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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Kinnear has received more than 3,197,481 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Kinnear is the 5,667th most popular actor (down from 5,311th in 2019), the 4,234th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,056th in 2019) and the 645th most popular British Actor.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 45.85

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roy Kinnear ranks 5,667 out of 13,578. Before him are Roman Coppola, Park Yoo-chun, Mariette Hartley, Patricia Morison, Aloma Wright, and Graciela Borges. After him are Millard Mitchell, Michelle Trachtenberg, Clive Swift, Kal Penn, John Loder, and Helge Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Roy Kinnear ranks 422. Before him are Raymond Briggs, John Richardson, Martín Pando, Pino Caruso, Tevfik Kış, and Eladio Rojas. After him are Corey Allen, Mr. Fuji, Victor Argo, Fernando Cardenal, James Drury, and Kurt Armbruster. Among people deceased in 1988, Roy Kinnear ranks 215. Before him are Duane Jones, Roger Hargreaves, Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Lyman Lemnitzer, Hermann Volk, and Colin Higgins. After him are John Loder, Gerd Hornberger, Ella Raines, Lin Carter, Axel Grönberg, and Archie Cochrane.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Kinnear ranks 4,234 out of 8,785. Before him are David Jacobs (1888), Joe Elliott (1959), Michael Grant (1914), William Friese-Greene (1855), David C. Jewitt (1958), and Tommy Docherty (1928). After him are Allen Jones (1937), Jimmy Jones (1928), Clive Swift (1936), John Loder (1898), Robin Hill (1899), and Peter Mark Roget (1779).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Roy Kinnear ranks 645. Before him are Colin Baker (1943), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), Nigel Davenport (1928), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), and Amira Casar (1971). After him are Clive Swift (1936), John Loder (1898), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Sadie Frost (1965), and Michelle Dockery (1981).

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Television and Movie Roles

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Mr. Salt
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.
Jun 29th 19717.5 / 10
Watership Down
Pipkin (voice)
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Oct 14th 19787.2 / 10
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Quincey
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
Jun 24th 19775.9 / 10