Archie Mitchell

**Archie Mitchell** was a villainous entrepreneur from british soap opera, **EastEnders**.

## About

Actor, Larry Lamb was casted in the role of of Archie in May 2008, making his debut in July 2008, his character casted as the father of both Mitchell sisters, Ronnie and Roxy, as well as being the brother of Peggy's former husband, Eric Mitchell.

Archie is often depicted as EastEnders' best villain or at the very least one of. The character would be killed off in a Whodunit plot after making many enemies in just the one year while on the show in December 2009, with the reveal being during the shows groundbreaking 25th anniversary episodes in February 2010 when it was revealed that character, Stacey Slater was Archie's killer.

In September 2022, Archie made a come back via a flashback episode, he was portrayed by actor, Henry Garrett.

## Legacy

Archie was putting straight nothing short of evil, manipulated, cruel and sinister. He spent years - half his life infact! hidning who he really was to those around him, all expect his daugher, Ronnie, who Archie physically and sexually abused as soon as Ronnie hit her teenage years. This obviously lead to the sour relationship between the two while Roxy, Archie's other daughter doted on him.

Some of the secrets Archie hid from his loved ones was obviously starting - his abuse of Ronnie, giving away Ronnie's child and lying to her that the child had died and his true feelings towards his brothers, Eric's wife, Peggy.

Archie was instantly shown towards viewers how nasty he was during his arrival and Larry Lamb's performances were nothing short of great! - Archie immediately got with Peggy and the two would embark on a relationship however by spring 2009 Archie's true colours where exposed just before the death of Danielle. Leading Archie to split from Peggy.

After the split from Peggy, Archie stuck around not being chased out of town from tbose who didn't want him around infact Archie may of been an old man past his prime but he certainly wasn't intimidated by the younger and even more dangerous hardmen of Albert Sqaure which would included his nephew, Phil Mitchell, former soldier and the unhinged, Sean Slater and the charismatic detective, Jack Branning. Archie was infact the one of if not the first person to call out Phil on his empty threats to kill, after Phil had previously kidnapped Archie who was ordered to kill him by Peggy but opted against it.

Over the second half of 2009, Archie became more and more desperate and sinister, he eventually is paired by the writers with the equally villainous, Janine Butcher and thus began to make a bunch of enemies, Archie would also do his cruelest act by raping a vulnerable Stacey Slater. By Chrismas Archie had brought The Vic and thrown out the Mitchell's on Christmas eve and during an altercation with Ronnie, Archie caused his own daughter to lose another baby by pushing her onto the bar. Eventually, Archie was murdered by an unknown person on Christmas day 2009.

Suspects from the show and media a like included: The Mitchell's - Peggy, Phil, Grant, Ben, Billy, Ronnie and Roxy. Ian Beale, Janine Butcher, Sean and Stacey Slater. Bradley and Jack Branning and finally, Ryan Malloy. Both Grant and Sean were the only characters that were not present on the show at the time of Archie's murder - In February 2010 however it would infact be revealed Stacey Slater who killed Archie during alive episode for the 25th Anniversary.

Despite being killed off Archie returned during a flashback to 1979 involving life for the Mitchell's. Archie to this day is still talked about by both the show and fans alike he has cemented himself as one of soaps all time best villains and that's down to both the writers and of course the actor - Larry Lamb himself.

## Similar Characters

* This is a list of similar characters
* Patrick Blake - (Hollyoaks)
* Mac Nightingale - (Hollyoaks)
* Glenn Donovan - (Hollyoaks)

## Trivia

* Larry Lamb won best bad boy at the 2009 Inside Soap Awards for his portrayl of Archie.
* In 2010, Larry Lamb again won the best villain at the 2010 Soap Awards for his portrayl of Archie. "Who Killed Archie Mitchell?" also won best storyline that year. The episode in which Archie's killer was revealed also won best single episode that year - All at the 2009 British Soap Awards.

## Wiki And Web Links

* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie\_Mitchell
* https://eastenders.fandom.com/wiki/Archie\_Mitchell
* https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Archie\_Mitchell