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Victor Spinetti
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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…
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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.
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as Self - Narrator
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Colonel Dupree
Boobs in the Wood
as Triar Fuck
No Poster
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Cyril Wise
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
as Bragas / Major M
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self
No Poster
Character Building
as (voice)
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self
The Princess and the Goblin
as Glump (voice)
The Krays
as Mr. Lawson
Romeo.Juliet
as Tybalt (voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Herman Van Daan
Under the Cherry Moon
as The Jaded Three #1
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
The Sea
as Hatch
Hardcore
as Duncan
Casanova & Co.
as The Prefect
Voyage of the Damned
as Dr. Erich Strauss
Emily
as Richard Walker
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Hotel Concierge
The Great McGonagall
The Little Prince
as The Historian
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Prof. Ribart
The 500 Pound Jerk
as Martin Bloore
Under Milk Wood
as Mog Edwards
Defeat of the Mafia
as Charles Agostino
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Duke d'Escargot
A Promise of Bed
as George
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Critic Sharpnose
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Captain Giglio
Magical Mystery Tour
as Army Sergeant
The Taming of the Shrew
as Hortensio
The Wild Affair
as Quentin
Help!
as Foot
A Hard Day's Night
as T.V. Director
I Think They Call Him John
as Narrator (voice)
Becket
as French Tailor (uncredited)
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Arnold
The Gentle Terror
as Joe