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Roy Kinnear. Actor: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. After his schooling in Edinburgh, the British character actor Roy Kinnear attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Sep 23, 1988 · Roy Kinnear, a British actor best known for his comic roles, died of a heart attack Tuesday at Ruber International Hospital in Madrid after falling from a horse. He was 54 years old and lived...
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).
Jun 5, 2020 · Also returning was the funny British actor called Roy Kinnear, father of Bond actor Rory, who was a close friend of Lester and frequently appeared in his productions. Read more: Films that lost...
Roy Kinnear Biography (1934-1988) Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies. Gary Kasper to Florence Klotz. Roy Kinnear Biography (1934-1988) Full name, Roy Mitchell Kinnear; born January 8, 1934, in Wigan, England; died as the result of a fall from a horse, September 20, 1988, in Madrid, Spain;son of Roy Muir and Annie Smith (Durie) Kinnear ...
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.
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.
