Creator / Roy Kinnear

Roy Mitchell Kinnear, (8 January 1934 — 20 September 1988), was a British character actor best known for playing sweaty, nervous, bumbling men in various films and TV series.

After enrolling in RADA, he joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, and early in his career, he appeared in the film Sparrows Can't Sing.

He quickly began to appear in many films and TV shows and starred in Cowboys, a sitcom about builders. He made many films with Richard Lester, a director and his close friend. These include The Bed Sitting Room, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Help!, How I Won the War, Juggernaut (1974), and The Three Musketeers (1973).

From 1968 to 1970, he starred in Inside George Webley alongside Patsy Rowlands, while in the latter year, he also appeared in his most iconic role to American audiences, when he was cast in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as the father of Golden Ticket winner Veruca Salt.

He began doing voiceover work in the late '70s, from voicing Pipkin in Watership Down, to providing narration in Bertha. He also appeared in two music videos for Mike + the Mechanics.

He was given a few starring roles in No Appointment Necessary (1977), Cowboys, and the Black Comedy Hardwicke House, where he played school headmaster R.G. Wickham. Kinnear was very enthusiastic about the series and was devastated when it was cancelled after its first two episodes were transmitted.

During the filming of The Return of the Musketeers, he fell from a horse while filming a scene. He was taken to a hospital but died the next day at the age of 54 of a heart attack brought on by his accident.

He was the father of fellow actor Rory Kinnear.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Films

• Heavens Above! (1963) — Fred Smith
• Help! (1965) — Algernon
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) — Gladiator Instructor
• The Bed Sitting Room (1969) — Plastic Mac Man
• Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) — Weller
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) — Prince Regent
• Scrooge (1970) — Gentleman of Charity
• The Firechasers (1971) — Roscoe
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) — Mr. Henry Salt
• The Three Musketeers (1973) — Planchet
• Juggernaut (1974) — Social Director Curtain
• The Four Musketeers (1974) — Planchet
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) — Superintendent Grubbs
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) — Moriarty's Assistant
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) — Quincey
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) — Boldini
• Watership Down (1978) — Pipkin
• The Talking Parcel (1978) — Ethelred
• Hawk the Slayer (1980) — Innkeeper
• Hammett (1982) — English Eddie Hagedorn
• Pirates (1986) — Dutch
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989) — Planchet
• The Princess and the Goblin (1991) — Mump

Series

• That Was the Week That Was, 37 episodes (1962-63) — As Himself
• The Avengers, 4 episodes:
  • "Esprit De Corps" (1964) — Private Jessop
  • "The Hour That Never Was" (1965) — Hickey
  • "The See-Through Man" (1967) — Quilby
  • "Bizarre" (1969) — Happychap
• Till Death Us Do Part, 4 episodes:
  • "The Bulldog Breed" (1967) — Lorry Driver
  • "Dock Pilfering" (1972) — Alf's Workmate
  • 2 episodes^{show list}"The Royal Wedding", "Party Night" (1974) — Sid
• Inside George Webley, 12 episodes (1968-70) — George Webley
• The Gnomes of Dulwich, episode "Two Big's in One Garden" (1969) — Big Replica
• All Gas and Gaiters, episode "The Bishop Beats the System" (1970) — Verger
• Jackanory, 16 episodes:
  • 13 episodes (1971-74) — Storyteller
  • 3 episodes^{show list}"The 13 Clocks: Part 1", "The 13 Clocks: Part 2", "The 13 Clocks: Part 3" (1983) — The Golux
• Doctor at Large, episode "No Ill Feeling!" (1971) — Mr. Davidson
• Play for Today, 2 episodes:
  • "Everybody Say Cheese" (1971) — Henry Hunter
  • "The Mayor's Charity" (1977) — Roderick Major
• The Goodies, 2 episodes:
  • "Lost Tribe of the Orinoco" (1971) — Professor Nuts
  • "Rome Antics" (1975) — Emperor
• Jason King, episode "An Author in Search of Two Characters" (1972) — Jack Robbins
• Sykes, episode "Uncle" (1972) — Uncle Arthur
• Jackanory Playhouse, 2 episodes:
  • "Daft Sam" (1972) — King Em
  • "The Witching Hour" (1982) — Mirror
• Man About the House, 3 episodes^{show list}"We Shall Not Be Moved", "All in the Game", "Right Said George" (1974-75) — Jerry
• The Sweeney, episode "I Want the Man" (1975) — Frankie Little
• Get Some In!, episode "Complaints" (1976) — Cook-Corporal Jenner
• George & Mildred, 5 episodes^{show list}"Moving On", "Opportunity Knocks", "You Must Have Showers", "All Work and No Pay", "In Sickness and in Health" (1976-79) — Jerry
• No Appointment Necessary, 7 episodes^{show list}"Pilot", "The Shampoo Jungle", "The French Connexion", "Publish and be Damned", "An Offer You Can't Refuse", "Like Father, Like Son", "Shampoo and Set... and Shave!" (1977) — Alf Butler
• Ripping Yarns, episode "Escape from Stalag Luft 112 B" (1977) — Vogel
• Minder, 2 episodes:
  • "You Gotta Have Friends" (1980) — Whaley
  • "It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie" (1989) — Fat Charlie
• Blake's 7, episode "Gold" (1981) — Keiller
• SuperTed, 35 episodes (1983-86) — Bulk
• Super Gran, episode "Supergran and the Super Match" (1985) — Cyril Small
• Bertha, 13 episodes (1985-86) — Narrator
• The Sooty Show, episode "Moths" (1986) — Spider-Man
• CASUAL+Y, episode "A Wing and a Prayer" (1988) — Brian McCarthy

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