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

Casualty
1988
Play for Today
1977
The Avengers
1965
Wogan
1985
Minder
1980
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1972
An Audience with...
1983
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1971
The Sweeney
1975
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1988
Sunday-Night Play
1963
Blake's 7
1981

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
155
2005
The Best Of Dick Emery
2003
After They Were Famous
as Self (archive footage)
1995
The Beatles Anthology
as Algernon (archive footage)
1994
Return of the Ewok
as Talent Agent
1991
The Princess and the Goblin
as Mump (voice)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Weller (archive footage)
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
as Planchet
1989
Minder
as Fat Charlie
1988
A Man for All Seasons
as The Common Man
1988
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
as Jack Splendide
1988
Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
1988
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Funeral Director
1988
Casualty
as Brian McCarthy
1987
Casanova
as Balbi
1987
Hardwicke House
as Mr Wickham
1986
Pirates
as Dutch
1986
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
as Baron Hardup
1985
Urban Jungle
as Eric Burke
1985
Bertha
1985
Super Gran
as Cyril Small
1985
Wogan
as Self
1984
This Office Life
as Commissionaire
1984
Squaring the Circle
as Kania
1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Friar Tuck
1984
Blankety Blank
1984
The Marti Caine Show
1984
Towser
as Narrator
1984
The Clairvoyant
as Arnold Bristow
1983
Anna Pavlova
as gardener
1983
SuperTed
as Bulk
1983
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Various
1983
An Audience with...
as Self
1982
Anyone for Denis
as Boris
1982
Hammett
as English Eddie Hagedorn
1982
The Boys in Blue
as Mr. Lloyd
1982
Anyone for Denis?
1982
Legacy of Murder
1982
Anyone for Denis?
as Boris
1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
as Cabbie
1982
Spooner's Patch
as Mayor
1981
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Fishfingers
1981
We Had Some Happy Hours
as Henry
1981
Blake's 7
as Keller
1981
The Incredible Mr Tanner
1981
Dick Turpin
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Innkeeper
1980
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980
High Rise Donkey
as Mr. Garnett, Caretaker
1980
Minder
as Whaley
1980
Cowboys
as Joe Jones
1979
Quincy's Quest
as Top
1979
The London Connection
as Bidley
1979
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Bidley
1978
The Talking Parcel
as Ethelred
1978
Watership Down
as Pipkin (voice)
1978
Kasper's Last Stand
as Kasper
1978
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
as Rupert Skern
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Selden the Axe Murderer
1978
Sense of Place
as Rupert Skern
1978
Sense of Place
as Kasper
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Quincey
1977
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
as Vogel
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Boldini
1977
The Mayor's Charity
as Roderick Major
1977
Play for Today
as Roderick Major
1977
No Appointment Necessary
1977
Ripping Yarns
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Richard Burton
1976
Not Now, Comrade
as Hoskins
1976
Zoo Time
1976
Alice Goes Pop
as Talent Spotter
1976
Airborne
1976
Waxworks
1976
Treasure Hunt
1976
Holiday Spirit
as Roy Witty
1976
N.U.T.S.
1976
George and Mildred
as Jerry
1975
Eskimo Nell
as Benny U. Murdoch
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Superintendent Grubbs
1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Moriarty's Assistant
1975
Three for All
as Hounslow Joe
1975
The Amorous Milkman
as Sergeant
1975
The Sweeney
as Frankie Little
1975
The Goodies
as Emperor
1974
The Four Musketeers
as Planchet
1974
Juggernaut
as Social Director Curtain
1974
South Riding
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Bishop of Paris
1974
Till Death Us Do Part
as Sid
1974
Man About the House
as Jerry
1973
The Three Musketeers
as Planchet
1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Dan and Doris Cobbler
1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Cheshire Cat
1972
The Pied Piper
as Burgermeister Poppendick
1972
That's Your Funeral
as Purvis
1972
Raising the Roof
1972
Madame Sin
as Holidaymaker
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Wally
1972
Jason King
1972
The Adventurer
as Marks
1972
Sykes
as Uncle Arthur
1972
Till Death Us Do Part
as Workmate
1972
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Bag
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as Mr. Salt
1971
Melody
as Mr. Perkins
1971
The Firechasers
as Roscoe
1971
Everybody Say Cheese
as Henry Hunter
1971
The Goodies
as Professor Nuts
1971
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Mr Morris
1970
Scrooge
as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula
as Weller
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Prince Regent
1970
Egghead's Robot
1970
All Gas and Gaiters
as Verger
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
as Plastic Mac Man
1968
Only When I Larf
as Hotel Chef (uncredited)
1968
Inside George Webley
as George Webley
1968
Nicholas Nickleby
as Gentleman Next Door
1967
How I Won the War
as Clapper
1967
The Deadly Affair
as Adam Scarr
1967
The Mini-Affair
as Fire Extinguisher Salesman
1967
The Go-karters
1967
The Avengers
as Quilby
1967
Till Death Us Do Part
as Lorry Driver
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Gladiator Instructor
1965
The Hill
as Monty Bartlett
1965
Help!
as Algernon
1965
The Avengers
as Happychap
1965
A Slight Case Of...
1964
French Dressing
as Henry Liggott
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Gravedigger
1964
Festival
as Mr. Bolt
1964
A World Of His Own
as Stanley Blake
1964
Drama 61-67
as Oliver Strickland
1963
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Fred Gooding
1963
A Place to Go
as Bunting
1963
Heavens Above!
as Fred Smith
1963
The Informers
as Shorty
1963
County of the Clyde
as Narrator
1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Lucky Dave
1963
The Dick Emery Show
1963
Richard the Lionheart
as Michael
1963
Sunday-Night Play
as Bruce
1962
The Boys
as Mark Salmon
1962
Tiara Tahiti
as Capt. Enderby
1962
That Was the Week That Was
1962
Richard the Lionheart
as Nectabanus
1961
The Wedding
as Best Man
1961
Armchair Theatre
as Douglas Maclntyre
1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!
The Princess And The Pea
as king
Cowboys
A Wedding