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name: "Roy Kinnear"
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born: "8 January 1934"
died: "20 September 1988"
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# Roy Kinnear

Actor. Born 8 January 1934 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 20 September 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 January 1934, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 20 September 1988
- **Also known as:** Roy Mitchell Kinnear
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715642, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3463

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Watership Down*](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) (81)

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## Biography

Roy Kinnear (also credited as Roy Mitchell Kinnear) was an English character actor and comedian. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career on stage and in British television, including the satirical series That Was the Week That Was.

He appeared in numerous films, notably as Algernon in Help! (1965), Mr Salt in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Planchet in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974), and Pipkin (voice) in Watership Down (1978). He frequently collaborated with director Richard Lester. Kinnear died in 1988 following a riding accident while filming The Return of the Musketeers.

He was married to actress Carmel Cryan; their children include actor Rory Kinnear.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Pipkin (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)

## Also known for

- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Mr. Salt
- *The Three Musketeers* (1973), Planchet
- *Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo* (1977), Quincey
- *Help!* (1965), Algernon
- *Pirates* (1986), Dutch
- *The Hill* (1965), Monty Bartlett
- *The Four Musketeers* (1974), Planchet
- *Taste the Blood of Dracula* (1970), Weller

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