Archibald Lionel "Archie" Mitchell is a
fictional character from the
BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by
Larry Lamb. The character of Archie is the father of already established characters
Ronnie (
Samantha Womack) and
Roxy Mitchell (
Rita Simons), and a member of the Mitchell family, who have appeared in the soap since 1990. Roxy is the younger of the two daughters and seemingly shared a closer relationship with Archie whereas Ronnie's relationship with him is not so amicable. After originally leaving Walford following the revelation of his deceit and lies, Archie returned on 9 July 2009, and made his last appearance (as a corpse) on 28 December 2009 after being murdered on Christmas Day.