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Victor Spinetti

Cast & creator

Victor Spinetti

1933-09-02 (died at 78) Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, WalesIMDb

Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, The Saint, BBC Play of the Month

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.

Also known as: Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti, Victor Spineti

Movies

43

film credits

Series

25

television credits

Career

66

1961–2012 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

The Saint

The Saint

Commissionaire · 1962

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Hatch · 1965

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Trivelin · 1965

New Tricks

New Tricks

Acting · 2004

Across film & television

Filmography (68)

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Showing 68 of 68 credits

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

The Saint

The Saint

Commissionaire

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Hatch

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Trivelin

New Tricks

New Tricks

Omnibus

Omnibus

Self

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

George

Richard the Lionheart

Richard the Lionheart

Pierre

Bottom

Bottom

Maître d'

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club

Elliott Rossini

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles Anthology

Foot (archive footage)

Mistral's Daughter

Mistral's Daughter

Bianchi

The Further Adventures of SuperTed

The Further Adventures of SuperTed

A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night

T.V. Director

SuperTed

SuperTed

Texas Pete

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

Hortensio

3-2-1

3-2-1

The Return of the Pink Panther

The Return of the Pink Panther

Hotel Concierge

The Story of Musicals

The Story of Musicals

Self

Paul Merton: The Series

Paul Merton: The Series

Time of My Life

Vittorio

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

Dr. Erich Strauss

In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician

High Hopes

High Hopes

An Actor's Life for Me

An Actor's Life for Me

Desmond Shaw

Two in Clover

Two in Clover

Vic Evans

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

Self

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Mr. Tumnus (voice)

The Sea

The Sea

Hatch

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

The Historian

Help!

Help!

Foot

Becket

Becket

French Tailor (uncredited)

The Princess and the Goblin

The Princess and the Goblin

Glump (voice)

Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

Duke d'Escargot

Under the Cherry Moon

Under the Cherry Moon

The Jaded Three #1

The Krays

The Krays

Mr. Lawson

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

Captain Giglio

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

Colonel Dupree

Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

Arnold

Emily

Emily

Richard Walker

Fred Basset

Casanova & Co.

Casanova & Co.

The Prefect

Romeo.Juliet

Romeo.Juliet

Tybalt (voice)

Romeo.Juliet

Romeo.Juliet

Writer

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

Prof. Ribart

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

Bragas / Major M

Take My Wife

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Critic Sharpnose

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

Herman Van Daan

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Dick Deadeye (voice)

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Additional Writing

Hardcore

Hardcore

Duncan

Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

Mog Edwards

Magical Mystery Tour

Magical Mystery Tour

Army Sergeant

A Promise of Bed

A Promise of Bed

George

Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch

Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch

Julie and the Cadillacs

Cyril Wise

Boobs in the Wood

Boobs in the Wood

Triar Fuck

The 500 Pound Jerk

The 500 Pound Jerk

Martin Bloore

I Think They Call Him John

I Think They Call Him John

Narrator (voice)

The Wild Affair

The Wild Affair

Quentin

Sweet Sixteen

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

Self - Narrator

The Great McGonagall

The Great McGonagall

Character Building

(voice)

Seriously Seeking Sid

Seriously Seeking Sid

Self

Defeat of the Mafia

Defeat of the Mafia

Charles Agostino

The Gentle Terror

The Gentle Terror

Joe