Roy Kinnear
Acting·January 8, 1934·† September 20, 1988 — 54 years old·Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971·7.5
Watership Down
1978·7.2
The Three Musketeers
1973·6.7
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977·5.9
Help!
1965·6.9
Pirates
1986·6.3
The Hill
1965·7.5
The Four Musketeers
1974·6.4
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970·6.1
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975·6.0
Scrooge
1970·6.8
The Return of the Musketeers
1989·6.2
Filmography · 147
—The Princess And The Peaking—CowboysTV—A WeddingTV2005The Best Of Dick Emery2002After They Were FamousTVSelf (archive footage)1995The Beatles AnthologyTVAlgernon (archive footage)1994Return of the EwokTalent Agent1991The Princess and the GoblinMump (voice)1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookWeller (archive footage)1989The Return of the MusketeersPlanchet1988A Man for All SeasonsThe Common Man1988Just Ask for DiamondJack Splendide1988Mr. H Is Late1988Unusual Ground Floor Conversion1987CasanovaBalbi1987Hardwicke HouseTVMr Wickham1986Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnBaron Hardup1986CasualtyTVBrian McCarthy1986PiratesDutch1985Urban JungleEric Burke1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterTVFuneral Director1985BerthaTV1985Super GranTVCyril Small1984This Office LifeCommissionaire1984The ClairvoyantTVArnold Bristow1984TowserTVNarrator1984Squaring the CircleKania1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodFriar Tuck1983SuperTedTVBulk1983Anna Pavlovagardener1982Anyone for DenisBoris1982Anyone for Denis?TVBoris1982The Boys in BlueMr. Lloyd1982The Agatha Christie HourTVCabbie1982HammettEnglish Eddie Hagedorn1982WoganTVSelf1982The Kenny Everett Television ShowTVVarious1982Legacy of MurderTV1981We Had Some Happy HoursHenry1981If You Go Down in the Woods TodayFishfingers1981The Incredible Mr TannerTV1980Rhubarb Rhubarb1980CowboysTVJoe Jones1980Hawk the SlayerInnkeeper1980High Rise DonkeyMr. Garnett, Caretaker1979Quincy's QuestTop1979The London ConnectionBidley1979MinderTVWhaley · Fat Charlie1979Spooner's PatchTVMayor1979Blankety BlankTV1979The Marti Caine ShowTV1979Dick TurpinTV1978The Talking ParcelEthelred1978Watership DownPipkin (voice)1978The Hound of the BaskervillesSelden the Axe Murderer1978Kasper's Last StandKasper1978The Day Dumbfounded Got His PylonRupert Skern1978Sense of PlaceTVRupert Skern · Kasper1978An Audience with...TVSelf1978Blake's 7TVKeller1977The Mayor's CharityRoderick Major1977Escape from Stalag Luft 112BVogel1977Herbie Goes to Monte CarloQuincey1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteBoldini1977No Appointment NecessaryTV1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseTVRichard Burton1976N.U.T.S.TV1976George and MildredTVJerry1976Ripping YarnsTV1976Not Now, ComradeHoskins1976Alice Goes PopTalent Spotter1976Airborne1976Zoo Time1976Treasure Hunt1976Holiday SpiritRoy Witty1976Waxworks1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherMoriarty's Assistant1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingSuperintendent Grubbs1975Three for AllHounslow Joe1975Eskimo NellBenny U. Murdoch1975The SweeneyTVFrankie Little1975The Amorous MilkmanSergeant1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnBishop of Paris1974The Four MusketeersPlanchet1974JuggernautSocial Director Curtain1974South Riding1973The Three MusketeersPlanchet1973Man About the HouseTVJerry1973The Cobblers of UmbridgeDan and Doris Cobbler1972The Pied PiperBurgermeister Poppendick1972That's Your FuneralPurvis1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCheshire Cat1972The AdventurerTVMarks1972SykesTVUncle Arthur1972Raising the Roof1972The Alf Garnett SagaWally1972Madame SinHolidaymaker1971Jason KingTV1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMr. Salt1971Everybody Say CheeseHenry Hunter1971MelodyMr. Perkins1971The FirechasersRoscoe1970The GoodiesTVProfessor Nuts · Emperor1970Scrooge2nd Gentleman of Charity1970Play for TodayTVRoderick Major1970On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverPrince Regent1970Taste the Blood of DraculaWeller1970Egghead's Robot1969The Bed Sitting RoomPlastic Mac Man1969Lock Up Your DaughtersSir Tunbelly Clumsey1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreTVMr Morris1968Inside George WebleyTVGeorge Webley1968Only When I LarfHotel Chef (uncredited)1968Nicholas NicklebyTVGentleman Next Door1967How I Won the WarClapper1967All Gas and GaitersTVVerger1967The Deadly AffairAdam Scarr1967The Mini-AffairFire Extinguisher Salesman1967The Go-karters1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumGladiator Instructor1966Till Death Us Do PartTVLorry Driver · Workmate · Sid1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTVBag1965A Slight Case Of...TV1965Help!Algernon1965The HillMonty Bartlett1964A World Of His OwnTVStanley Blake1964Hamlet at ElsinoreGravedigger1964French DressingHenry Liggott1963The InformersShorty1963FestivalTVMr. Bolt1963The Dick Emery ShowTV1963A Place to GoBunting1963Heavens Above!Fred Smith1963The Small World of Sammy LeeLucky Dave1963Sparrows Can't SingFred Gooding1963County of the ClydeNarrator1962That Was The Week That WasTV1962The BoysMark Salmon1962Tiara TahitiCapt. Enderby1962Richard the LionheartTVNectabanus · Michael1961The WeddingBest Man1961Drama 61-67TVOliver Strickland1961The AvengersTVHappychap · Quilby1960Sunday-Night PlayTVBruce1956Armchair TheatreTVDouglas Maclntyre1955Oh... Rosalinda!!1954The Wonderful World of DisneyTVBidley