IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Richard Mansfield
Played by David Mitchell
Richard Mansfield is the grandiose veteran stage actor played by David Mitchell in Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping's Last Words sketch. On his deathbed he stages his final words like a performance for his three grown-up children, then…
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Richard Mansfield is the grandiose veteran stage actor played by David Mitchell in Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping's Last Words sketch. On his deathbed he stages his final words like a performance for his three grown-up children, then keeps talking after every supposed exit line.
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