Person
Roy Kinnear
Acting · 1934–1988 · Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Wogan
Self
The Avengers
Happychap
Casualty
Brian McCarthy
Play for Today
Roderick Major
Minder
Whaley
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mr Morris
The Sweeney
Frankie Little
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Bag
Blake's 7
Keller
Blankety Blank
1979
Filmography
- 2005The Best Of Dick Emery
- 2002After They Were FamousSelf (archive footage)
- 1995The Beatles AnthologyAlgernon (archive footage)
- 1994Return of the EwokTalent Agent
- 1991The Princess and the GoblinMump (voice)
- 1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookWeller (archive footage)
- 1989The Return of the MusketeersPlanchet
- 1988A Man for All SeasonsThe Common Man
- 1988Just Ask for DiamondJack Splendide
- 1988Mr. H Is Late
- 1988Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
- 1987CasanovaBalbi
- 1987Hardwicke HouseMr Wickham
- 1986Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnBaron Hardup
- 1986CasualtyBrian McCarthy
- 1986PiratesDutch
- 1985Urban JungleEric Burke
- 1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterFuneral Director
- 1985Bertha
- 1985Super GranCyril Small
- 1984This Office LifeCommissionaire
- 1984The ClairvoyantArnold Bristow
- 1984TowserNarrator
- 1984Squaring the CircleKania
- 1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodFriar Tuck
- 1983SuperTedBulk
- 1983Anna Pavlovagardener
- 1982Anyone for DenisBoris
- 1982Anyone for Denis?
- 1982The Boys in BlueMr. Lloyd
- 1982The Agatha Christie HourCabbie
- 1982HammettEnglish Eddie Hagedorn
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1982The Kenny Everett Television ShowVarious
- 1982Legacy of Murder
- 1981We Had Some Happy HoursHenry
- 1981If You Go Down in the Woods TodayFishfingers
- 1981The Incredible Mr Tanner
- 1980Rhubarb Rhubarb
- 1980CowboysJoe Jones
- 1980Hawk the SlayerInnkeeper
- 1980High Rise DonkeyMr. Garnett, Caretaker
- 1979Quincy's QuestTop
- 1979The London ConnectionBidley
- 1979MinderWhaley
- 1979Spooner's PatchMayor
- 1979Blankety Blank
- 1979The Marti Caine Show
- 1979Dick Turpin
- 1978The Talking ParcelEthelred
- 1978Watership DownPipkin (voice)
- 1978The Hound of the BaskervillesSelden the Axe Murderer
- 1978Kasper's Last StandKasper
- 1978The Day Dumbfounded Got His PylonRupert Skern
- 1978Sense of PlaceRupert Skern
- 1978An Audience with...Self
- 1978Blake's 7Keller
- 1977The Mayor's CharityRoderick Major
- 1977Escape from Stalag Luft 112BVogel
- 1977Herbie Goes to Monte CarloQuincey
- 1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteBoldini
- 1977No Appointment Necessary
- 1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseRichard Burton
- 1976N.U.T.S.
- 1976George and MildredJerry
- 1976Ripping Yarns
- 1976Not Now, ComradeHoskins
- 1976Zoo Time
- 1976Treasure Hunt
- 1976Alice Goes PopTalent Spotter
- 1976Airborne
- 1976Waxworks
- 1976Holiday SpiritRoy Witty
- 1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherMoriarty's Assistant
- 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingSuperintendent Grubbs
- 1975Three for AllHounslow Joe
- 1975Eskimo NellBenny U. Murdoch
- 1975The SweeneyFrankie Little
- 1975The Amorous MilkmanSergeant
- 1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnBishop of Paris
- 1974The Four MusketeersPlanchet
- 1974JuggernautSocial Director Curtain
- 1974South Riding
- 1973The Three MusketeersPlanchet
- 1973Man About the HouseJerry
- 1973The Cobblers of UmbridgeDan and Doris Cobbler
- 1972The Pied PiperBurgermeister Poppendick
- 1972That's Your FuneralPurvis
- 1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCheshire Cat
- 1972The AdventurerMarks
- 1972SykesUncle Arthur
- 1972Raising the Roof
- 1972The Alf Garnett SagaWally
- 1972Madame SinHolidaymaker
- 1971Jason King
- 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMr. Salt
- 1971Everybody Say CheeseHenry Hunter
- 1971MelodyMr. Perkins
- 1971The FirechasersRoscoe
- 1970The GoodiesProfessor Nuts
- 1970Scrooge2nd Gentleman of Charity
- 1970Play for TodayRoderick Major
- 1970On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverPrince Regent
- 1970Taste the Blood of DraculaWeller
- 1970Egghead's Robot
- 1969The Bed Sitting RoomPlastic Mac Man
- 1969Lock Up Your DaughtersSir Tunbelly Clumsey
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreMr Morris
- 1968Inside George WebleyGeorge Webley
- 1968Only When I LarfHotel Chef (uncredited)
- 1968Nicholas NicklebyGentleman Next Door
- 1967How I Won the WarClapper
- 1967All Gas and GaitersVerger
- 1967The Deadly AffairAdam Scarr
- 1967The Mini-AffairFire Extinguisher Salesman
- 1967The Go-karters
- 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumGladiator Instructor
- 1966Till Death Us Do PartLorry Driver
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreBag
- 1965A Slight Case Of...
- 1965Help!Algernon
- 1965The HillMonty Bartlett
- 1964A World Of His OwnStanley Blake
- 1964Hamlet at ElsinoreGravedigger
- 1964French DressingHenry Liggott
- 1963The InformersShorty
- 1963FestivalMr. Bolt
- 1963The Dick Emery Show
- 1963A Place to GoBunting
- 1963Heavens Above!Fred Smith
- 1963The Small World of Sammy LeeLucky Dave
- 1963Sparrows Can't SingFred Gooding
- 1963County of the ClydeNarrator
- 1962That Was The Week That Was
- 1962The BoysMark Salmon
- 1962Tiara TahitiCapt. Enderby
- 1962Richard the LionheartNectabanus
- 1961The WeddingBest Man
- 1961Drama 61-67Oliver Strickland
- 1961The AvengersHappychap
- 1960Sunday-Night PlayBruce
- 1956Armchair TheatreDouglas Maclntyre
- 1955Oh... Rosalinda!!
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBidley
- —The Princess And The Peaking
- —Cowboys
- —A Wedding
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