Victor Spinetti
Acting
Born 1933-09-02
Died 2012-06-19
Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
63 credits
Read 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.
Not enough member ratings yet.
Sign in to rate.
Filmography
— top 60 of 63
The Merv Griffin Show
The Saint
BBC Play of the Month
Omnibus
New Tricks
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Richard the Lionheart
Bottom
Mistral's Daughter
The Beatles Anthology
The Paradise Club
A Hard Day's Night
The Return of the Pink Panther
Becket
The Taming of the Shrew
SuperTed
Voyage of the Damned
In the Beginning
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
High Hopes
The Krays
Help!
Emily
The Story of Musicals
The Little Prince
The Princess and the Goblin
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Two in Clover
Paul Merton: The Series
Start the Revolution Without Me
Magical Mystery Tour
3-2-1
Sweet Sixteen
An Actor's Life for Me
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Take My Wife
Under the Cherry Moon
Romeo.Juliet
Casanova & Co.
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Under Milk Wood
Hardcore
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Boobs in the Wood
The Great McGonagall
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Sparrows Can't Sing
A Promise of Bed
The 500 Pound Jerk
The Wild Affair
I Think They Call Him John
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Fred Basset
Character Building
Defeat of the Mafia
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Julie and the Cadillacs
Track what you watch
DuckTrack members see which of these they have already watched,
right here on this page.
Create a free account
Comments
0 commentsNo comments yet. Sign in to be the first.