Victor Spinetti

About

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",...

Known for

The SaintSeries • 1962BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965New TricksSeries • 2004Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Richard the LionheartSeries • 1962The Return of the Pink PantherMovie • 1975BottomSeries • 1991The Paradise ClubSeries • 1989SuperTedSeries • 1983The Beatles AnthologySeries • 1995A Hard Day's NightMovie • 1964Voyage of the DamnedMovie • 1976BecketMovie • 1964The Little PrinceMovie • 1974The Taming of the ShrewMovie • 1967The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeMovie • 1979Help!Movie • 1965The Princess and the GoblinMovie • 1991The KraysMovie • 1990Start the Revolution Without MeMovie • 1970Magical Mystery TourMovie • 1967Under the Cherry MoonMovie • 1986The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the HawkmenMovie • 1995Sparrows Can't SingMovie • 1963