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".
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:30/09/2008
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Character:Colonel Dupree
Release Date:26/10/1999
Boobs in the Wood
Character:Triar Fuck
Release Date:14/06/1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
Character:Cyril Wise
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Character:Bragas / Major M
Release Date:08/10/1995
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
Character Building
Character:(voice)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Seriously Seeking Sid
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1993
Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1993
The Princess and the Goblin
Character:Glump (voice)
Release Date:03/06/1991
The Krays
Character:Mr. Lawson
Release Date:27/04/1990
Romeo.Juliet
Character:Tybalt (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1990
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Character:Herman Van Daan
Release Date:17/04/1988
Under the Cherry Moon
Character:The Jaded Three #1
Release Date:02/07/1986
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Character:Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Release Date:01/04/1979
Hardcore
Character:Duncan
Release Date:17/03/1977
Casanova & Co.
Character:The Prefect
Release Date:01/03/1977
Voyage of the Damned
Character:Dr. Erich Strauss
Release Date:22/12/1976
Emily
Character:Richard Walker
Release Date:01/11/1976
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Character:Dick Deadeye (voice)
Release Date:17/12/1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
Character:Hotel Concierge
Release Date:21/05/1975
The Great McGonagall
Character:
Release Date:23/01/1975
The Little Prince
Character:The Historian
Release Date:06/11/1974
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Character:Prof. Ribart
Release Date:01/12/1973
The 500 Pound Jerk
Character:Martin Bloore
Release Date:02/01/1973
Under Milk Wood
Character:Mog Edwards
Release Date:27/01/1972
Defeat of the Mafia
Character:Charles Agostino
Release Date:20/11/1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
Character:Duke d'Escargot
Release Date:04/02/1970
A Promise of Bed
Character:George
Release Date:01/12/1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Character:Critic Sharpnose
Release Date:19/03/1969
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Character:Captain Giglio
Release Date:17/01/1968
Magical Mystery Tour
Character:Army Sergeant
Release Date:25/12/1967
The Taming of the Shrew
Character:Hortensio
Release Date:08/03/1967
The Wild Affair
Character:Quentin
Release Date:05/12/1965
Help!
Character:Prof. Foot
Release Date:29/07/1965
A Hard Day's Night
Character:T.V. Director
Release Date:07/07/1964
I Think They Call Him John
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/06/1964
Becket
Character:French Tailor (uncredited)
Release Date:11/03/1964
Sparrows Can't Sing
Character:Arnold
Release Date:26/03/1963
The Gentle Terror
Character:Joe
Release Date:01/01/1961
Television Appearances
The Story of Musicals
Character:Self
New Tricks
Character:
High Hopes
Character:
In the Beginning
Character:Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
The Beatles Anthology
Character:Foot (archive footage)
An Actor's Life For Me
Character:
Paul Merton: The Series
Character:
The Paradise Club
Character:Elliott Rossini
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
Character:
Mistral's Daughter
Character:Bianchi
SuperTed
Character:Texas Pete
Take My Wife
Character:
3-2-1
Character:
Fred Basset
Character:
Two in Clover
Character:Vic Evans
Omnibus
Character:Self
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Hatch
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Trivelin
The Saint
Character:Commissionaire
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Richard the Lionheart
Character:Pierre
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