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Roy Kinnear (1934–1988)

After his schooling in Edinburgh, the British character actor Roy Kinnear attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Following national service, Kinnear appeared on stage, radio, and television in Scotland before becoming a household name in Britain in the early 1960s as one of the original members of the television series That Was the Week That Was... See full bio »

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(age 54) in Madrid, Spain

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (153 titles)
1991 The Princess and the Goblin
Mump (voice)
 
1990 Diamond's Edge
Jack Splendide
 
1989 Casualty (TV series)
Brian McCarthy
A Wing and a Prayer (1989) … Brian McCarthy
 
1980-1989 Minder (TV series)
Fat Charlie / Whaley
It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie (1989) … Fat Charlie
You Gotta Have Friends (1980) … Whaley
 
1989 Mike + The Mechanics: A Closer Look (video)
Roy, the manager (video 'All I Need Is A Miracle' & 'Taken In') [1985])
 
1988 A Man for All Seasons (TV movie)
The Common Man
 
1988 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
Funeral Director
There Was an Old Woman (1988) … Funeral Director
 
1988 Mr. H Is Late (TV short)
Piper
 
1987 Boon (TV series)
Harold Beamish
Wheels of Fortune (1987) … Harold Beamish
 
1987 Casanova (TV movie)
Balbi
 
1987 Hardwicke House (TV series)
Mr. Wickham / R G Wickham
The Visit (1987) … Mr. Wickham
 
1987 Unusual Ground Floor Conversion (short)
Previous Tenant
 
1986 Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On (TV movie)
Baron Hardup
 
1985-1986 Bertha (TV series)
Mr. Duncan / Mr. Sprot / Panjit / …
Episode #1.13 (1986) … Ted/Roy/Mr. Sprot/Panjit/Mr. Duncan (voice)
Episode #1.2 (1985) … Ted/Roy/Mr. Sprot/Panjit/Mr. Duncan (voice)
Episode #1.1 (1985) … Ted/Roy/Mr. Sprot/Panjit/Mr. Duncan (voice)
 
1986 Pirates
Dutch
 
1985 Super Gran (TV series)
Cyril Small
Supergran and the Super Match (1985) … Cyril Small
 
1984 The Clairvoyant (TV series)
Arnold Bristow
 
1984 Squaring the Circle (TV movie)
Kania
 
1982-1984 SuperTed (TV series)
Bulk
SuperTed Meets Father Christmas (1984) … Bulk (voice)
SuperTed and Nuts in Space (1983) … Bulk (voice)
SuperTed and the City of the Dead (1983) … Bulk (voice)
SuperTed and the Giant Kites (1983) … Bulk (voice)
 
1983 Anna Pavlova
Gardener
 
1983 Andy Robson (TV series)
Insp. Travers
The Lady from St. Petersburg (1983) … Insp. Travers
 
1983 The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV series)
Various
Episode #2.6 (1983) … Various
 
1983 Lady Is a Tramp (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1983)
 
1982 Anyone for Denis? (TV movie)
Boris
 
1982 The Agatha Christie Hour (TV series)
Cabbie
The Girl in the Train (1982) … Cabbie
 
1982 Hammett
English Eddie Hagedorn
 
1982 Emery Presents: Legacy of Murder (TV series)
Bovver Boy's Dad
 
1972-1982 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
King Em / Mirror
The Witching Hour (1982) … Mirror
Daft Sam (1972) … King Em
 
1982 Towser (TV series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1982 Return of the Ewok (video short)
Maxwell Mercury Talent Agent
 
1982 Maths Counts (TV series)
 
1982 The Boys in Blue
Mr. Lloyd
 
1980-1981 Cowboys (TV series)
Joe Jones
Middle for Diddle (1981) … Joe Jones
Operation Douche (1981) … Joe Jones
Pieces of Hate (1980) … Joe Jones
Hurricane Leslie (1980) … Joe Jones
 
1981 Blakes 7 (TV series)
Keiller
Gold (1981) … Keiller
 
1981 Hawk the Slayer
Innkeeper
 
1981 Dick Turpin (TV series)
Clanton
 
1981 We Had Some Happy Hours (TV movie)
Husband
 
1981 If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Fishfingers
 
1981 The Incredible Mr Tanner (TV series)
Sidney Pratt
The Wallet (1981) … Sidney Pratt
The Better Half (1981) … Sidney Pratt
 
1980-1981 Janet and Company (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (1981)
Pilot (1980)
 
1981 The Good Companions (TV series)
Alfred Nott
Salvage Work (1981) … Alfred Nott
 
1980 Rhubarb Rhubarb (short)
Home Owner
 
1980 Metal Mickey (TV series)
Wilf
Mickey in Love (1980) … Wilf
 
1980 Rushton's Illustrated (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (1980)
Episode #1.4 (1980)
Episode #1.3 (1980)
Episode #1.2 (1980)
Episode #1.1 (1980)
 
1980 Keep It in the Family (TV series)
Royston Higson
Some Enchanted Evening (1980) … Royston Higson
 
1977-1980 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
(Series 15-17)
Episode #17.4 (1980)
Episode #16.6 (1979)
Episode #16.4 (1979)
Episode #16.2 (1979)
 
1980 High Rise Donkey
Mr. Garnett
 
1979 Quincy's Quest
Top
 
1976-1979 George & Mildred (TV series)
Jerry
In Sickness and in Health (1979) … Jerry
All Work and No Pay (1978) … Jerry
You Must Have Showers (1978) … Jerry
Opportunity Knocks (1978) … Jerry
Moving On (1976) … Jerry
 
1979 Mother Nature's Bloomers (TV series)
Various characters
No Need to Look Smug, by Jove! (1979) … Various characters
What About Verisimilitude? (1979) … Various characters
Not a Single Importunate Embrace (1979) … Various characters
What Happened in Pudding Lane? (1979) … Various characters
Did You Think Our Women Police Would Let You Down? (1979) … Various characters
 
1979 The London Connection
Bidley
 
1979 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Bidley
The Omega Connection (1979) … Bidley
 
1978 The Talking Parcel (TV movie)
Ethelred (voice)
 
1978 Watership Down
Pipkin (voice)
 
1971-1977 Play for Today (TV series)
Henry Hunter / Roderick Major
The Mayor's Charity (1977) … Roderick Major
Everybody Say Cheese (1971) … Henry Hunter
 
1977 Ripping Yarns (TV series)
Vogel
Escape from Stalag Luft 112 B (1977) … Vogel
 
1977 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Quincey
 
1977 The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (TV series)
Richard Burton
Naught for Thy Comfort (1977) … Richard Burton
 
1977 Sink or Swim (short)
 
1976 N.U.T.S. (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1976)
Episode #1.5 (1976)
Episode #1.4 (1976)
Episode #1.3 (1976)
Episode #1.2 (1976)
 
1976 Get Some In! (TV series)
Cpl. Jenner
Complaints (1976) … Cpl. Jenner
 
1976 Not Now, Comrade
Hoskins
 
1975 The Punch Review (TV series)
 
1975 The Sweeney (TV series)
Frankie Little
I Want the Man (1975) … Frankie Little
 
1974-1975 Man About the House (TV series)
Jerry
Right Said George (1975) … Jerry
All in the Game (1975) … Jerry
We Shall Not Be Moved (1974) … Jerry
 
1975 Shades of Greene (TV series)
Lord Driver
When Greek Meets Greek (1975) … Lord Driver
 
1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Superintendent Grubbs
 
1975 Three for All
Hounslow Joe
 
1975 The Loner (TV series)
Sergeant Hardaker
Dawson's Connection (1975) … Sergeant Hardaker
 
1971-1975 The Goodies (TV series)
Emperor / Professor Nuts
Rome Antics (1975) … Emperor
Lost Tribe of the Orinoco (1971) … Professor Nuts
 
1975 A Little Bit of Wisdom (TV series)
Butcher
Episode #2.3 (1975) … Butcher
 
1975 Eskimo Nell
Benny U. Murdoch
 
1975 The Amorous Milkman
Sergeant
 
1974 Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Bishop of Paris
 
1974 Juggernaut
Social Director Curtain
 
1974 South Riding (TV series)
Sid Mail
The Powers That Be (1974) … Sid Mail
 
1967-1974 Till Death Us Do Part (TV series)
Alf's Workmate
Party Night (1974) … Alf's Workmate
The Royal Wedding (1974)
Dock Pilfering (1972) … Alf's Workmate
The Bulldog Breed (1967)
 
1973 Billy Liar (TV series)
Dr. Smiley
Billy and the Freudian Slip (1973) … Dr. Smiley
 
1973 Father Dear Father (TV series)
Sid
Right Hand Man (1973) … Sid
 
1973 The Cobblers of Umbridge (TV movie)
Dan and Doris Cobbler
 
1972 That's Your Funeral
Purvis
 
1972 Raising the Roof
Dad Burke
 
1972 Sykes (TV series)
Uncle Arthur
Uncle (1972) … Uncle Arthur
 
1972 The Alf Garnett Saga
Wally
 
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Lushly (1972)
 
1972 The Pied Piper
Burgermeister Poppendick
 
1972 Jason King (TV series)
Robbins
An Author in Search of Two Characters (1972) … Robbins
 
1972 Madame Sin
Holidaymaker
 
1972 Cheap at Half the Price (TV movie)
Jimmy Wilcox
 
1972 The Adventurer (TV series)
Marks
Skeleton in the Cupboard (1972) … Marks
 
1971 Doctor at Large (TV series)
Mr. Davidson
No Ill Feeling! (1971) … Mr. Davidson
 
1971 Melody
Mr. Perkins
 
1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Mr Morris
Big Soft Nellie (1971) … Mr Morris
 
1971 The Stanley Baxter Show (TV series)
Episode #4.3 (1971)
 
1971 Bertha
Narrator (unconfirmed) / Male Voices (unconfirmed)
 
1971 The Firechasers
Roscoe
 
1970 His and Hers (TV series)
Mr. Moulding
Crime (1970) … Mr. Moulding
 
1970 All Gas and Gaiters (TV series)
1st Verger
The Bishop Beats the System (1970) … 1st Verger
 
1968-1970 Inside George Webley (TV series)
George Webley
A Muse of Fire (1970) … George Webley
 
1970 Egghead's Robot
Park Keeper
 
1969 World in Ferment (TV series)
Episode #1.3 (1969)
 
1969 The Bed Sitting Room
Plastic mac man
 
1969 The Gnomes of Dulwich (TV series)
'Big' replica
Episode #1.5 (1969) … 'Big' replica
 
1964-1969 The Avengers (TV series)
Bagpipes Happychap / Benedict Napoleon Hickey / Private Jessop / …
Bizarre (1969) … Bagpipes Happychap
The See-Through Man (1967) … Prof. Ernest Quilby
The Hour That Never Was (1965) … Benedict Napoleon Hickey
Esprit De Corps (1964) … Private Jessop
 
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters!
Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
 
1969 The Jimmy Logan Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1969)
 
1968 The Three Princes (TV movie)
Moonprince
 
1968 BBC Show of the Week (TV series)
Simply Sheila (1968)
 
1968 Nicholas Nickleby (TV mini-series)
Gentleman next door
Escape (1968) … Gentleman next door
 
1968 Albert Carter, Q.O.S.O. (short)
Albert Carter
 
1967 How I Won the War
Clapper
 
1967 The Mini-Mob
Fire Extinguisher Salesman
 
1966 The Deadly Affair
Adam Scarr
 
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gladiator Instructor
 
1965 A Slight Case of... (TV series)
H A Wormsley
Exposure (1965) … H A Wormsley
Identity (1965) … H A Wormsley
Class (1965) … H A Wormsley
Opium (1965) … H A Wormsley
 
1964-1965 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Ginger Dick / Sydney Lord
Sam the Samaritan (1965) … Ginger Dick
The Siege of Sidney's Street (1964) … Sydney Lord
 
1965 Help!
Algernon
 
1964-1965 World of His Own (TV series)
Stanley Blake
Episode #2.6 (1965) … Stanley Blake
Episode #2.5 (1965) … Stanley Blake
Episode #2.4 (1965) … Stanley Blake
Episode #2.3 (1965) … Stanley Blake
Episode #2.2 (1965) … Stanley Blake
 
1964 French Dressing
Henry Liggott
 
1964 Hamlet at Elsinore (TV movie)
Gravedigger
 
1964 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Oliver Strickland
Studio '64: The Happy Moorings (1964) … Oliver Strickland
 
1964 Festival (TV series)
Mr. Bolt
August for the People (1964) … Mr. Bolt
 
1963 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Sgt. Buzfuz
Mr Pickwick (1963) … Sgt. Buzfuz
 
1963 Underworld Informers
Shorty
 
1963 A Place to Go
Bunting
 
1962-1963 Richard the Lionheart (TV series)
 
1963 Heavens Above!
Fred Smith
 
1963 The Small World of Sammy Lee
Lucky Dave
 
1963 Sparrows Can't Sing
Fred Gooding
 
1962 The Boys
Bus conductor (uncredited)
 
1962 Tiara Tahiti
Capt. Enderby
 
1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
 
1961 A Wedding (TV movie)
Best Man
 
1960 The Millionairess
Man Carrying Crate (uncredited)
 
1956 She Stoops to Conquer (TV movie)
Tony Lumpkin
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1980 Metal Mickey (TV series)
Mickey in Love (1980) (performer: "Tiddely winky winky, Tiddely winky woo")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1988 A Man for All Seasons (TV movie) (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
1988 A Question of Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.11 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 An Audience with Peter Ustinov (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.6 (1986) … Himself
 
1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1985 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 August 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 All Star Secrets (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1985) … Himself
 
1981-1984 Punchlines! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.15 (1984) … Himself
Episode #5.12 (1984) … Himself
Episode #4.14 (1983) … Himself
Episode #4.10 (1983) … Himself
Episode #3.16 (1983) … Himself
 
1984 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Raymond Watmough
Keith Waterhouse (1984) … Raymond Watmough
 
1979-1983 Blankety Blank (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.15 (1983) … Himself
Episode #4.1 (1981) … Himself
Episode #3.3 (1980) … Himself
Episode #2.17 (1979) … Himself
 
1983 An Audience with Kenneth Williams (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1983 Children in Need (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 November 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1980 London Night Out (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.5 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Roy Kinnear (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Clapper Board (TV series)
Himself
The London Connection (1979) … Himself
 
1979 Mad Dogs and Cricketers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Star Games (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 September 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1971-1973 Jokers Wild (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.15 (1973) … Himself
Episode #8.14 (1973) … Himself
Episode #8.10 (1972) … Himself
Episode #8.9 (1972) … Himself
Episode #8.2 (1972) … Himself
 
1969 Join Jim Dale (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1969 Once More with Felix (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.9 (1969) … Himself
Episode #2.4 (1968) … Himself
Episode #1.1 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 Frost on Sunday (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.19 (1968) … Himself
 
1966 Quiz Ball (TV series)
Himself - Guest Supporter
 
1962-1963 That Was the Week That Was (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.14 (1963) … Himself
Episode #2.13 (1963) … Himself
Episode #2.12 (1963) … Himself
Episode #2.11 (1963) … Himself
Episode #2.10 (1963) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2009 JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Unforgettable Joan Sims (TV special documentary)
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1985 Mis-Takes (video)
Dad (uncredited)
 
1964 Four Days in November (documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

(1960) Stage: Appeared in Ben Jonson's play, "Every Man in His Humour", at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East, England, with Charles Stanley, Sean Lynch, Victor Spinetti, Michael McKevitt, Bob Grant, Brian Murphy, Claire Nielson and Ann Beach in the cast. Joan Littlewood was the director... See more »

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Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Trivia:

Father of actor Rory Kinnear and Kirsty Kinnear. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn