Victor Spinetti
Acting
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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Victor Spinetti
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Filmography of
Victor Spinetti
Self - Narrator
... 2008
... 1999
Triar Fuck
... 1999
Cyril Wise
... 1999
Bragas / Major M
... 1995
... 1995
(voice)
... 1995
... 1993
... 1993
Glump (voice)
... 1991
Mr. Lawson
... 1990
Tybalt (voice)
... 1990
Herman Van Daan
... 1988
The Jaded Three #1
... 1986
Mr. Tumnus (voice)
... 1979
Duncan
... 1977
The Prefect
... 1977
Dr. Erich Strauss
... 1976
Richard Walker
... 1976
Dick Deadeye (voice)
... 1975
Hotel Concierge
... 1975
... 1975
The Historian
... 1974
Prof. Ribart
... 1973
Martin Bloore
... 1973
Mog Edwards
... 1972
Charles Agostino
... 1970
Duke d'Escargot
... 1970
George
... 1969
... 1969
Captain Giglio
... 1968
Army Sergeant
... 1967
Hortensio
... 1967
Quentin
... 1965
Prof. Foot
... 1965
T.V. Director
... 1964
Narrator (voice)
... 1964
French Tailor (uncredited)
... 1964
Arnold
... 1963
... 1961