Roy Kinnear

Personal Info

Birthday

January 8, 1934

Day of Death

1988-09-20

(54 years old)

Place of Birth

Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK

Roy Kinnear

Biography

Roy Mitchell Kinnear 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

The Avengers

Minder

Play for Today

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Casualty

The Sweeney

The Goodies

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Filmography

1991
The Princess and the Goblin
as Mump (voice)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Weller (archive footage)
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
as Planchet
1988
A Man for All Seasons
as The Common Man
Just Ask for Diamond
as Jack Splendide
1987
Casanova
as Balbi
1986
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
as Baron Hardup
Pirates
as Dutch
1984
This Office Life
as Commissionaire
Squaring the Circle
as Kania
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Friar Tuck
1983
Anna Pavlova
as gardener
1982
Anyone for Denis
as Boris
The Boys in Blue
as Mr. Lloyd
Hammett
as English Eddie Hagedorn
Return of the Ewok
as Maxwell Mercury Talent Agent
1981
We Had Some Happy Hours
as Husband
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Fishfingers
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Innkeeper
High Rise Donkey
as Mr. Garnett, Caretaker
1979
Quincy's Quest
as Top
The London Connection
as Bidley
1978
The Talking Parcel
as Ethelred
Watership Down
as Pipkin (voice)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Selden the Axe Murderer
Kasper's Last Stand
as Kasper
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
as Rupert Skern
1977
The Mayor's Charity
as Roderick Major
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
as Vogel
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Quincey
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Boldini
1976
Not Now, Comrade
as Hoskins
1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Moriarty's Assistant
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Superintendent Grubbs
Three for All
as Hounslow Joe
Eskimo Nell
as Benny U. Murdoch
The Amorous Milkman
as Sergeant
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Bishop of Paris
The Four Musketeers
as Planchet
Juggernaut
as Social Director Curtain
1973
The Three Musketeers
as Planchet
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Dan and Doris Cobbler
1972
The Pied Piper
as Burgermeister Poppendick
That's Your Funeral
as Purvis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Cheshire Cat
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Wally
Madame Sin
as Holidaymaker
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as Mr. Salt
Everybody Say Cheese
as Henry Hunter
Melody
as Mr. Perkins
The Firechasers
as Roscoe
1970
Scrooge
as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Prince Regent
Taste the Blood of Dracula
as Weller
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
as Plastic Mac Man
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
1968
Only When I Larf
as Hotel Chef (uncredited)
1967
How I Won the War
as Clapper
The Deadly Affair
as Adam Scarr
The Mini-Affair
as Fire Extinguisher Salesman
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Gladiator Instructor
1965
Help!
as Algernon
The Hill
as Monty Bartlett
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Gravedigger
French Dressing
as Henry Liggott
1963
The Informers
as Shorty
A Place to Go
as Bunting
Heavens Above!
as Fred Smith
The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Lucky Dave
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Fred Gooding
County of the Clyde
as Narrator
1962
The Boys
as Mark Salmon
Tiara Tahiti
as Capt. Enderby
1961
The Wedding
as Best Man