Television
His first television work was as a fisherman in a 1971 episode of Coopers End. [4] In 1973,he was in an episode of the anthology series Love Story and was a barman in the television movie,Achilles Heel. [4]
Kinsey's break out role came in 1974 when,through his agent,he met Jimmy Perry and David Croft,who auditioned him for the part of Gunner 'Nosher' Evans in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum ,which ran for eight series from 1974 to 1981. [5] [6] In the show,soldiers in the concert party all had nicknames that fit with their personality,but according to Kinsey in a 2021 interview,Gunner Evans originally did not have a nickname however when show co-creator David Croft saw him eating pie and chips during break he looked at Kinsey and said "I know the name for you now;Nosher";Kinsey said in the same interview that he didn't normally have lunch on set and that the one time he ate on set which gave his character the name was "most unfortunate" as every one of his lines from then onwards was spoken by Mike with food stuffed in his mouth,jokingly saying that he "regetted it to this day". [6]
Amongst other roles,he has also played a reporter in the 1975 drama Nightmare for a Nightingale. He appeared as a guest in two episodes of This Is Your Life,appearing with all of his It Ain't Half Hot Mum co-stars for Windsor Davies' episode in 1976 and appearing with Kenneth MacDonald,Michael Knowles and Don Estelle for George Layton's episode in 1999. [4] [7]
Kinsey acted as a farmer in an episode of Dangerfield in 1997. [8] He returned to acting in 2016 to appear in the film My Day,as elderly man Frank,released in 2019. [9] [10] [11]
