Cast
Victor Spinetti
Acting
Cast
Victor Spinetti
Known for
Acting
Born
1933-09-02
From
Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died
2012-06-19
Also known as Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti, Victor Spineti
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1964
A Hard Day's Night
as T.V. Director
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Voyage of the Damned
as Dr. Erich Strauss
★6.9
MOVIE1967
The Taming of the Shrew
as Hortensio
★6.8
MOVIE1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Hotel Concierge
★3.8
MOVIE1976
Emily
as Richard Walker
★6.9
MOVIE1974
The Little Prince
as The Historian
★7.2
MOVIE1964
Becket
as French Tailor (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1990
The Krays
as Mr. Lawson
★5.4
MOVIE1986
Under the Cherry Moon
as The Jaded Three #1
★7.5
MOVIE1990
Romeo.Juliet
as Tybalt (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Duke d'Escargot
★5.8
MOVIE1991
The Princess and the Goblin
as Glump (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE1967
Magical Mystery Tour
as Army Sergeant
★5.3
MOVIE1963
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Arnold
★6.8
MOVIE1979
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
★3.9
MOVIE1977
Casanova & Co.
as The Prefect
★5.6
MOVIE1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Captain Giglio
MOVIE1993
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
★4.8
MOVIE1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Critic Sharpnose
★3.8
MOVIE1977
Hardcore
as Duncan
★6.1
MOVIE1972
Under Milk Wood
as Mog Edwards
★4.8
MOVIE1973
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Prof. Ribart
★7.1
MOVIE1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Herman Van Daan
★6.8
MOVIE1964
I Think They Call Him John
as Narrator (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Colonel Dupree
★6.9
MOVIE1965
Help!
as Prof. Foot
MOVIE1995
Character Building
as (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1999
Boobs in the Wood
as Triar Fuck
★8.0
MOVIE1995
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Cyril Wise
★5.6
MOVIE1975
The Great McGonagall
★10.0
MOVIE1973
The 500 Pound Jerk
as Martin Bloore
★5.9
MOVIE1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
as Bragas / Major M
★5.3
MOVIE1965
The Wild Affair
as Quentin
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
★2.8
MOVIE1969
A Promise of Bed
as George
★9.0
MOVIE1970
Defeat of the Mafia
as Charles Agostino
MOVIE1993
Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2008
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as Self - Narrator
★7.5
MOVIE1961
The Gentle Terror
as Joe