Mitchell had a long and distinguished career on stage and television. Other small screen roles included a 13-episode series, Men of Affairs with Brian Rix (ITV, 1973–74), based on the West End hit farce Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! There were also performances in 1975 in Play for Today (showing that he could play a serious character role in the episode, MossPlay for Today: Moss at IMDb), as William Wardle, a crooked accountant in The Sweeney episode Big Spender (Thames Television for ITV, 1978), Lovejoy (BBC), Waking the Dead (BBC), Kavanagh QC (Central Television for ITV, he played a concentration camp survivor in the episode Ancient History),"Kavanagh QC" Ancient History (1997) at IMDb website. Retrieved 13 June 2012 as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (BBC, 1980) and Gormenghast (BBC, 2000). In 1991 he starred as Ivan Fox, a Jewish atheist from London living in Belfast in So You Think You've Got Troubles, a BBC One comedy series written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks.
Mitchell had a long and distinguished career on stage and television Other small screen roles included a 13-episode series Men of Affairs with Brian Rix (ITV 1973–74) based on the West End hit farce Don't Just Lie There Say Something There were also performances in 1975 in Play for Today (showing that he could play a serious character role in the episode MossPlay for Today Moss at IMDb) as William Wardle a crooked accountant in The Sweeney episode Big Spender (Thames Television for ITV 1978) Lovejoy (BBC) Waking the Dead (BBC) Kavanagh QC (Central Television for ITV he played a concentration camp survivor in the episode Ancient History)"Kavanagh QC" Ancient History (1997) at IMDb website Retrieved 13 June 2012 as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (BBC 1980) and Gormenghast (BBC 2000) In 1991 he starred as Ivan Fox a Jewish atheist from London living in Belfast in So You Think You've Got Troubles a BBC One comedy series written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks