Victor Spinetti

Known for ActingBorn 1933-09-02Died 2012-06-19Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales

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.Read more

Movies & web series

3-2-1

The 500 Pound Jerk

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

High Hopes

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Defeat of the Mafia

Richard the Lionheart

The Beatles Anthology

Julie and the Cadillacs

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

Bottom

Romeo.Juliet

New Tricks

The Gentle Terror

The Saint

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

A Hard Day's Night

An Actor's Life for Me

Two in Clover

Omnibus

Becket

Take My Wife

Fred Basset

SuperTed

The Little Prince

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Taming of the Shrew

The Return of the Pink Panther

Help!

In the Beginning

I Think They Call Him John

Boobs in the Wood

The Merv Griffin Show

Magical Mystery Tour

The Further Adventures of SuperTed

The Paradise Club

The Krays

Paul Merton: The Series

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

Mistral's Daughter

Under Milk Wood

Voyage of the Damned

The Princess and the Goblin

Start the Revolution Without Me

The Great McGonagall

Under the Cherry Moon

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service