x

Login

Remember me
Forget password ?

Or via social

x

sign up

person_profile-Victor Spinetti

Victor Spinetti Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Victor Spinetti

Date of Birth:

Sep 02, 1933

Country of birth:

Wales

Died:

Jun 19, 2012

Biography of

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.

Photos of

Victor Spinetti

Photos ( 1 Photos

Filmography of

Victor Spinetti

Found 34 Movies in total

... 2008

... 2002

... 2002

Boobs in the Wood

Triar Fuck (as Victor Spineti) ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1995

... 1993

... 1991

The Krays

Mr. Lawson ( Actor )

... 1990

Romeo.Juliet

Tybalt / Benvolio (voice) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1990

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

Herman Van Daan ( Actor )

... 1988

Under the Cherry Moon

The Jaded Three #1 ( Actor )

... 1986

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Mr. Tumnus (voice) ( Actor )

... 1979

Hardcore

Duncan ( Actor )

... 1977

Casanova & Co.

The Prefect ( Actor )

... 1977

Voyage of the Damned

Dr. Erich Strauss ( Actor )

... 1976

Emily

Richard Walker ( Actor )

... 1976

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Dick Deadeye (voice) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1975

The Return of the Pink Panther

Hotel Concierge ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

The Little Prince

The Historian ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

The 500 Pound Jerk

Martin Bloore ( Actor )

... 1973

Under Milk Wood

Mog Edwards ( Actor )

... 1972

Start the Revolution Without Me

Duke d'Escargot ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1969

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

Captain Giglio ( Actor )

... 1968

Magical Mystery Tour

Army Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1967

The Taming of the Shrew

Hortensio ( Actor )

... 1967

The Wild Affair

Quentin ( Actor )

... 1965

Help!

Prof. Foot ( Actor )

... 1965

A Hard Day's Night

TV Director ( Actor )

... 1964

Becket

French Tailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Sparrows Can't Sing

Arnold ( Actor )

... 1963

The Gentle Terror

Joe ( Actor )

... 1961