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Victor Spinetti

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1933-09-02

Day of Death

2012-06-19

Place of Birth

Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales

Victor Spinetti

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.

Filmography (40)

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self - Narrator

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

2008
⭐ 5.2 Role: Colonel Dupree

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

1999
⭐ 6.3 Role: Triar Fuck

Boobs in the Wood

1999
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⭐ 8.0 Role: Cyril Wise

Julie and the Cadillacs

1999
⭐ 5.9 Role: Bragas / Major M

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

1995
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

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

1995
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: (voice)

Character Building

1995
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Seriously Seeking Sid

1993
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch

1993
⭐ 5.9 Role: Glump (voice)

The Princess and the Goblin

1991
⭐ 6.1 Role: Mr. Lawson

The Krays

1990
⭐ 7.5 Role: Tybalt (voice)

Romeo.Juliet

1990
⭐ 7.1 Role: Herman Van Daan

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

1988
⭐ 5.4 Role: The Jaded Three #1

Under the Cherry Moon

1986
⭐ 6.8 Role: Mr. Tumnus (voice)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

1979