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
- Bertha
- Urban Jungle as Eric Burke
1984
- Towser as Narrator
- The Clairvoyant as Arnold Bristow
- The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- Squaring the Circle as Kania
- 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
- Hammett as English Eddie Hagedorn
- Legacy of Murder
- Anyone for Denis?
- 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
- Hawk the Slayer as Innkeeper
- Cowboys as Joe Jones
- Rhubarb Rhubarb
- High Rise Donkey as Mr. Garnett, Caretaker
1979
- Minder as Whaley
- Blankety Blank
- Dick Turpin
- The Marti Caine Show
- The London Connection as Bidley
- Quincy's Quest as Top
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
- The Talking Parcel as Ethelred
- The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon as Rupert Skern
- Kasper's Last Stand as Kasper
1977
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo as Quincey
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Richard Burton
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Boldini
- No Appointment Necessary
- The Mayor's Charity as Roderick Major
- Escape from Stalag Luft 112B as Vogel
1976
- George and Mildred as Jerry
- Ripping Yarns
- Not Now, Comrade as Hoskins
- N.U.T.S.
- Zoo Time
- Holiday Spirit as Roy Witty
- Waxworks
- Airborne
- Treasure Hunt
- Alice Goes Pop
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
- Eskimo Nell as Benny U. Murdoch
- Three for All as Hounslow Joe
- 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
- The Three Musketeers as Planchet
- Man About the House as Jerry
- The Cobblers of Umbridge as Dan and Doris Cobbler
1972
- Sykes as Uncle Arthur
- The Adventurer as Marks
- The Pied Piper as Burgermeister Poppendick
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat
- Madame Sin as Holidaymaker
- The Alf Garnett Saga as Wally
- That's Your Funeral as Purvis
- 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
- Scrooge as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Prince Regent
- 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
- How I Won the War as Clapper
- The Deadly Affair as Adam Scarr
- 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
- 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
- Heavens Above! as Fred Smith
- The Informers as Shorty
- The Small World of Sammy Lee as Lucky Dave
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Fred Gooding
- The Dick Emery Show
- A Place to Go as Bunting
- County of the Clyde as Narrator
1962
- Richard the Lionheart as Nectabanus
- That Was The Week That Was
- The Boys as Mark Salmon
- Tiara Tahiti as Capt. Enderby
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