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.
2008
as Self - Narrator
2004
2002
2000
as Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
1999
as Colonel Dupree
1999
as Triar Fuck (as Victor Spineti)
1999
as Cyril Wise
1995
as Bragas / Major M
1995
as Self
1993
as Self
1993
1991
1991
1991
as Glump
1990
as Mr. Lawson
1990
as Tybalt (voice)
1989
as Elliott Rossini
1989
1988
as Herman Van Daan
1987
1986
as The Jaded Three #1
1984
as Bianchi
1983
as Texas Pete
1979
as Mr. Tumnus (voice)
1979
1978
1977
as Duncan
1977
as The Prefect
1976
as Dr. Erich Strauss
1976
as Richard Walker
1975
as Dick Deadeye (voice)
1975
as Hotel Concierge
1975
1974
as The Historian
1973
as Prof. Ribart
1973
as Martin Bloore
1972
as Mog Edwards
1970
as Charles Agostino
1970
as Duke d'Escargot
1969
as George
1969
1968
as Captain Giglio
1967
as Army Sergeant
1967
as Hortensio
1965
as Quentin
1965
as Trivelin
1965
as Prof. Foot
1964
as T.V. Director
1964
as Narrator (voice)
1964
as French Tailor (uncredited)
1963
as Arnold
1962
as Commissionaire
1961
as Joe