1. Charles Gerald Anthony Mitchel was an Irish actor and broadcaster, best known as an RTE television newscaster for almost 23 years.
11 Facts About Charles Mitchel
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Charles Mitchel subsequently attended Trinity College Dublin where he studied forestry.
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Charles Mitchel immediately joined the Gate Theatre where he played with the Longford company until 1958.
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Charles Mitchel was one of the founders of Irish Actors Equity and served as president of the Catholic Stage Guild.
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In 1961 Charles Mitchel, joined the newly formed state television station, Telefis Eireann, as its first chief newsreader.
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Charles Mitchel read the very first bulletin on the network at 9.15pm on Sunday 31 December 1961.
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Charles Mitchel retired from RTE on Thursday 8 November 1984 after presenting his last TV bulletin, the flagship Nine O'Clock News.
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Charles Mitchel was keenly interested in animal welfare and served as vice-president of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for several years in the 1980s.
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Charles Mitchel bred basset hounds and adjudicated at dog shows.
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Charles Mitchel married Elizabeth Stubbs on 9 May 1949 and they had two children, Nicholas and Susan.
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Charles Mitchel died on 18 August 1996 at Bloomfield Nursing Home, Donnybrook and is buried at Glasnevin cemetery.