Victor Spinetti

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.

Acting

2012

2004

New Tricks

Unknown

2002

High Hopes

Unknown

2000

In the Beginning

Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician

1999

1995

The Beatles Anthology

Foot (archive footage)

1995

1995

1995

1991

1991

1991

1990

The Krays

Mr. Lawson

1989

The Paradise Club

Elliott Rossini

1989

1986

Under the Cherry Moon

The Jaded Three #1

1984

1983

SuperTed

Texas Pete

1979

1979

1978

3-2-1

Unknown

1976

Voyage of the Damned

Dr. Erich Strauss

1976

Emily

Richard Walker

1976

1975

1975

1974

The Little Prince

The Historian

1973

1970

Defeat of the Mafia

Charles Agostino

1970

1969

1969

1969

Two in Clover

Vic Evans

1968

1967

1967

1967

1965

1965

1965

1965

Help!

Prof. Foot

1964

A Hard Day's Night

T.V. Director

1964

Becket

French Tailor (uncredited)

1963

1962

The Saint

Commissionaire

1962

1962

Infos

Full Name
Victor Spinetti
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
9/2/1933
Date of Death
6/19/2012
Also Known As

Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti

Victor Spineti