Victor Spinetti
Birthday
1933/09/02
Day of death
2012/06/19 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
Also know as
Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1964) A Hard Day's Night
as T.V. Director
(1990) The Krays
as Mr. Lawson
(1967) The Taming of the Shrew
as Hortensio
(1975) The Great McGonagall
as ---
(1967) Magical Mystery Tour
as Army Sergeant
(1991) The Princess and the Goblin
as Glump
(1965) Help!
as Prof. Foot
(1972) Under Milk Wood
as Mog Edwards
(1974) The Little Prince
as The Historian
(1970) Start the Revolution Without Me
as Duke d'Escargot
(1999) Boobs in the Wood
as Triar Fuck (as Victor Spineti)
(1968) The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Captain Giglio
(1977) Hardcore
as Duncan
(1976) Emily
as Richard Walker
(1995) You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self
(1964) I Think They Call Him John
as Narrator (voice)
(1965) The Wild Affair
as Quentin
(1970) Defeat of the Mafia
as Charles Agostino
(1993) Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self
(1961) The Gentle Terror
as Joe
(1964) Becket
as French Tailor (uncredited)
(1988) The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Herman Van Daan
(1993) Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
as ---
(1999) Julie and the Cadillacs
as Cyril Wise
(2008) The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as Self - Narrator
(1975) Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
(1969) A Promise of Bed
as George
(1973) Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Prof. Ribart
(1975) The Return of the Pink Panther
as Hotel Concierge
(1977) Casanova & Co.
as The Prefect
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Colonel Dupree
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
as Bragas / Major M
(1990) Romeo.Juliet
as Tybalt (voice)
(1986) Under the Cherry Moon
as The Jaded Three #1
(1976) Voyage of the Damned
as Dr. Erich Strauss
(1963) Sparrows Can't Sing
as Arnold
(1973) The 500 Pound Jerk
as Martin Bloore
(1979) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
(1983) SuperTed
as Texas Pete
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1978) 3-2-1
as ---
(1991) An Actor's Life For Me
as ---
(2002) High Hopes
as ---
Sweet Sixteen
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Commissionaire
(1969) Two in Clover
as ---
(1989) The Further Adventures of SuperTed
as ---
(2004) New Tricks
as ---
(1979) Take My Wife
as ---
(1987) Bad Boyes
as ---
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Trivelin
Fred Basset
as ---
(1984) Mistral's Daughter
as Bianchi
(1991) Paul Merton: The Series
as ---
(2000) In the Beginning
as Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
(1989) The Paradise Club
as Elliott Rossini
(1995) The Beatles Anthology
as Foot (archive footage)