Victor Spinetti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 2, 1933
- Died
- June 19, 2012 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Story of Musicals
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Movie · as Self - Narrator
New Tricks
TV · 1 ep
High Hopes
TV · 1 ep
In the Beginning
TV · as Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician · 2 eps
Boobs in the Wood
Movie · as Triar Fuck
Julie and the Cadillacs
Movie · as Cyril Wise
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Movie · as Colonel Dupree
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Movie · as Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Movie · as Bragas / Major M
Character Building
Movie · as (voice)
The Beatles Anthology
TV · as Foot (archive footage) · 1 ep
Seriously Seeking Sid
Movie · as Self
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
Movie
The Princess and the Goblin
Movie · as Glump (voice)
An Actor's Life for Me
TV · as Desmond Shaw · 6 eps
Paul Merton: The Series
TV · 1 ep
Bottom
TV · as Maître d' · 1 ep
The Krays
Movie · as Mr. Lawson
Romeo.Juliet
Movie · as Tybalt (voice)
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
TV · 13 eps
The Paradise Club
TV · as Elliott Rossini · 1 ep
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Movie · as Herman Van Daan
Under the Cherry Moon
Movie · as The Jaded Three #1
Mistral's Daughter
TV · as Bianchi · 8 eps
SuperTed
TV · as Texas Pete · 36 eps
Sweet Sixteen
TV · as Ken Green · 6 eps
Time of My Life
TV · as Vittorio · 1 ep
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Movie · as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Take My Wife
TV · 6 eps
The Sea
Movie · as Hatch
3-2-1
TV · 1 ep
Hardcore
Movie · as Duncan
Casanova & Company
Movie · as The Prefect
Emily
Movie · as Richard Walker
Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Dr. Erich Strauss
Fred Basset
TV · 19 eps
The Great McGonagall
Movie
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Movie · as Dick Deadeye (voice)
The Return of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Hotel Concierge
The Little Prince
Movie · as The Historian
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Movie · as Prof. Ribart
The 500 Pound Jerk
Movie · as Martin Bloore
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Mog Edwards
Start the Revolution Without Me
Movie · as Duke d'Escargot
Defeat of the Mafia
Movie · as Charles Agostino
A Promise of Bed
Movie · as George
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Movie · as Critic Sharpnose
Two in Clover
TV · as Vic Evans · 13 eps
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Movie · as Captain Giglio
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Hortensio
Magical Mystery Tour
Movie · as Army Sergeant
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Help!
Movie · as Foot
The Wild Affair
Movie · as Quentin
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Hatch, Trivelin · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as George · 1 ep
A Hard Day's Night
Movie · as T.V. Director
I Think They Call Him John
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Becket
Movie · as French Tailor (uncredited)
Sparrows Can't Sing
Movie · as Arnold
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Saint
TV · as Commissionaire · 1 ep
Richard the Lionheart
TV · as Pierre · 1 ep
The Gentle Terror
Movie · as Joe