Roy Kinnear
Born: 1934-01-08 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: 1988-09-20
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2002
- After They Were Famous as Self (archive footage)
1995
- The Beatles Anthology as Algernon (archive footage)
1994
- Return of the Ewok as Talent Agent
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
- Mr. H Is Late
- Just Ask for Diamond as Jack Splendide
- Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
1987
- Hardwicke House as Mr Wickham
- Casanova as Balbi
1986
- Casualty as Brian McCarthy
- Pirates as Dutch
- Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On as Baron Hardup
1985
- The Ray Bradbury Theater as Funeral Director
- Super Gran as Cyril Small
- Urban Jungle as Eric Burke
- Bertha
1984
- The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- Squaring the Circle as Kania
- The Clairvoyant as Arnold Bristow
- Towser as Narrator
- This Office Life as Commissionaire
1983
- SuperTed as Bulk
- Anna Pavlova as gardener
1982
- Wogan as Self
- The Kenny Everett Television Show as Various
- The Agatha Christie Hour as Cabbie
- Anyone for Denis?
- Hammett as English Eddie Hagedorn
- Legacy of Murder
- The Boys in Blue as Mr. Lloyd
- Anyone for Denis as Boris
1981
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Fishfingers
- The Incredible Mr Tanner
- We Had Some Happy Hours as Henry
1980
- Cowboys as Joe Jones
- Hawk the Slayer as Innkeeper
- Rhubarb Rhubarb
- High Rise Donkey as Mr. Garnett, Caretaker
1979
- Minder as Whaley
- Blankety Blank
- Dick Turpin
- The Marti Caine Show
- Spooner's Patch as Mayor
- Quincy's Quest as Top
- The London Connection as Bidley
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- Blake's 7 as Keller
- Watership Down as Pipkin (voice)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Selden the Axe Murderer
- Sense of Place as Rupert Skern
- Kasper's Last Stand as Kasper
- The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon as Rupert Skern
- The Talking Parcel as Ethelred
1977
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo as Quincey
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Richard Burton
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Boldini
- The Mayor's Charity as Roderick Major
- No Appointment Necessary
- Escape from Stalag Luft 112B as Vogel
1976
- George and Mildred as Jerry
- Ripping Yarns
- N.U.T.S.
- Not Now, Comrade as Hoskins
- Airborne
- Zoo Time
- Alice Goes Pop as Talent Spotter
- Holiday Spirit as Roy Witty
- Treasure Hunt
- Waxworks
1975
- The Sweeney as Frankie Little
- 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
- The Four Musketeers as Planchet
- Juggernaut as Social Director Curtain
- Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Bishop of Paris
- South Riding
1973
- Man About the House as Jerry
- The Three Musketeers as Planchet
- The Cobblers of Umbridge as Dan and Doris Cobbler
1972
- Sykes as Uncle Arthur
- The Adventurer as Marks
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat
- The Alf Garnett Saga as Wally
- The Pied Piper as Burgermeister Poppendick
- That's Your Funeral as Purvis
- Madame Sin as Holidaymaker
- Raising the Roof
1971
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Mr. Salt
- Jason King
- Melody as Mr. Perkins
- The Firechasers as Roscoe
- Everybody Say Cheese as Henry Hunter
1970
- Play for Today as Roderick Major
- The Goodies as Professor Nuts
- Taste the Blood of Dracula as Weller
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Prince Regent
- Scrooge as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
- Egghead's Robot
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Mr Morris
- The Bed Sitting Room as Plastic Mac Man
- Lock Up Your Daughters as Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
1968
- Nicholas Nickleby as Gentleman Next Door
- Only When I Larf as Hotel Chef (uncredited)
- Inside George Webley as George Webley
1967
- All Gas and Gaiters as Verger
- The Deadly Affair as Adam Scarr
- How I Won the War as Clapper
- The Mini-Affair as Fire Extinguisher Salesman
- The Go-karters
1966
- Till Death Us Do Part as Lorry Driver
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Gladiator Instructor
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Bag
- Help! as Algernon
- The Hill as Monty Bartlett
- A Slight Case Of...
1964
- A World Of His Own as Stanley Blake
- Hamlet at Elsinore as Gravedigger
- French Dressing as Henry Liggott
1963
- Festival as Mr. Bolt
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Fred Gooding
- The Informers as Shorty
- The Small World of Sammy Lee as Lucky Dave
- A Place to Go as Bunting
- Heavens Above! as Fred Smith
- County of the Clyde as Narrator
- The Dick Emery Show
1962
- Richard the Lionheart as Nectabanus
- That Was the Week That Was
- Tiara Tahiti as Capt. Enderby
- The Boys as Mark Salmon
1961
- The Avengers as Happychap
- Drama 61-67 as Oliver Strickland
- The Wedding as Best Man
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as Bruce
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Douglas Maclntyre
1955
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Bidley