Roy Kinnear

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

Mr. Salt

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Henry Liggott

French Dressing

Planchet

The Three Musketeers

Hotel Chef (uncredited)

Only When I Larf

Boris

Anyone for Denis

Monty Bartlett

The Hill

Innkeeper

Hawk the Slayer

Planchet

The Four Musketeers

Cheshire Cat

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

English Eddie Hagedorn

Hammett

2nd Gentleman of Charity

Scrooge

Clapper

How I Won the War

Weller

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Social Director Curtain

Juggernaut

Planchet

The Return of the Musketeers

Mump (voice)

The Princess and the Goblin

Adam Scarr

The Deadly Affair

Algernon

Help!

Prince Regent

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Fire Extinguisher Salesman

The Mini-Affair

Mr. Lloyd

The Boys in Blue

Fred Gooding

Sparrows Can't Sing

Benny U. Murdoch

Eskimo Nell

Fishfingers

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

Weller (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Ethelred

The Talking Parcel

The Common Man

A Man for All Seasons

Burgermeister Poppendick

The Pied Piper

Hoskins

Not Now, Comrade

Bunting

A Place to Go

Sir Tunbelly Clumsey

Lock Up Your Daughters

Top

Quincy's Quest

Gravedigger

Hamlet at Elsinore

Fred Smith

Heavens Above!

Rhubarb Rhubarb

Shorty

The Informers

Mr. H Is Late

Mr. Perkins

Melody

Purvis

That's Your Funeral

Pipkin (voice)

Watership Down

Superintendent Grubbs

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Quincey

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Narrator

County of the Clyde

Commissionaire

This Office Life

Mark Salmon

The Boys

Gladiator Instructor

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Lucky Dave

The Small World of Sammy Lee

Balbi

Casanova

Dan and Doris Cobbler

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Best Man

The Wedding

Maxwell Mercury Talent Agent

Return of the Ewok

South Riding

Kasper

Kasper's Last Stand

Rupert Skern

The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon

Henry

We Had Some Happy Hours

Plastic Mac Man

The Bed Sitting Room

Kania

Squaring the Circle

Egghead's Robot

Mr. Garnett, Caretaker

High Rise Donkey

Raising the Roof

Capt. Enderby

Tiara Tahiti

The Go-karters

Alice Goes Pop

Airborne

Zoo Time

Treasure Hunt

Holiday Spirit

Waxworks

Bidley

The London Connection

Vogel

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

Moriarty's Assistant

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Dutch

Pirates

Jack Splendide

Just Ask for Diamond

king

The Princess And The Pea

Bishop of Paris

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Roscoe

The Firechasers

Selden the Axe Murderer

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Henry Hunter

Everybody Say Cheese

Friar Tuck

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The Best Of Dick Emery

Boldini

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Hounslow Joe

Three for All

gardener

Анна Павлова

Roderick Major

The Mayor's Charity

Holidaymaker

Madame Sin

Unusual Ground Floor Conversion

Baron Hardup

Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On

Sergeant

The Amorous Milkman

Wally

The Alf Garnett Saga

Eric Burke

Urban Jungle

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-08

Place of Birth

Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK

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