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Roy Kinnear

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jan 8, 1934 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Roy Mitchell Kinnear (January 8, 1934 – September 20, 1988) was an English character actor and comedian. He was known for his acting roles in movies such as Henry Salt in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Algernon in The Beatles' Help! (1965), Clapper in How I Won the War (1967) and Planchet in The Three Musketeers (1973). He reprised the role of Planchet in the 1974 and 1989 sequels, and died following an accident during filming of the latter.

Known For

Acting
2005The Best Of Dick Emery
2002After They Were FamousSelf (archive footage)
1995The Beatles AnthologyAlgernon (archive footage)
1991The Princess and the GoblinMump (voice)
1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookWeller (archive footage)
1989The Return of the MusketeersPlanchet
1988A Man for All SeasonsThe Common Man
1988Mr. H Is Late
1988Just Ask for DiamondJack Splendide
1988Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
1987CasanovaBalbi
1987Hardwicke HouseMr Wickham
1986PiratesDutch
1986Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnBaron Hardup
1986CasualtyBrian McCarthy
1985Urban JungleEric Burke
1985Bertha
1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterFuneral Director
1985Super GranCyril Small
1984This Office LifeCommissionaire
1984Squaring the CircleKania
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodFriar Tuck
1984TowserNarrator
1984The ClairvoyantArnold Bristow
1983Anna Pavlovagardener
1983SuperTedBulk
1982Anyone for DenisBoris
1982HammettEnglish Eddie Hagedorn
1982The Boys in BlueMr. Lloyd
1982Anyone for Denis?
1982The Kenny Everett Television ShowVarious
1982The Agatha Christie Hour
1982WoganSelf
1982Legacy of Murder
1982Anyone for Denis?Boris
1981If You Go Down in the Woods TodayFishfingers
1981We Had Some Happy HoursHenry
1981The Incredible Mr Tanner
1980Hawk the SlayerInnkeeper
1980Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980High Rise DonkeyMr. Garnett, Caretaker
1980CowboysJoe Jones
1979Quincy's QuestTop
1979The London ConnectionBidley
1979MinderWhaley
1979Blankety Blank
1979MinderFat Charlie
1979The Marti Caine Show
1979Dick Turpin
1978The Talking ParcelEthelred
1978Watership DownPipkin (voice)
1978The Day Dumbfounded Got His PylonRupert Skern
1978Kasper's Last StandKasper
1978The Hound of the BaskervillesSelden the Axe Murderer
1978Blake's 7Keller
1978An Audience with...Self
1977Herbie Goes to Monte CarloQuincey
1977Escape from Stalag Luft 112BVogel
1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteBoldini
1977The Mayor's CharityRoderick Major
1977No Appointment Necessary
1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseRichard Burton
1976Not Now, ComradeHoskins
1976Zoo Time
1976Treasure Hunt
1976Alice Goes Pop
1976Airborne
1976Waxworks
1976Holiday SpiritRoy Witty
1976N.U.T.S.
1976Ripping Yarns
1976George and MildredJerry
1975Eskimo NellBenny U. Murdoch
1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingSuperintendent Grubbs
1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherMoriarty's Assistant
1975Three for AllHounslow Joe
1975The Amorous MilkmanSergeant
1975The SweeneyFrankie Little
1974The Four MusketeersPlanchet
1974JuggernautSocial Director Curtain
1974South Riding
1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnBishop of Paris
1973The Three MusketeersPlanchet
1973The Cobblers of UmbridgeDan and Doris Cobbler
1973Man About the HouseJerry
1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCheshire Cat
1972The Pied PiperBurgermeister Poppendick
1972That's Your FuneralPurvis
1972Raising the Roof
1972Madame SinHolidaymaker
1972The Alf Garnett SagaWally
1972The AdventurerMarks
1972SykesUncle Arthur
1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMr. Salt
1971MelodyMr. Perkins
1971The FirechasersRoscoe
1971Everybody Say CheeseHenry Hunter
1971Jason King
1970Scrooge2nd Gentleman of Charity
1970Taste the Blood of DraculaWeller
1970On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverPrince Regent
1970Egghead's Robot
1970Play for TodayRoderick Major
1970The GoodiesProfessor Nuts
1970The GoodiesEmperor
1969Lock Up Your DaughtersSir Tunbelly Clumsey
1969The Bed Sitting RoomPlastic Mac Man
1968Only When I LarfHotel Chef (uncredited)
1968Inside George WebleyGeorge Webley
1968Nicholas NicklebyGentleman Next Door
1967How I Won the WarClapper
1967The Deadly AffairAdam Scarr
1967The Mini-AffairFire Extinguisher Salesman
1967The Go-karters
1967All Gas and GaitersVerger
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumGladiator Instructor
1966Till Death Us Do PartLorry Driver
1966Till Death Us Do PartWorkmate
1966Till Death Us Do PartSid
1965The HillMonty Bartlett
1965Help!Algernon
1965A Slight Case Of...
1964French DressingHenry Liggott
1964Hamlet at ElsinoreGravedigger
1964A World Of His OwnStanley Blake
1963Sparrows Can't SingFred Gooding
1963A Place to GoBunting
1963Heavens Above!Fred Smith
1963The InformersShorty
1963County of the ClydeNarrator
1963The Small World of Sammy LeeLucky Dave
1963The Dick Emery Show
1963FestivalMr. Bolt
1962The BoysMark Salmon
1962Tiara TahitiCapt. Enderby
1962That Was The Week That Was
1962Richard the LionheartNectabanus
1962Richard the LionheartMichael
1961The WeddingBest Man
1961The AvengersHappychap
1961The AvengersQuilby
1961Drama 61-67Oliver Strickland
1960Sunday-Night PlayBruce
1956Armchair TheatreDouglas Maclntyre
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBidley
-The Princess And The Peaking
-Cowboys
-A Wedding