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Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was an English character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Kinnear, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Known For. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Watership Down. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Pirates. Help! The Hill.
association with Lester. In Richard Lester. …his longtime colleague, comic actor Roy Kinnear. He was briefly coaxed back to work by former Beatle Paul McCartney, who engaged the director’s services for the concert feature Paul McCartney’s Get Back (1991). Read More.
During a prolific but tragically curtailed career, Roy Kinnear evoked a lovably flustered everyman, his squashed frame accompanied by worried eyes and a hopefully cheerful smile. His initial fame came with That Was the Week That Was (BBC, 1962-63), but he was soon a familiar screen presence.
