Roy Kinnear

Actor Jan 8 (died age 54) Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK 1954–2005 (51 year career)

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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

Film

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Mr. Salt

Film

Watership Down

Pipkin (voice)

Film

The Hill

Monty Bartlett

Film

Help!

Algernon

Film

The Three Musketeers

Planchet

Film

Pirates

Dutch

Film

Scrooge

2nd Gentleman of Charity

Film

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Quincey

Filmography

Acting (144)

Movies (91)

The Best Of Dick Emery

2005

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Weller (archive footage)

10.0

The Princess and the Goblin

1991

as Mump (voice)

6.0

The Return of the Musketeers

as Planchet

Just Ask for Diamond

as Jack Splendide

A Man for All Seasons

1988

as The Common Man

6.8

Unusual Ground Floor Conversion

Mr. H Is Late

Casanova

as Balbi

Pirates

as Dutch

Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On

1986

as Baron Hardup

4.0

Urban Jungle

1985

as Eric Burke

This Office Life

1984

as Commissionaire

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

as Friar Tuck

Squaring the Circle

as Kania

Anna Pavlova

as gardener

Hammett

as English Eddie Hagedorn

6.2

Anyone for Denis

1982

as Boris

Return of the Ewok

1982

as Maxwell Mercury Talent Agent

6.3

The Boys in Blue

1982

as Mr. Lloyd

5.2

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

1981

as Fishfingers

4.5

We Had Some Happy Hours

1981

as Henry

Hawk the Slayer

as Innkeeper

Rhubarb Rhubarb

High Rise Donkey

as Mr. Garnett, Caretaker

Quincy's Quest

1979

as Top

5.5

The London Connection

1979

as Bidley

7.8

The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon

1978

as Rupert Skern

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978

as Selden the Axe Murderer

Watership Down

as Pipkin (voice)

Kasper's Last Stand

as Kasper

The Talking Parcel

1978

as Ethelred

7.0

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1977

as Quincey

5.9

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

as Boldini

5.5

The Mayor's Charity

1977

as Roderick Major

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

as Vogel

Treasure Hunt

Alice Goes Pop

Airborne

Zoo Time

Holiday Spirit

as Roy Witty

Not Now, Comrade

as Hoskins

Waxworks

The Amorous Milkman

as Sergeant

Eskimo Nell

as Benny U. Murdoch

Three for All

as Hounslow Joe

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975

as Superintendent Grubbs

5.7

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

as Moriarty's Assistant

6.0

Juggernaut

1974

as Social Director Curtain

The Four Musketeers

as Planchet

South Riding

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Bishop of Paris

The Three Musketeers

as Planchet

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973

as Dan and Doris Cobbler

Raising the Roof

Madame Sin

as Holidaymaker

The Pied Piper

as Burgermeister Poppendick

5.9

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

as Cheshire Cat

The Alf Garnett Saga

as Wally

That's Your Funeral

as Purvis

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

as Mr. Salt

Melody

as Mr. Perkins

The Firechasers

as Roscoe

Everybody Say Cheese

as Henry Hunter

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

as Prince Regent

6.7

Scrooge

1970

as 2nd Gentleman of Charity

6.8

Taste the Blood of Dracula

as Weller

Egghead's Robot

The Bed Sitting Room

as Plastic Mac Man

Lock Up Your Daughters

1969

as Sir Tunbelly Clumsey

4.5

Only When I Larf

1968

as Hotel Chef (uncredited)

The Deadly Affair

as Adam Scarr

The Mini-Affair

as Fire Extinguisher Salesman

How I Won the War

1967

as Clapper

5.5

The Go-karters

1967

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

as Gladiator Instructor

Help!

as Algernon

The Hill

as Monty Bartlett

French Dressing

as Henry Liggott

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Gravedigger

Heavens Above!

as Fred Smith

Sparrows Can't Sing

as Fred Gooding

The Small World of Sammy Lee

as Lucky Dave

The Informers

as Shorty

A Place to Go

as Bunting

County of the Clyde

as Narrator

Tiara Tahiti

as Capt. Enderby

The Boys

as Mark Salmon

The Wedding

as Best Man

Oh... Rosalinda!!

1955

6.1

The Princess And The Pea

as king

Television (53)

After They Were Famous

2002

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Beatles Anthology

1995

as Algernon (archive footage)

Hardwicke House

as Mr Wickham

Casualty

as Brian McCarthy

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Funeral Director

Super Gran

as Cyril Small

Bertha

Towser

as Narrator

The Clairvoyant

as Arnold Bristow

SuperTed

as Bulk

Wogan

as Self

The Kenny Everett Television Show

1982

as Various

7.0

The Agatha Christie Hour

Legacy of Murder

Anyone for Denis?

as Boris

Anyone for Denis?

1982

The Incredible Mr Tanner

Cowboys

as Joe Jones

Minder

as Whaley

Blankety Blank

Dick Turpin

The Marti Caine Show

Blake's 7

as Keller

An Audience with...

as Self

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977

as Richard Burton

No Appointment Necessary

George and Mildred

as Jerry

Ripping Yarns

N.U.T.S.

The Sweeney

as Frankie Little

Man About the House

as Jerry

Sykes

as Uncle Arthur

The Adventurer

as Marks

Jason King

Play for Today

as Roderick Major

The Goodies

as Professor Nuts

Nicholas Nickleby

as Gentleman Next Door

Inside George Webley

1968

as George Webley

All Gas and Gaiters

1967

as Verger

5.7

Till Death Us Do Part

as Lorry Driver

A Slight Case Of...

A World Of His Own

as Stanley Blake

Festival

as Mr. Bolt

The Dick Emery Show

That Was The Week That Was

1962

8.0

Richard the Lionheart

1962

as Nectabanus

The Avengers

1961

as Quilby

7.7

Drama 61-67

1961

as Oliver Strickland

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Bruce

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Douglas Maclntyre

5.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Bidley

7.8

A Wedding

Cowboys