Victor Spinetti
Biography
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.
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A Hard Day's Night
as T.V. Director
1964
The Taming of the Shrew
as Hortensio
1967
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Hotel Concierge
1975
Becket
as French Tailor (uncredited)
1964
Voyage of the Damned
as Dr. Erich Strauss
1976
Help!
as Foot
1965
The Krays
as Mr. Lawson
1990
The Little Prince
as The Historian
1974
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
1979
The Princess and the Goblin
as Glump (voice)
1991
Casanova & Company
as The Prefect
1977
Under the Cherry Moon
as The Jaded Three #1
1986
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Duke d'Escargot
1970
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
as Bragas / Major M
1995
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Captain Giglio
1968
Magical Mystery Tour
as Army Sergeant
1967
Emily
as Richard Walker
1976
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Arnold
1963
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Colonel Dupree
1999
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Prof. Ribart
1973
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Herman Van Daan
1988
Under Milk Wood
as Mog Edwards
1972
Hardcore
as Duncan
1977
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Critic Sharpnose
1969
A Promise of Bed
as George
1969
Boobs in the Wood
as Triar Fuck
1999
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
1975
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
1993
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as Self - Narrator
2008
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Cyril Wise
1999
The Wild Affair
as Quentin
1965
Defeat of the Mafia
as Charles Agostino
1970
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self
1995
Romeo.Juliet
as Tybalt (voice)
1990
The 500 Pound Jerk
as Martin Bloore
1973
Character Building
as (voice)
1995
The Great McGonagall
1975
The Sea
as Hatch
1978
The Gentle Terror
as Joe
1961
I Think They Call Him John
as Narrator (voice)
1964
Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self
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The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Saint
as Commissionaire
1962
Omnibus
as Self
1967
BBC Play of the Month
as Hatch
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Trivelin
1965
New Tricks
2004
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as George
1965
Richard the Lionheart
as Pierre
1962
Bottom
as Maître d'
1991
SuperTed
as Texas Pete
1983
Mistral's Daughter
as Bianchi
1984
The Paradise Club
as Elliott Rossini
1989
The Beatles Anthology
as Foot (archive footage)
1995
3-2-1
1978
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989
High Hopes
2002
The Story of Musicals
as Self
2012
Two in Clover
as Vic Evans
1969
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
In the Beginning
as Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
2000
An Actor's Life for Me
as Desmond Shaw
1991
Sweet Sixteen
as Ken Green
1983
Time of My Life
as Vittorio
1980
Fred Basset
1976