Which of these TV comedy actors was at university with the film star Richard Burton?

Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, Glamorgan, Wales. He was a successful Shakespearean actor and had an extensive film career; he is seen here with Elizabeth Taylor in their final film, “Divorce His, Divorce Hers” (1973). His acting career began in 1943; a year later, he completed a six-month scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford as a Royal Air Force (RAF) student cadet on a six-month university short course, which the armed services sponsored for potential officers.

Warren Mitchell was born Warren Misell on 14 January 1926 in Stoke Newington, London. He was a multiple award-winning TV and theatrical actor and, in the 1960s, rose to prominence in the role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in the breakthrough BBC sitcom “Till Death Us Do Part,” the series that inspired “All in the Family” in the United States. In 1944 he studied physical chemistry at University College, Oxford, also as an RAF cadet student. There he met his contemporary, Richard Burton.

Burton and Mitchell joined the RAF together in October 1944, but Burton was disqualified for pilot training because his eyesight was below par, and served as a navigator for three years. Mitchell also trained as a navigator; Richard Burton's description of the acting profession had convinced him that it would be better than completing his degree and so Mitchell attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Burton died on 5th August 1984 and Mitchell on 14 November 2015.