Christopher Mitchell (actor) - Revision history

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	~~\| name = Christopher Mitchell~~
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	\| birth_name = Christopher Mitchell Driver		\| birth_name = Christopher Mitchell Driver
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1948\|5\|21\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1948\|05\|21\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Surrey]], England		\| birth_place = [[Surrey]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2001\|2\|22\|1948\|5\|21\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2001\|02\|22\|1948\|05\|21\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[King's Lynn]], [[Norfolk]], England		\| death_place = [[King's Lynn]], [[Norfolk]], England
	\| nationality = British		\| nationality = British

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{{Short description|British actor (1948–2001)}}
{{Other people|Christopher Mitchell}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Christopher Mitchell
| image = Christopher_Mitchell_(actor).jpg
| birth_name = Christopher Mitchell Driver
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|5|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|2|22|1948|5|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [[King's Lynn]], [[Norfolk]], England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actor
| parents = [[Norman Mitchell]]
| years_active = 1967–2001
}}

'''Christopher Mitchell Driver''' (21 May 1948 – 22 February 2001) was a British [[actor]] known for his role in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/130b/christopher-mitchell|title=Christopher Mitchell | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=25682|title=Christopher Mitchell|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His film credits include ''[[Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (film)|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush]]'' (1967), ''[[A Promise of Bed|This, That and the Other]]'' (1969), ''[[The Sex Thief]]'' (1973) and ''[[What's Up Superdoc!]]'' (1978).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5090a56|title=Christopher Mitchell|website=BFI}}</ref>

He appeared in two episodes of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' ("[[May The Force Be With You (Only Fools and Horses)|May the Force Be With You]]", 1983 and "[[To Hull and Back]]", 1985), playing policeman Terry Hoskins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/only_fools_and_horses/episodes/3/5/|title=Only Fools And Horses Series 3, Episode 5 - May The Force Be With You|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/cast/christopher-mitchell|title=Christopher Mitchell|website=MUBI}}</ref> In addition he had parts in many other comedies such as: ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''; ''[[Never the Twain]]'' and ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]''.<ref name=mylondon/>

He died from [[cancer]] at the age of 52, a month before his father, actor [[Norman Mitchell]], and in the same year as [[Kenneth MacDonald (English actor)|Kenneth MacDonald]], another actor with a role as a gunner in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', who died of a heart attack aged 50.<ref name=mylondon>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/only-fools-horses-keeping-up-20714970|title=The Only Fools and Horses actor who died tragically young at 52|first=Lucy|last=Williamson|date=1 June 2021|website=MyLondon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kenneth-macdonald-9142937.html|title=Kenneth MacDonald|date=21 February 2014|website=The Independent}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0593224|Christopher Mitchell}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Christopher}}
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:2001 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in England]]
[[Category:British male television actors]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]

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