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Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was a British character actor. He was familiar to many audiences, for his appearances in many British television comedy shows, and is also remembered for his film appearances as Veruca Salt's father in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and as Planchet in Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers and its two sequels. It was during the filming of the latter sequel that Kinnear died as a result of a riding accident.
Kinnear was born in Wigan, Lancashire, the son of Annie Smith (née Durie) and Roy Muir Kinnear. His father was a dual international in rugby union and league, having played for Scotland and Great Britain national rugby league team international, making one Lions appearance and three for Other Nationalities, and scoring 81 tries in 184 games for Wigan; he collapsed and died while playing rugby union with the RAF in 1942, at age 38. Scotland Rugby League have named their Student Player of the Year Award after him.
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The Boys in Blue is a 1982 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Suzanne Danielle and Roy Kinnear.
Wonderfully charming short from 1967 starring Roy Kinnear and a cameo from Eric Idle! Music by Cliff Adams. I do not claim to own this movie- but given its incredible rarity - I felt it was only right to share. Feel free to object!
Central situation comedy from 1986, set in an anarchic comprehensive school where the teachers behave worse than the pupils. It has a similar style of humour to other comedy series such as The Young Ones... it certainly isn't Grange Hill! In his last role before his death, Roy Kinnear stars as the drunk and incompetent headmaster Mr Wickham, and other staff of the inner city school include a murderer, a teacher who is clearly attracted to the pupils and various other dysfunctional individuals. It was written by Richard Hall and Simon Wright, directed by John Stroud and produced by Paula Burdon. Recording took place at a disused school in Nottingham (St Bernadette's School), however Hardwicke House is based on Homerton House (later Homerton College of Technology, closed in 2007) in Hackn...
Underrated British TV Sit Com UK very funny this episode C.L.O.D. Should your kitchen need repainting or your bathroom require renovation, you certainly wouldn't want to hire the dubious firm of builders that goes by the name of joe jones limited .
70's comedy stars Brendan Price and features a host of guest stars such as Diana Dors, Bill Fraser, Julie Ege, Fred Emney and Roy Kinnear
Rare movie spin-off from the classic TV comedy series "Till Death Us Do Part", unavailable officially on DVD. Starring Warren Mitchell and Dandy Nichols. With the Garnett's Wapping home up for demolition, Alf and his family are installed in a high-rise council flat. Alf struggles with ‘living in the sky”, using elevators (which frequently break down due to power cuts "caused by the striking miners") and walking long distances to the local pub..!
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A tribute to one of our best loved comedy stars of the small screen Born Richard Gilbert Emery in London on 19th February 1917, Dick Emery was one of British television's favourite comedy performers on radio and television throughout the 1960s and 70s. His First ever television appearance was as early as 1952 and he was to be a regular in several shows over the next decade, but it was with his own creation - The Dick Emery Show - that he really made his name with the British public. From the very beginning The Dick Emery Show was a huge award-winning success - with a total of 166 editions over 18 yeras! Emery's flair with costume and make-up facilitated the creation of a host of memorable characters from the show: the nam-hungry, sexually frustrated Hettie; the infamous toothy vicar; the...
Wogan was a British television chat show that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1992, presented by Terry Wogan.
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Rory Kinnear talks about his debut play THE HERD, opening at the Bush Theatre on 13 September. www.bushtheatre.co.uk
Roy Kinnear plays Jerry, the Cowboy Builder and Jack of all trades
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It is absolutely true that death is mandatory, but what shocks us is the untimely death of our beloveds. The celebrities have had also undergone from the same situations when they were either handicapped or died at the spot. This list of top 10 famous celebrities who died during production will give you an insight of how your favorite star died and what led him/her suffer in life. ►SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://goo.gl/NktkX7 1. Jon-Erik Hexum What a poor incident occurred when an unintentional gunshot wound to the head on the set of the CBS adventure series Cover Up killed Hexum in 1984. In this series, he was playing the role of Mac Harper. According to several resources, Hexum had napped on October 12, 1984, during delay in filming. He, just to make fun, picked up a 0.44 Magnum pistol and p...
Rory Kinnear discusses what's in store for The Creature in Season 2 of Penny Dreadful. Starring Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, and Timothy Dalton. Subscribe to the Penny Dreadful channel for more clips: http://s.sho.com/PennyDreadfulYouTube Get Penny Dreadful merchandise now: http://sho.com/store_yt_penny Don’t have SHOWTIME? Order now: http://s.sho.com/1HbTNpQ Explore Penny Dreadful: http://www.penny-dreadful.com Like on Facebook: http://s.sho.com/PD-FB Follow on Twitter: http://s.sho.com/PD-Twitter Official site: http://s.sho.com/PennyDreadful In Season 2 of Penny Dreadful, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and her allies find themselves locked in an epic battle against an unholy evil; Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) falls under the spell of a bewitching temptress; Ethan's (Josh Hartnett) big secre...
The following is an edited transcript of Newcastle interim manager Joe Kinnear's first official press conference yesterday JK Which one is Simon Bird [Daily Mirror's north-east football writer]? SB Me. JK You're a cunt. SB Thank you. JK Which one is Hickman [Niall, football writer for the Express]? You are out of order. Absolutely fucking out of order. If you do it again, I am telling you you can fuck off and go to another ground. I will not come and stand for that fucking crap. No fucking way, lies. Fuck, you're saying I turned up and they [Newcastle's players] fucked off. SB No Joe, have you read it, it doesn't actually say that. Have you read it? JK I've fucking read it, I've read it. SB It doesn't say that. Have you read it? JK You are trying to fucking under...
Reckoner, you can't take it with you
Disavow the pleasure
You were not to blame for
Bittersweet distractors
Dare not speak his name
Dedicated to all you, all your needs
Because we separate
It ripples our reflections
Because we separate
It ripples our reflections
Reckoner