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| name        = Christopher Mitchell
| image      = Christopher_Mitchell_(actor).jpg
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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
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0593224|Christopher Mitchell}}
*{{IMDb name|0593224|Christopher Mitchell}}
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Latest revision as of 12:39, 11 March 2023

Christopher Mitchell
Christopher Mitchell (actor).jpg
Born
Christopher Mitchell Driver

(1948-05-21)21 May 1948
Surrey, England
Died22 February 2001(2001-02-22) (aged 52)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1967–2001
ParentNorman Mitchell

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.[1][2] His film credits include Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967), This, That and the Other (1969), The Sex Thief (1973) and What's Up Superdoc! (1978).[3]

He appeared in two episodes of Only Fools and Horses ("May the Force Be With You", 1983 and "To Hull and Back", 1985), playing policeman Terry Hoskins.[4][5] In addition he had parts in many other comedies such as: Keeping Up Appearances; Never the Twain and That's My Boy.[6]

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, another actor with a role as a gunner in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, who died of a heart attack aged 50.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Christopher Mitchell | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. ^ "Christopher Mitchell". www.aveleyman.com.
  3. ^ "Christopher Mitchell". BFI.
  4. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Only Fools And Horses Series 3, Episode 5 - May The Force Be With You". British Comedy Guide.
  5. ^ "Christopher Mitchell". MUBI.
  6. ^ a b Williamson, Lucy (1 June 2021). "The Only Fools and Horses actor who died tragically young at 52". MyLondon.
  7. ^ "Kenneth MacDonald". The Independent. 21 February 2014.

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