Victor Spinetti
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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
Credits
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
as T.V. Director
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Dr. Erich Strauss
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
as Hortensio
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
as Hotel Concierge
Emily (1976)
as Richard Walker
The Little Prince (1974)
as The Historian
Becket (1964)
as French Tailor (uncredited)
The Krays (1990)
as Mr. Lawson
Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
as The Jaded Three #1
Romeo.Juliet (1990)
as Tybalt (voice)
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
as Duke d'Escargot
The Princess and the Goblin (1991)
as Glump (voice)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
as Army Sergeant
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
as Arnold
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Casanova & Co. (1977)
as The Prefect
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
as Captain Giglio
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch (1993)
Actor
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
as Critic Sharpnose
Hardcore (1977)
as Duncan
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Mog Edwards
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
as Prof. Ribart
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Herman Van Daan
I Think They Call Him John (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
as Colonel Dupree
Help! (1965)
as Prof. Foot
Character Building (1995)
as (voice)
Boobs in the Wood (1999)
as Triar Fuck
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1995)
as Self
Julie and the Cadillacs (1999)
as Cyril Wise
The Great McGonagall (1975)
Actor
The 500 Pound Jerk (1973)
as Martin Bloore
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995)
as Bragas / Major M
The Wild Affair (1965)
as Quentin
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975)
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
A Promise of Bed (1969)
as George
Defeat of the Mafia (1970)
as Charles Agostino
Seriously Seeking Sid (1993)
as Self
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories (2008)
as Self - Narrator
The Gentle Terror (1961)
as Joe