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
Credits
- 2008 · The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories as Self - Narrator
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2002 · High Hopes as
- 2000 · In the Beginning as Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Colonel Dupree
- 1999 · Boobs in the Wood as Triar Fuck (as Victor Spineti)
- 1999 · Julie and the Cadillacs as Cyril Wise
- 1995 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen as Bragas / Major M
- 1995 · You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' as Self
- 1993 · Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch as
- 1993 · Seriously Seeking Sid as Self
- 1991 · An Actor's Life For Me as
- 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
- 1991 · The Princess and the Goblin as Glump
- 1990 · The Krays as Mr. Lawson
- 1990 · Romeo.Juliet as Tybalt (voice)
- 1989 · The Paradise Club as Elliott Rossini
- 1989 · The Further Adventures of SuperTed as
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Herman Van Daan
- 1987 · Bad Boyes as
- 1986 · Under the Cherry Moon as The Jaded Three #1
- 1984 · Mistral's Daughter as Bianchi
- 1983 · SuperTed as Texas Pete
- 1979 · The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
- 1979 · Take My Wife as
- 1978 · 3-2-1 as
- 1977 · Hardcore as Duncan
- 1977 · Casanova & Co. as The Prefect
- 1976 · Voyage of the Damned as Dr. Erich Strauss
- 1976 · Emily as Richard Walker
- 1975 · Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done as Dick Deadeye (voice)
- 1975 · The Return of the Pink Panther as Hotel Concierge
- 1975 · The Great McGonagall as
- 1974 · The Little Prince as The Historian
- 1973 · Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World as Prof. Ribart
- 1973 · The 500 Pound Jerk as Martin Bloore
- 1972 · Under Milk Wood as Mog Edwards
- 1970 · Defeat of the Mafia as Charles Agostino
- 1970 · Start the Revolution Without Me as Duke d'Escargot
- 1969 · A Promise of Bed as George
- 1969 · Two in Clover as
- 1968 · The Biggest Bundle of Them All as Captain Giglio
- 1967 · Magical Mystery Tour as Army Sergeant
- 1967 · The Taming of the Shrew as Hortensio
- 1965 · The Wild Affair as Quentin
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Trivelin
- 1965 · Help! as Prof. Foot
- 1964 · A Hard Day's Night as T.V. Director
- 1964 · I Think They Call Him John as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 · Becket as French Tailor (uncredited)
- 1963 · Sparrows Can't Sing as Arnold
- 1962 · The Saint as Commissionaire
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Future · Sweet Sixteen as
- Future · Fred Basset as
- 1961 · The Gentle Terror as Joe