Acting · Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales · Born September 2, 1933
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.
TVThe Story of Musicals
2012
as Self
MovieThe Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
as Self - Narrator
TVNew Tricks
2004
TVHigh Hopes
2002
TVIn the Beginning
2000
as Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Colonel Dupree
MovieBoobs in the Wood
1999
as Triar Fuck
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
as Cyril Wise
TVThe Beatles Anthology
1995
as Foot (archive footage)
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
1995
as Bragas / Major M
MovieYou Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
as Self
Character Building
1995
as (voice)
MovieSeriously Seeking Sid
1993
as Self
MovieTommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
1993
TVAn Actor's Life for Me
1991
as Desmond Shaw
TVPaul Merton: The Series
1991
TVBottom
1991
as Maître d'
MovieThe Princess and the Goblin
1991
as Glump (voice)
MovieThe Krays
1990
as Mr. Lawson
MovieRomeo.Juliet
1990
as Tybalt (voice)
TVThe Paradise Club
1989
as Elliott Rossini
TVThe Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989
MovieThe Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
as Herman Van Daan
MovieUnder the Cherry Moon
1986
as The Jaded Three #1
TVMistral's Daughter
1984
as Bianchi
TVSuperTed
1983
as Texas Pete
MovieThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1979
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
Take My Wife
1979
TV3-2-1
1978
MovieHardcore
1977
as Duncan
MovieCasanova & Co.
1977
as The Prefect
MovieVoyage of the Damned
1976
as Dr. Erich Strauss
MovieEmily
1976
as Richard Walker
Fred Basset
1976
MovieDick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
MovieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975
as Hotel Concierge
MovieThe Great McGonagall
1975
MovieThe Little Prince
1974
as The Historian
MovieDigby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
as Prof. Ribart
MovieThe 500 Pound Jerk
1973
as Martin Bloore
MovieUnder Milk Wood
1972
as Mog Edwards
MovieDefeat of the Mafia
1970
as Charles Agostino
MovieStart the Revolution Without Me
1970
as Duke d'Escargot
MovieA Promise of Bed
1969
as George
MovieCan Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
as Critic Sharpnose
TVTwo in Clover
1969
as Vic Evans
MovieThe Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
as Captain Giglio
MovieMagical Mystery Tour
1967
as Army Sergeant
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Hortensio
MovieThe Wild Affair
1965
as Quentin
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Hatch
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as George
MovieHelp!
1965
as Prof. Foot
MovieA Hard Day's Night
1964
as T.V. Director
MovieI Think They Call Him John
1964
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBecket
1964
as French Tailor (uncredited)
MovieSparrows Can't Sing
1963
as Arnold
TVThe Saint
1962
as Commissionaire
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVRichard the Lionheart
1962
as Pierre
MovieThe Gentle Terror
1961
as Joe
Sweet Sixteen
