Roy Kinnear

Biography

Roy Mitchell Kinnear 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

as Mr. Salt

Watership Down

as Pipkin (voice)

Help!

as Algernon

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

as Quincey

The Three Musketeers

as Planchet

Pirates

as Dutch

The Hill

as Monty Bartlett

The Four Musketeers

as Planchet

Taste the Blood of Dracula

as Weller

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

as Moriarty's Assistant