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)
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
- Mr. H Is Late
- Just Ask for Diamond as Jack Splendide
- A Man for All Seasons as The Common Man
- Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
1987
- Casanova as Balbi
- Hardwicke House as Mr Wickham
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
- Urban Jungle as Eric Burke
- Super Gran as Cyril Small
- Bertha
1984
- Squaring the Circle as Kania
- Towser as Narrator
- The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- This Office Life as Commissionaire
- The Clairvoyant as Arnold Bristow
1983
- Anna Pavlova as gardener
- SuperTed as Bulk
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Hammett as English Eddie Hagedorn
- The Kenny Everett Television Show as Various
- The Agatha Christie Hour
- The Boys in Blue as Mr. Lloyd
- Anyone for Denis as Boris
- Return of the Ewok as Maxwell Mercury Talent Agent
- Legacy of Murder
- Anyone for Denis?
1981
- We Had Some Happy Hours as Henry
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Fishfingers
- The Incredible Mr Tanner
1980
- Rhubarb Rhubarb
- Hawk the Slayer as Innkeeper
- Cowboys as Joe Jones
- High Rise Donkey as Mr. Garnett, Caretaker
1979
- Minder as Whaley
- Blankety Blank
- The London Connection as Bidley
- Dick Turpin
- Quincy's Quest as Top
- The Marti Caine Show
1978
- Watership Down as Pipkin (voice)
- An Audience with... as Self
- Blake's 7 as Keller
- 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 Last Remake of Beau Geste as Boldini
- The Mayor's Charity as Roderick Major
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Richard Burton
- Escape from Stalag Luft 112B as Vogel
- No Appointment Necessary
1976
1975
- The Sweeney as Frankie Little
- Eskimo Nell as Benny U. Murdoch
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Moriarty's Assistant
- The Amorous Milkman as Sergeant
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Superintendent Grubbs
- Three for All as Hounslow Joe
1974
- Juggernaut as Social Director Curtain
- The Four Musketeers as Planchet
- South Riding
- Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Bishop of Paris
1973
- The Three Musketeers as Planchet
- Man About the House as Jerry
- The Cobblers of Umbridge as Dan and Doris Cobbler
1972
- Madame Sin as Holidaymaker
- The Pied Piper as Burgermeister Poppendick
- Sykes as Uncle Arthur
- The Adventurer as Marks
- That's Your Funeral as Purvis
- Raising the Roof
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat
- The Alf Garnett Saga as Wally
1971
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Mr. Salt
- Melody as Mr. Perkins
- The Firechasers as Roscoe
- Jason King
- Everybody Say Cheese as Henry Hunter
1970
- Play for Today as Roderick Major
- Scrooge as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
- Taste the Blood of Dracula as Weller
- The Goodies as Professor Nuts
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Prince Regent
- Egghead's Robot
1969
- Lock Up Your Daughters as Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
- The Bed Sitting Room as Plastic Mac Man
1968
- Only When I Larf as Hotel Chef (uncredited)
- Nicholas Nickleby as Gentleman Next Door
- Inside George Webley as George Webley
1967
- How I Won the War as Clapper
- The Deadly Affair as Adam Scarr
- The Mini-Affair as Fire Extinguisher Salesman
- All Gas and Gaiters as Verger
- The Go-karters
1966
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Gladiator Instructor
- Till Death Us Do Part as Lorry Driver
1965
- The Hill as Monty Bartlett
- Help! as Algernon
- A Slight Case Of...
1964
- French Dressing as Henry Liggott
- Hamlet at Elsinore as Gravedigger
- A World Of His Own as Stanley Blake
1963
- Heavens Above! as Fred Smith
- A Place to Go as Bunting
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Fred Gooding
- Festival as Mr. Bolt
- The Informers as Shorty
- The Dick Emery Show
- The Small World of Sammy Lee as Lucky Dave
- County of the Clyde as Narrator
1962
- Tiara Tahiti as Capt. Enderby
- The Boys as Mark Salmon
- Richard the Lionheart as Nectabanus
- That Was The Week That Was
1961
- The Avengers as Happychap
- The Wedding as Best Man