Victor Spinetti
Acting
Victor Sinetti (born Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti) was a Welsh comedy actor, author and poet. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s Beatles films "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!" and "Magical Mystery Tour". Born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales, Spinetti was educated at Monmouth School and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, of which he became a Fellow. After various menial jobs, Spinetti pursued a stage career and was closely associated with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in London, England. Among the productions were "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be" and "Oh! What a Lovely War" (1963), which transferred to New York City and for which he won a Tony Award. Spinetti's film career developed simultaneously; his dozens of film appearances would include Zeffirelli's "The Taming of the Shrew", "Under Milk Wood", "The Return of the Pink Panther" and "Under the Cherry Moon". During his later career, Spinetti acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in such roles as Lord Foppington in "The Relapse" and the Archbishop in "Richard III", at Stratford-upon-Avon; and, in 1990, he appeared in "The Krays". In 2008 he appeared in a one-man show, "A Very Private Diary", which toured the UK as "A Very Private Diary ... Revisited!", recounting his life story. Spinetti was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011 and died of the disease in June 2012.
Known for
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movieThe Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
Self - Narrator
tvIn the Beginning
2000
Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
movieBoobs in the Wood
1999
Triar Fuck
tvThe Beatles Anthology
1995
Foot (archive footage)
tvAn Actor's Life for Me
1991
Desmond Shaw
tvBottom
1991
Maître d'
movieThe Princess and the Goblin
1991
Glump (voice)
movieThe Krays
1990
Mr. Lawson
movieRomeo.Juliet
1990
Tybalt (voice)
tvThe Paradise Club
1989
Elliott Rossini
movieThe Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
Herman Van Daan
movieUnder the Cherry Moon
1986
The Jaded Three #1
tvMistral's Daughter
1984
Bianchi
tvSuperTed
1983
Texas Pete
movieThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1979
Mr. Tumnus (voice)
movieHardcore
1977
Duncan
movieCasanova & Co.
1977
The Prefect
movieVoyage of the Damned
1976
Dr. Erich Strauss
movieEmily
1976
Richard Walker
movieDick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975
Dick Deadeye (voice)
movieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Hotel Concierge
movieThe Little Prince
1974
The Historian
movieDigby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
Prof. Ribart
movieThe 500 Pound Jerk
1973
Martin Bloore
movieUnder Milk Wood
1972
Mog Edwards
movieDefeat of the Mafia
1970
Charles Agostino
movieStart the Revolution Without Me
1970
Duke d'Escargot
tvTwo in Clover
1969
Vic Evans
movieThe Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
Captain Giglio
movieMagical Mystery Tour
1967
Army Sergeant
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967
Hortensio
movieThe Wild Affair
1965
Quentin
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Hatch / Trivelin
movieHelp!
1965
Prof. Foot
movieA Hard Day's Night
1964
T.V. Director
movieI Think They Call Him John
1964
Narrator (voice)
movieBecket
1964
French Tailor (uncredited)
tvThe Saint
1962
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