rooster59 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Actor Warren Mitchell dies aged 89Actor Warren Mitchell, who played Alf Garnett in TV series Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health, has died aged 89. A statement from his family said the star died in the early hours of Saturday "surrounded by his family". "He has been in poor health for some time, but was cracking jokes to the last," the family added. Mitchell's great nephew paid tribute to him on Twitter, saying he was "the last of his generation". The full tweet read: "Just got the news my great uncle Warren Mitchell (aka Alf Garnett) died last night. The last of his generation, wonderful and funny man RIP." Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34820371 -- BBC 2015-11-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I remember sitting around the black and white telly with my family as a child cracking up watching "till death do us part " cracking up. Imagine a show like that today...people would be up in arms but the world was a better place then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 RiP. Thank you for all the laughs over the years Alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy Gambino Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Back when minorities knew their place. Joins the silly old moo now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 RIP...Legend. And i've never forgotten that West Ham won the World Cup ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heardy Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 R I P Warren Mitchel . What a pity we can no longer get a laugh from politically in correct jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I suppose "Alf" was my first experience of watching a man "not holding back",.... of saying straight out what he thought. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Was it the PC that killed him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 RIP...Legend. And i've never forgotten that West Ham won the World Cup ! Though Warren Mitchell was a life long Spurs supporter. A brilliant character was Alf Garnett and Warren was also a wonderful actor. I saw him play the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman at the National Theatre, he was superb. One of the greats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 RIP Warren, I absolutely loved him in Till Death Do Us Part. I used his catchphrase often in my youth when I had a row with the wife "You silly moo I'm goin down the pub" Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 The irony of a left-wing, Jewish, Spurs supporter playing a Conservative-voting West Ham fan was not lost on Mitchell, although he became concerned that some of his audience failed to recognise the show as satire. He recalled an exchange with a fellow Tottenham fan who had come up to congratulate him on "having a go" at immigrants. "Actually," Mitchell tersely replied, "we're having a go at idiots like you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 We were all outraged by Alf Garnett. He did a lot for our sanity. RIP Warren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolsti Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I still use the phrase... Silly moo!. My staff take it as a Duhh that was rather obvious wasn't it exclamation. Giggles all round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Very said to hear that a Master of entertainment has left us,His memories of him and his work will be with us, Farewell Mr Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangmick Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 The irony of a left-wing, Jewish, Spurs supporter playing a Conservative-voting West Ham fan was not lost on Mitchell, although he became concerned that some of his audience failed to recognise the show as satire. He recalled an exchange with a fellow Tottenham fan who had come up to congratulate him on "having a go" at immigrants. "Actually," Mitchell tersely replied, "we're having a go at idiots like you." I was 10 when "Till Death.." was first broadcast. In my predominantly white, but changing, working class district there were many intelligent people who understood satire. But the adults saw what they wanted to see, the threat to jobs from immigration, and passed their views to their children. We were ok, because my father was a craftsman, but many unskilled or semi skilled mill workers were looking over their shoulders. Alf struck a chord, just not in the way planned by his creators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 In the mid to late '60s we all picked up on Alf's mannerisms down the pub to get a point across " Look ...look , listen I'm trying to tell yer somefink in'I " Not so long ago it was George Cole that left us , now Warren Mitchell , 2 of the great artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 'It stands to reason , don't it' was the phrase I remember, as he jabbed his pipe in hand to bring home the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 R. I. P. Alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Beale Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 He had cherie blairs dad well described as a Scouse git. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheungWan Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 A class act. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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