Victor Spinetti
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
Omnibus
Self
BBC Play of the Month
Trivelin
The Saint
Commissionaire
3-2-1
The Paradise Club
Elliott Rossini
High Hopes
SuperTed
Texas Pete
New Tricks
Mistral's Daughter
Bianchi
In the Beginning
Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
The Beatles Anthology
Foot (archive footage)
Paul Merton: The Series
Two in Clover
Sweet Sixteen
An Actor's Life For Me
Fred Basset
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
Take My Wife
The Return of the Pink Panther
Hotel Concierge
A Hard Day's Night
T.V. Director
Help!
Prof. Foot
Casanova & Co.
The Prefect
The Taming of the Shrew
Hortensio
Voyage of the Damned
Dr. Erich Strauss
The Little Prince
The Historian
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Becket
French Tailor (uncredited)
Magical Mystery Tour
Army Sergeant
Under the Cherry Moon
The Jaded Three #1
The Krays
Mr. Lawson
Start the Revolution Without Me
Duke d'Escargot
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Captain Giglio
The Princess and the Goblin
Glump
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Prof. Ribart
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Bragas / Major M
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Critic Sharpnose
Under Milk Wood
Mog Edwards
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Colonel Dupree
The Wild Affair
Quentin
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Herman Van Daan
Emily
Richard Walker
Sparrows Can't Sing
Arnold
Boobs in the Wood
Triar Fuck
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self
Hardcore
Duncan
Seriously Seeking Sid
Self
A Promise of Bed
George
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Self - Narrator
The 500 Pound Jerk
Martin Bloore
Romeo.Juliet
Tybalt (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Julie and the Cadillacs
Cyril Wise
Defeat of the Mafia
Charles Agostino
The Great McGonagall
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Dick Deadeye (voice)
I Think They Call Him John
Narrator (voice)
The Gentle Terror
Joe