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.
A Hard Day's Night
as T.V. Director
Becket
as French Tailor (uncredited)
The Little Prince
as The Historian
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Hotel Concierge
The Taming of the Shrew
as Hortensio
Voyage of the Damned
as Dr. Erich Strauss
Help!
as Prof. Foot
The Princess and the Goblin
as Glump (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
as Bragas / Major M
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Colonel Dupree
The Krays
as Mr. Lawson
Casanova & Co.
as The Prefect
Emily
as Richard Walker
Under Milk Wood
as Mog Edwards
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Herman Van Daan
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Duke d'Escargot
Magical Mystery Tour
as Army Sergeant
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Critic Sharpnose
Under the Cherry Moon
as The Jaded Three #1
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Arnold
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Captain Giglio
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Prof. Ribart
The Wild Affair
as Quentin
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as Self - Narrator
Hardcore
as Duncan
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self
Romeo.Juliet
as Tybalt (voice)
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Cyril Wise
Boobs in the Wood
as Triar Fuck
The Great McGonagall
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
The 500 Pound Jerk
as Martin Bloore
Character Building
as (voice)
Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self
A Promise of Bed
as George
The Gentle Terror
as Joe
Defeat of the Mafia
as Charles Agostino
I Think They Call Him John
as Narrator (voice)