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.
Movie | Boobs in the Wood | Triar Fuck (as Victor Spineti) | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen | Bragas / Major M | 1995-10-12 |
Movie | The Princess and the Goblin | Glump | 1991-06-03 |
Movie | The Krays | Mr. Lawson | 1990-04-27 |
Movie | Romeo.Juliet | Tybalt (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Herman Van Daan | 1988-04-17 |
Movie | Under the Cherry Moon | The Jaded Three #1 | 1986-07-02 |
Movie | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr. Tumnus (voice) | 1979-04-01 |
Movie | Casanova & Co. | The Prefect | 1977-03-01 |
Movie | Hardcore | Duncan | 1977-03-17 |
Movie | Emily | Richard Walker | 1976-11-01 |
Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Dr. Erich Strauss | 1976-12-22 |
Movie | The Great McGonagall | 1975-01-23 | |
Movie | The Little Prince | The Historian | 1974-11-06 |
Movie | Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | Prof. Ribart | 1973-12-01 |
Movie | Under Milk Wood | Mog Edwards | 1972-01-27 |
Movie | Start the Revolution Without Me | Duke d'Escargot | 1970-02-04 |
Movie | Defeat of the Mafia | Charles Agostino | 1970-11-20 |
Series | Two in Clover | 1969-02-18 | |
Movie | A Promise of Bed | George | 1969-12-01 |
Movie | The Biggest Bundle of Them All | Captain Giglio | 1968-01-17 |
Movie | The Taming of the Shrew | Hortensio | 1967-03-08 |
Movie | Magical Mystery Tour | Army Sergeant | 1967-12-25 |
Movie | Help! | Prof. Foot | 1965-07-29 |
Movie | The Wild Affair | Quentin | 1965-12-05 |
Movie | Becket | French Tailor (uncredited) | 1964-03-11 |
Movie | A Hard Day's Night | T.V. Director | 1964-07-07 |
Movie | I Think They Call Him John | Narrator (voice) | 1964-06-01 |
Movie | Sparrows Can't Sing | Arnold | 1963-03-26 |
Movie | The Gentle Terror | Joe | 1961-01-01 |
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