Norman Mitchell, actor

Welcome to the web site in memory of British actor Norman Mitchell (1918 to 2001). Explore this site to buy his book “An Actor’s Life For Me”, view the gallery of pictures, find out about his latest film Room 36 from Ivory Tower Entertainment and view the pop video Down The Pub he made with his son, actor Christopher Mitchell.

During his acting career, Norman Mitchell made almost 200 film appearances, 500 radio broadcasts and an estimated 2,000 appearances on TV. Norman worked with directors as diverse as Peter Brook, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, Ken Russell and Michael Winner, and acted alongside Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, Robert Shaw, Robert Mitchum, Sammy Davis Jnr, Tony Hancock, Morecombe and Wise and many others.

Mitchell became known as the hardest working actor in the business.