Roy Kinnear
Acting

Roy Kinnear

Born 8 January 1934 · Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK · Died 20 September 1988

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
Watership Down
The Three Musketeers
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Help!
Pirates
The Hill
The Four Musketeers
Taste the Blood of Dracula
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Scrooge
The Return of the Musketeers
The Best Of Dick Emery
Return of the Ewok
The Princess and the Goblin
The Return of the Musketeers
A Man for All Seasons
Mr. H Is Late
Just Ask for Diamond
Casanova
Pirates
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
Urban Jungle
This Office Life
Squaring the Circle
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Anna Pavlova
Anyone for Denis
Hammett
The Boys in Blue
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
We Had Some Happy Hours
Hawk the Slayer
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Quincy's Quest
The London Connection
The Talking Parcel
Watership Down
Kasper's Last Stand
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Mayor's Charity
Not Now, Comrade
Eskimo Nell
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Three for All
The Amorous Milkman
The Four Musketeers
Juggernaut
South Riding
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The Three Musketeers
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Pied Piper
That's Your Funeral
Madame Sin
The Alf Garnett Saga
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Melody
The Firechasers
Everybody Say Cheese
Scrooge
Taste the Blood of Dracula
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Egghead's Robot
Lock Up Your Daughters
The Bed Sitting Room
How I Won the War
The Deadly Affair
The Mini-Affair
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Hill
Help!
French Dressing
Hamlet at Elsinore
Sparrows Can't Sing
A Place to Go
Heavens Above!
The Informers
The Small World of Sammy Lee
The Boys
Tiara Tahiti
Oh... Rosalinda!!
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