Roy Kinnear
British actor (1934–1988)
Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was a British actor. Kinnear was born in Wigan, Lancashire.
He was known for his roles in movies directed by Richard Lester; including Algernon in The Beatles Help! (1965), Clapper in How I Won the War (1967) and Planchet in The Three Musketeers (1973). He also played Henry Salt in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Kinnear died on 20 September 1988 from a heart attack after injuring himself while riding a horse in Madrid, aged 54.[1]
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- ↑ "Roy Kinnear Is Dead At 54 After Falling From Horse in Film". The New York Times. 1988-09-23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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