Roy Kinnear
Known for acting · Born 8 January 1934 · Died 20 September 1988 · aged 54 · Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
147 credits
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
The Dick Emery Show
1963
SuperTed
1983
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
Pirates
1986
The Hill
1965
That Was the Week That Was
1962
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
The Princess and the Goblin
1991
How I Won the War
1967
Watership Down
1978
Hammett
1982
Acting (147)
2005The Best Of Dick EmeryFilm
2002After They Were FamousSelf (archive footage)Series
1995The Beatles AnthologyAlgernon (archive footage)Series
1994Return of the EwokTalent AgentFilm
1991The Princess and the GoblinMump (voice)Film
1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookWeller (archive footage)Film
1989The Return of the MusketeersPlanchetFilm
1988A Man for All SeasonsThe Common ManFilm
1988Mr. H Is LateFilm
1988Just Ask for DiamondJack SplendideFilm
1988Unusual Ground Floor ConversionFilm
1987CasanovaBalbiFilm
1987Hardwicke HouseMr Wickham · 7 episodesSeries
1986PiratesDutchFilm
1986CasualtyBrian McCarthySeries
1986Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnBaron HardupFilm
1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterFuneral DirectorSeries
1985Super GranCyril SmallSeries
1985Bertha · 13 episodesSeries
1985Urban JungleEric BurkeFilm
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodFriar TuckFilm
1984Squaring the CircleKaniaFilm
1984The ClairvoyantArnold Bristow · 6 episodesSeries
1984This Office LifeCommissionaireFilm
1984TowserNarrator · 26 episodesSeries
1983SuperTedBulk · 36 episodesSeries
1983Anna PavlovagardenerFilm
1982HammettEnglish Eddie HagedornFilm
1982The Agatha Christie HourCabbieSeries
1982The Boys in BlueMr. LloydFilm
1982The Kenny Everett Television ShowVariousSeries
1982WoganSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1982Legacy of MurderSeries
1982Anyone for DenisBorisFilm
1982Anyone for Denis?, BorisSeries
1981If You Go Down in the Woods TodayFishfingersFilm
1981We Had Some Happy HoursHenryFilm
1981The Incredible Mr Tanner · 6 episodesSeries
1980Hawk the SlayerInnkeeperFilm
1980Rhubarb RhubarbFilm
1980CowboysJoe Jones · 13 episodesSeries
1980High Rise DonkeyMr. Garnett, CaretakerFilm
1979MinderWhaley, Fat CharlieSeries
1979Dick TurpinSeries
1979Blankety BlankSeries
1979Quincy's QuestTopFilm
1979The London ConnectionBidleyFilm
1979Spooner's PatchMayorSeries
1979The Marti Caine ShowSeries
1978Watership DownPipkin (voice)Film
1978Blake's 7KellerSeries
1978The Hound of the BaskervillesSelden the Axe MurdererFilm
1978The Talking ParcelEthelredFilm
1978An Audience with...Self · 3 episodesSeries
1978Kasper's Last StandKasperFilm
1978The Day Dumbfounded Got His PylonRupert SkernFilm
1978Sense of PlaceRupert Skern, KasperSeries
1977Herbie Goes to Monte CarloQuinceyFilm
1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteBoldiniFilm
1977Escape from Stalag Luft 112BVogelFilm
1977The Mayor's CharityRoderick MajorFilm
1977No Appointment Necessary · 7 episodesSeries
1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseRichard BurtonSeries
1976George and MildredJerry · 5 episodesSeries
1976Ripping YarnsSeries
1976Not Now, ComradeHoskinsFilm
1976Zoo TimeFilm
1976Alice Goes PopTalent SpotterFilm
1976AirborneFilm
1976WaxworksFilm
1976Treasure HuntFilm
1976Holiday SpiritRoy WittyFilm
1976N.U.T.S. · 6 episodesSeries
1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherMoriarty's AssistantFilm
1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingSuperintendent GrubbsFilm
1975The SweeneyFrankie LittleSeries
1975Eskimo NellBenny U. MurdochFilm
1975The Amorous MilkmanSergeantFilm
1975Three for AllHounslow JoeFilm
1974The Four MusketeersPlanchetFilm
1974JuggernautSocial Director CurtainFilm
1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnBishop of ParisFilm
1974South RidingFilm
1973The Three MusketeersPlanchetFilm
1973Man About the HouseJerry · 3 episodesSeries
1973The Cobblers of UmbridgeDan and Doris CobblerFilm
1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCheshire CatFilm
1972The Pied PiperBurgermeister PoppendickFilm
1972Madame SinHolidaymakerFilm
1972The Alf Garnett SagaWallyFilm
1972The AdventurerMarksSeries
1972SykesUncle ArthurSeries
1972That's Your FuneralPurvisFilm
1972Raising the RoofFilm
1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMr. SaltFilm
1971MelodyMr. PerkinsFilm
1971Jason KingSeries
1971The FirechasersRoscoeFilm
1971Everybody Say CheeseHenry HunterFilm
1970Taste the Blood of DraculaWellerFilm
1970Scrooge2nd Gentleman of CharityFilm
1970On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverPrince RegentFilm
1970The GoodiesProfessor Nuts, EmperorSeries
1970Play for TodayRoderick MajorSeries
1970Egghead's RobotFilm
1969The Bed Sitting RoomPlastic Mac ManFilm
1969Lock Up Your DaughtersSir Tunbelly ClumseyFilm
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreMr MorrisSeries
1968Only When I LarfHotel Chef (uncredited)Film
1968Inside George WebleyGeorge Webley · 12 episodesSeries
1968Nicholas NicklebyGentleman Next Door · 2 episodesSeries
1967The Deadly AffairAdam ScarrFilm
1967How I Won the WarClapperFilm
1967All Gas and GaitersVergerSeries
1967The Mini-AffairFire Extinguisher SalesmanFilm
1967The Go-kartersFilm
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumGladiator InstructorFilm
1966Till Death Us Do PartLorry Driver, Workmate, Sid · 2 episodesSeries
1965Help!AlgernonFilm
1965The HillMonty BartlettFilm
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreBagSeries
1965A Slight Case Of... · 6 episodesSeries
1964French DressingHenry LiggottFilm
1964Hamlet at ElsinoreGravediggerFilm
1964A World Of His OwnStanley Blake · 13 episodesSeries
1963Heavens Above!Fred SmithFilm
1963Sparrows Can't SingFred GoodingFilm
1963The Small World of Sammy LeeLucky DaveFilm
1963The InformersShortyFilm
1963A Place to GoBuntingFilm
1963The Dick Emery Show · 161 episodesSeries
1963FestivalMr. BoltSeries
1963County of the ClydeNarratorFilm
1962Tiara TahitiCapt. EnderbyFilm
1962The BoysMark SalmonFilm
1962That Was the Week That Was · 37 episodesSeries
1962Richard the LionheartNectabanus, MichaelSeries
1961The AvengersHappychap · 2 episodes, QuilbySeries
1961The WeddingBest ManFilm
1961Drama 61-67Oliver StricklandSeries
1960Sunday-Night PlayBruceSeries
1956Armchair TheatreDouglas MaclntyreSeries
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!Film
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBidleySeries
—The Princess And The PeakingFilm
—Cowboys · 13 episodesSeries
—A WeddingSeries