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name: "James Mitchell"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 March 1926"
died: "15 September 2002"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:17:05.168982+00:00"
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# James Mitchell

Writer. Born 12 March 1926 in South Shields, England, UK. Died 15 September 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 March 1926, South Shields, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 September 2002
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6139845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1250448/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109199

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

James Mitchell was a British screenwriter and novelist. He was born on 12 March 1926 in South Shields and died on 15 September 2002 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The son of a shipyard worker, he studied at Oxford, where he received BA and MA degrees, and later taught for around fifteen years before moving to London in 1968 to write full time. He also wrote under the pseudonyms James Munro and Patrick O. McGuire.

Mitchell created the ITV series *Callan* (1967–1972) and the BBC series *When the Boat Comes In* (1976–1981). He wrote episodes of *The Avengers* (five episodes, 1961–1963), *The Troubleshooters* and *Justice*, among other television dramas. He was nominated for a BAFTA award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

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