- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 2, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Died
- June 19, 2012
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", "…
Filmography
tvThe Story of Musicals
2012 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008 · Self - Narrator
tvNew Tricks
2004
tvHigh Hopes
2002
tvIn the Beginning
2000 · Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999 · Colonel Dupree
movieBoobs in the Wood
1999 · Triar Fuck
Julie and the Cadillacs
movieJulie and the Cadillacs
1999 · Cyril Wise
tvThe Beatles Anthology
1995 · Foot (archive footage)
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
1995 · Bragas / Major M
movieYou Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995 · Self
Character Building
movieCharacter Building
1995 · (voice)
movieSeriously Seeking Sid
1993 · Self
movieTommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
1993
tvAn Actor's Life for Me
1991 · Desmond Shaw
tvPaul Merton: The Series
1991
tvBottom
1991 · Maître d'
movieThe Princess and the Goblin
1991 · Glump (voice)
movieThe Krays
1990 · Mr. Lawson
movieRomeo.Juliet
1990 · Tybalt (voice), Writer
tvThe Paradise Club
1989 · Elliott Rossini
tvThe Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989
movieThe Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · Herman Van Daan
movieUnder the Cherry Moon
1986 · The Jaded Three #1
tvMistral's Daughter
1984 · Bianchi
tvSuperTed
1983 · Texas Pete
movieThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1979 · Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Take My Wife
tvTake My Wife
1979
tv3-2-1
1978
movieHardcore
1977 · Duncan
movieCasanova & Co.
1977 · The Prefect
movieVoyage of the Damned
1976 · Dr. Erich Strauss
movieEmily
1976 · Richard Walker
Fred Basset
tvFred Basset
1976
movieDick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975 · Dick Deadeye (voice), Writer
movieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · Hotel Concierge
movieThe Great McGonagall
1975
movieThe Little Prince
1974 · The Historian
movieDigby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973 · Prof. Ribart
movieThe 500 Pound Jerk
1973 · Martin Bloore
movieUnder Milk Wood
1972 · Mog Edwards
movieDefeat of the Mafia
1970 · Charles Agostino
movieStart the Revolution Without Me
1970 · Duke d'Escargot
movieA Promise of Bed
1969 · George
movieCan Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969 · Critic Sharpnose
tvTwo in Clover
1969 · Vic Evans
movieThe Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968 · Captain Giglio
movieMagical Mystery Tour
1967 · Army Sergeant
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967 · Hortensio
movieThe Wild Affair
1965 · Quentin
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Hatch, Trivelin
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · George
movieHelp!
1965 · Prof. Foot
movieA Hard Day's Night
1964 · T.V. Director
movieI Think They Call Him John
1964 · Narrator (voice)
movieBecket
1964 · French Tailor (uncredited)
movieSparrows Can't Sing
1963 · Arnold
tvThe Saint
1962 · Commissionaire
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvRichard the Lionheart
1962 · Pierre
movieThe Gentle Terror
1961 · Joe
Sweet Sixteen
tvSweet Sixteen
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