nearly bankrupt the British government, as the villain merrily steals important documents on behalf of a pair of sinister foreign agents. Roy Kinnear, best Read More

Night Caller from Outer Space

Actors: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines, Jack Watson, Alfred Burke

Synopsis: In this British sci-fi thriller, a spacecraft from Ganymede, the moon of Jupiter, lands in a small community, and the alien visitors set out to find women. It seems that their population has become dangerously low and they need human females for breeding purposes. When the police begin receiving Read More

The Sandwich Man

Actors: Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Diana Dors

Synopsis: Horace Quilby (Michael Bentine) is a sandwich-board advertising man who gets a tour of London and sees some of the city's most offbeat and outrageous characters in this situation comedy. British blonde bombshell (Diana Dors) co-stars. Watch for Michael Chaplin (son of Charlie) as a beatnik artist. Read More

Drop Dead, Darling

Actors: Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nancy Kwan

Synopsis: This uneven black comedy went into production as My Last Duchess. It then went through three title changes, representing, in the words of historian Leslie Halliwell, "a descending order of wit": Arrividerci, Baby, Drop Dead, Darling, and You Just Kill Me! Tony Curtis plays a charming contemporary Read More

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Actors: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec

Synopsis: Based on the novel by John Le Carre, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold stars Richard Burton as a dispirited, end-of-tether British secret agent. He comes in from "the cold" (meaning he is pulled out of field operations) to act as a undercover man behind the Iron Curtain. To make his staged Read More

Avengers: Two's a Crowd

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Regular viewers were in for a jolt when, early in the proceedings of the December 18, 1965, episode "Two's a Crowd," hero John Steed was killed right before their eyes. Actually, the dead man was a double of Steed, an enemy agent hired by a mysterious masterspy known as Psev. As the real Read More

Help!

Actors: The Beatles, Leo McKern

Synopsis: In their second feature with director Richard Lester, who oversaw the massive hit A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles again aim for a mix of goofy comedy and sterling pop music. There is slightly more of a plot this time, though it is a patently ridiculous one: a sacred ruby ring comes into Ringo's Read More

San Ferry Ann

Synopsis: In this British comedy, a group of aged travelers on vacation in France have many fun encounters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Intelligence Men

Actors: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn, April Olrich, Gloria Paul, Jacqueline Jones

Synopsis: Made in England at a time when Morecambe and Wise were popular with TV audiences, this movie is as good as it is because of the inclusion of three of their more popular routines. A surprisingly complicated plot, though very thin, keeps the audience confused, however, in a tale rife with political Read More

Carry on Cleo

Actors: Sidney James, Kenny Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

Synopsis: The multi-million dollar film extravaganza Cleopatra was too convenient a target for Britain's "Carry On" funsters to ignore. The plot of Carry on Cleo, if one can discern a plot amidst the sight gags and outrageous puns, involves the attempts by a bungling slave (Kenneth Connor) to rescue Julius Read More

Avengers: The Charmers

Synopsis: First telecast on February 29, 1964, this episode was penned by Avengers stalwart Brian Clemens. Steed finds himself under suspicion when several enemy agents are killed off in a short period of time. In order to clear himself and avert an international incident, Steed works side by side with the Read More

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

Actors: Warren Mitchell, John Challis

Synopsis: "Poor" Mickey is played by John Malcolm in this youth-oriented British programmer. The leader of a gang of preteen juvenile delinquents, Mickey delights in terrorizing his elders. He makes a serious mistake, however, when he tries to torment professional magician Emilio Dinelli (Warren Mitchell). Read More

Promise Her Anything

Actors: Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Keenan Wynn, Hermione Gingold

Synopsis: A woman has to choose between the rich man she wants and the bohemian type who loves her in this comedy. Michele O'Brien (Leslie Caron) is a young widow raising a baby in Greenwich Village. She's decided that her child needs a father, and she determines that her best bet as a prospective mate is Read More

The Sicilians

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a Mafioso decides to go straight and turn states evidence against the mob. The mob retaliates by kidnapping the squealer's son. To get him back, the ex-gangster enlists the aid of a dancer, a worker for the American embassy, and Scotland Yard. At the end of it all, the boy is Read More

Seventy Deadly Pills

Synopsis: Children all over the city have eaten what they believed was candy. It is then discovered that it is actually a slow-acting, deadly poison. This drama centers on the efforts of the police to find these children before it is too late. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Incident at Midnight

Synopsis: In this medical drama, a doctor loses his medical license after his addiction to drugs is discovered. Trouble ensues when he sees an ex-Nazi who is secretly leading the local drug ring. The police get wind of the operation and destroy it. The Nazi is killed too. Meanwhile the doctor overcomes his Read More

The Unearthly Stranger

Actors: John Neville, Philip Stone, Patrick Newell, Jean Marsh

Synopsis: The Unearthly Stranger takes a romantic approach to standard sci-fi material. John Neville marries mysterious Gabriella Lucidi, but begins questioning his judgment when his new bride exhibits some curious behavioral traits. When he discovers that Lucidi has no pulse, Neville is really thrown for a Read More

The Main Attraction

Actors: Nancy Kwan, Pat Boone, Mai Zetterling, Yvonne Mitchell, Kieron Moore

Synopsis: A rather innocent and naive tale of romance, The Main Attraction features clean-cut Pat Boone trying to drop his good-boy image and not wholly succeeding. He plays Eddie, who works in an Italian café until he is fired for mixing it up with some rowdies. Hitting the pavement, he runs into Gina (Mai Zetterling Read More

Calculated Risk

Synopsis: In this British crime drama, bank robbers accidently detonate a bomb left over from WW II while tunneling into a bank vault. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Avengers: The Golden Fleece

Synopsis: Steed searches high and low for Mister Lo (Robert Lee), an infamous gold smuggler. His investigation leads to a group of disgruntled military men who use their ill-gotten gains for a surprisingly worthy cause. Elements essential to the plot include a mysterious check for 5,000 pounds, a Chinese Read More

The Small World of Sammy Lee

Actors: Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Based on a BBC television program, this underworld drama set in London's Soho district created a different sort of role for star Anthony Newley, normally a performer associated with light musical comedy. Newley is the titular character, the master of ceremonies at a sleazy strip club owned by Read More

Operation Snatch

Synopsis: A British officer must save the Barbary apes on Gibralter at all costs in this WW II farce. He does this, because it is believed that if the apes leave the rock, Britain will fall. The trouble begins when the only male ape dies. To save the rest, the officer and his side-kick sneak in to Zurich Read More

Village of Daughters

Actors: Eric Sykes, Scilla Gabel, Gregoire Aslan, John Le Mesurier

Synopsis: When a traveling salesman arrives to hawk his wares in an economically depressed Italian village, the last thing he expects is to be assailed by the most beautiful single girls in town, but that is exactly what happens. The reason for it stems from the fact that all but one of the town's eligible Read More

Postman's Knock

Actors: Spike Milligan, Barbara Shelley, John Wood, Archie Duncan, Wilfred Lawson

Synopsis: In this routine, slapstick, frenetic tale, British comic Spike Milligan stars as Harold Petts, a rural mailman with a sudden promotion that ends up getting him into a lot of trouble. Harold is supposed to be trained behind the scenes at London's busiest post office but even after his first day in Read More

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Actors: Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Thorley Walters, Irene Handl, Eric Barker

Synopsis: One in the series of St. Trinian's off-beat, irreverent comedies that began in 1953 and continued strong through the '60s, this farce by Frank Launder features the usual bevy of comely young women who attend the school. This time around, the femmes terribles have just burnt down the school and Read More

The Curse of the Werewolf

Actors: Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Catherine Feller, Anthony Dawson

Synopsis: After injecting new life into classic movie monsters Dracula and Frankenstein, Hammer Studios apply their Gothic touch to another monster genre with this excellent, stylish piece -- probably the best of the old school (i.e. pre-Rick Baker) man-to-wolf transformation films in the mold of Read More

Why Bother to Knock?

Actors: Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Judith Anderson, Rik Battaglia

Synopsis: In this British bedroom farce, Bill Ferguson (Richard Todd), a Scottish travel agent, has a major row with his fiancée Stella (June Thorburn) shortly before leaving for a jaunt through Europe. Considering himself free to do as he pleases, Bill gives keys to his Edinburgh apartment to a number of Read More

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Actors: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne, Jill St. John, Lotte Lenya

Synopsis: Vivien Leigh plays Karen Stone, a middle-aged actress whose career is in a tailspin. To assuage her hurt feelings, Karen goes on a vacation to Rome with her husband, who dies en route. Her best friend (Coral Browne) compassionately arranges for a young Italian escort (read: gigolo) to keep Karen Read More

Hell Is a City

Actors: Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw

Synopsis: With an award-winning screenplay by director Val Guest, this is a first-rate cops-and-robbers crime drama about a dangerous escaped convict and the police inspector who goes after him. The gritty industrial town of Manchester and its outlying moors provide a somber backdrop to the action. Read More

Two-Way Stretch

Actors: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham

Synopsis: Peter Sellers stars as an inmate in a "model prison" run by Maurice Denham. Though Sellers is disinclined to escape (he's never been as comfortable in his life), he is convinced to do so by phony vicar Wilfred Hyde-White, who breaks into jail to outline a robbery scheme. Hyde-White's plan is to Read More

The Boy Who Stole a Million

Actors: Virgilio Teixeira, Maurice Reyna, Marianne Benet,