Victor Spinetti
- Schauspiel
- 2. September 1933 · Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
- 19. Juni 2012
Biografie
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.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- The Story of Musicals · Selbst
- The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories · Selbst
- New Tricks – Die Krimispezialisten
- High Hopes
- Am Anfang · Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
- Die Abenteuer des jungen Indiana Jones: In geheimer Mission · Colonel Dupree
- Boobs in the Wood · Triar Fuck
- Julie and the Cadillacs · Cyril Wise
- The Beatles Anthology · Foot (archive footage)
- Die Abenteuer des jungen Indiana Jones: Der Angriff des Roten Barons · Bragas / Major M
- You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' · Selbst
- Character Building · Stimme
- Seriously Seeking Sid · Selbst
- Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
- An Actor's Life for Me · Desmond Shaw
- Paul Merton: The Series
- Bottom · Maître d'
- Prinzessin Aline und die Groblins · Glump (Stimme)
- Die Krays · Mr. Lawson
- Romeo.Juliet · Tybalt (Stimme), Buch
- The Paradise Club · Elliott Rossini
- The Further Adventures of SuperTed
- Mein Leben mit Anne Frank · Herman Van Daan
- Under the Cherry Moon · The Jaded Three #1
- Erben der Liebe - Mistrals Tochter · Bianchi
- SuperTed · Texas Pete
- Time of My Life · Vittorio
- The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe · Mr. Tumnus (Stimme)
- Take My Wife
- 3-2-1
- The Sea · Hatch
- Hardcore · Duncan
- Hilfe, ich bin eine männliche Jungfrau · The Prefect
- Reise der Verdammten · Dr. Erich Strauss
- Emily · Richard Walker
- Fred Basset
- Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done · Dick Deadeye (Stimme), Additional Writing
- Der rosarote Panther kehrt zurück · Hotel Concierge
- The Great McGonagall
- Der Kleine Prinz · The Historian
- Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World · Prof. Ribart
- The 500 Pound Jerk · Martin Bloore
- Unter dem Milchwald · Mog Edwards
- Schach der Mafia · Charles Agostino
- Die Französische Revolution fand nicht statt · Duke d'Escargot
- A Promise of Bed · George
- Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? · Critic Sharpnose
- Two in Clover · Vic Evans
- Die Platinbande · Captain Giglio
- Magical Mystery Tour · Army Sergeant
- Omnibus · Selbst
- Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung · Hortensio
- The Wild Affair · Quentin
- BBC Play of the Month · Hatch, Trivelin
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · George
- Hi-Hi-Hilfe! · Foot
- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! · T.V. Director
- I Think They Call Him John · Narrator (Stimme)
- Becket · French Tailor (uncredited)
- Sparrows Can't Sing · Arnold
- Simon Templar · Commissionaire
- The Merv Griffin Show · Selbst
- Richard Löwenherz · Pierre
- The Gentle Terror · Joe
- Sweet Sixteen