Acting
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.
Filmography
The Story of Musicals
Series · 2012
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Film · 2008
New Tricks
Series · 2004
High Hopes
Series · 2002
In the Beginning
Series · 2000
Boobs in the Wood
Film · 1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
Film · 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Film · 1999
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Film · 1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Film · 1995
Character Building
Film · 1995
The Beatles Anthology
Series · 1995
Seriously Seeking Sid
Film · 1993
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
Film · 1993
The Princess and the Goblin
Film · 1991
An Actor's Life for Me
Series · 1991
Paul Merton: The Series
Series · 1991
Bottom
Series · 1991
The Krays
Film · 1990
Romeo.Juliet
Film · 1990
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
Series · 1989
The Paradise Club
Series · 1989
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Film · 1988
Under the Cherry Moon
Film · 1986
Mistral's Daughter
Series · 1984
SuperTed
Series · 1983
Time of My Life
Series · 1980
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Film · 1979
Take My Wife
Series · 1979
The Sea
Film · 1978
3-2-1
Series · 1978
Hardcore
Film · 1977
Casanova & Co.
Film · 1977
Emily
Film · 1976
Voyage of the Damned
Film · 1976
Fred Basset
Series · 1976
The Great McGonagall
Film · 1975
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Film · 1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
Film · 1975
The Little Prince
Film · 1974
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Film · 1973
The 500 Pound Jerk
Film · 1973
Under Milk Wood
Film · 1972
Start the Revolution Without Me
Film · 1970
Defeat of the Mafia
Film · 1970
A Promise of Bed
Film · 1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Film · 1969
Two in Clover
Series · 1969
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Film · 1968
The Taming of the Shrew
Film · 1967
Magical Mystery Tour
Film · 1967
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Help!
Film · 1965
The Wild Affair
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
A Hard Day's Night
Film · 1964
I Think They Call Him John
Film · 1964
Becket
Film · 1964
Sparrows Can't Sing
Film · 1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Richard the Lionheart
Series · 1962
The Gentle Terror
Film · 1961
Sweet Sixteen
Series