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Roy Kinnear

Biography

Roy Kinnear, born in Wigan in 1934, worked in English film, television and theater as a comedian. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1955, and began his career the same year in repertory at Newquay. The Theatre Workshop run by Joan Littlewood at the Theatre Royal Stratford East took him on in 1959, and he appeared in both the play and the film of Sparrows Can't Sing. His television debut came on Mr. Fixit, and That Was the Week That Was brought him national attention. His best known films, several of them for director Richard Lester, included Help! (1965), How I Won the War (1967), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and The Three Musketeers (1973) with its sequels. He voiced Pipkin in Watership Down (1978), narrated Bertha and Towser, and played the title role in The Travails of Sancho Panza and appeared in The Cherry Orchard in 1985. He died in 1988.

54years old at death

  • Born Wigan
  • Died Madrid
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
  • Also credited as Roy Mitchell Kinnear

Movie Career

Films
32
Career span
28 years1963 to 1991

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  1. First role

    Kinnear's acting career started in 1955. At the repertory theater in Newquay, he took the part of Albert in The Young in Heart.

  2. Early training

    Kinnear enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at 17, but his National service in the army interrupted his studies for two years before he returned and graduated in 1955.

  3. First role

    Kinnear's television debut came in 1959 on the STV children's series Mr. Fixit, before he gained national attention on That Was the Week That Was.

Roy Kinnear movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971 Family, Fantasy, Musicalas Mr. Salt

    IMDb rating 7.8247K votes

  2. Watership Down1978 Adventure, Animation, Dramaas Pipkinvoice

    IMDb rating 7.544K votes

  3. The Hill1965as Monty Bartlett

    IMDb rating 7.817K votes

  4. Help!1965as Algernon

    IMDb rating 7.121K votes

  5. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo1977as Quincey

    IMDb rating 5.78.9K votes

  6. Pirates1986as Dutch

    IMDb rating 6.010K votes

  7. The Princess and the Goblin1991as Mumpvoice

    IMDb rating 6.73.6K votes

  8. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother1975as Moriarty's Assistant

    IMDb rating 6.07.9K votes

Most often with

Richard Lester directed eight of these films, Sidney Lumet two. Michael Hordern appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Roy Kinnear's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$111 million

10 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 32 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 17 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 17Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $29M26.2% of the total
  2. 2
    The Three Musketeers1973as Planchet
    $22M19.9% of the total
  3. 3
    $20M18.0% of the total
  4. 4
    $14M12.6% of the total
  5. 5
    The Four Musketeers1974as Planchet
    $8.8M7.9% of the total
  6. 6
    Scrooge1970as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
    $6.0M5.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Watership Down1978as Pipkin (voice)
    $3.7M3.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Juggernaut1974as Social Director Curtain
    $3.4M3.1% of the total
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), $2.4 millionPirates (1986), $1.6 million

$4.0 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total