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.
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The Beatles Anthology
The Sweeney
The Avengers
Ripping Yarns
The Firechasers
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Hill
The Boys
Blake's 7
Watership Down
Madame Sin
Only When I Larf
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Help!
The Three Musketeers
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Scrooge
The Agatha Christie Hour
The Four Musketeers
Pirates
Hammett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Deadly Affair
The Return of the Musketeers
Casualty
Juggernaut
Taste the Blood of Dracula
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Pied Piper
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
The Bed Sitting Room
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Just Ask for Diamond
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Anna Pavlova
Hawk the Slayer
The Hound of the Baskervilles