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Roy Kinnear

1934 - 1988

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Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) 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). He reprised the role of Planchet in the 1974 and 1989 sequels, and died following an accident during filming of the latter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Kinnear is the 6,079th most popular actor (down from 5,664th in 2019), the 4,698th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,235th in 2019) and the 700th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roy Kinnear ranks 6,079 out of 13,578Before him are Hu Die, Inge Keller, Bill Robinson, Jessalyn Gilsig, Patricia Bredin, and Linus Roache. After him are Mikhail Yefremov, Mario Cimarro, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jyothika, Clarke Peters, and Aleksei Dikiy.

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Among people born in 1934, Roy Kinnear ranks 465Before him are Bent Peder Rasch, George Follmer, Marlene Mathews, Amiri Baraka, Tina Louise, and Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov. After him are Charles Jenkins Sr., Guillermo Sepúlveda, David Halberstam, Giuseppina Leone, Curtis Fuller, and Evy Berggren. Among people deceased in 1988, Roy Kinnear ranks 235Before him are Irene Manton, Victorio Unamuno, Bent Peder Rasch, Judith Barsi, Gerd Hornberger, and Marta Abba. After him are Ove Arup, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Lyman Lemnitzer, Nora Astorga, Greta Nissen, and Ella Raines.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Kinnear ranks 4,699 out of 8,785Before him are Matthew Webb (1848), Gordon Thomas (1921), David O'Leary (1958), Patricia Bredin (1935), Linus Roache (1964), and Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854). After him are Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Allan Clarke (1942), Rick Allen (1963), David Garnett (1892), and Robert Service (1947).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Roy Kinnear ranks 700Before him are James Nesbitt (1965), Rebecca Hall (1982), Barry Foster (1931), Ray Park (1974), Patricia Bredin (1935), and Linus Roache (1964). After him are Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Rupert Davies (1916), Joanna Pettet (1942), Christian Coulson (1978), Tony Jay (1933), and Nigel Davenport (1928).