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