Victor Spinetti
- Recitazione
- 2 settembre 1933 · Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
- 19 giugno 2012
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- The Story of Musicals · In persona
- The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories · In persona
- New Tricks - Nuove tracce per vecchie volpi
- High Hopes
- In the Beginning · Happatezoah, Pharaoh's Magician
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service · Colonel Dupree
- Boobs in the Wood · Triar Fuck
- Julie and the Cadillacs · Cyril Wise
- The Beatles Anthology · Foot (archive footage)
- Le avventure del giovane Indiana Jones: L'attacco degli uomini falco · Bragas / Major M
- You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' · In persona
- Character Building · Voce
- Seriously Seeking Sid · In persona
- Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
- An Actor's Life for Me · Desmond Shaw
- Paul Merton: The Series
- Bottom · Maître d'
- La principessa e il folletto · Glump (Voce)
- The Krays - I corvi · Mr. Lawson
- Romeo.Juliet · Tybalt (Voce), Sceneggiatura
- The Paradise Club · Elliott Rossini
- The Further Adventures of SuperTed
- The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank · Herman Van Daan
- Under the Cherry Moon · The Jaded Three #1
- Mistral's Daughter · Bianchi
- SuperTed · Texas Pete
- Time of My Life · Vittorio
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · Mr. Tumnus (Voce)
- Take My Wife
- 3-2-1
- The Sea · Hatch
- Hardcore · Duncan
- Casanova & Company · The Prefect
- La nave dei dannati · Dr. Erich Strauss
- Emily · Richard Walker
- Fred Basset
- Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done · Dick Deadeye (Voce), Additional Writing
- La pantera rosa colpisce ancora · Hotel Concierge
- The Great McGonagall
- Il piccolo principe · The Historian
- Tobia il cane più grande che ci sia · Prof. Ribart
- The 500 Pound Jerk · Martin Bloore
- La leggenda di Llareggub · Mog Edwards
- Scacco alla mafia · Charles Agostino
- Fate la rivoluzione senza di noi · 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
- Colpo grosso alla napoletana · Captain Giglio
- Magical Mystery Tour · Army Sergeant
- Omnibus · In persona
- La bisbetica domata · Hortensio
- The Wild Affair · Quentin
- BBC Play of the Month · Hatch, Trivelin
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · George
- Aiuto! - Help! · Foot
- Tutti per uno · T.V. Director
- I Think They Call Him John · Narrator (Voce)
- Becket e il suo re · French Tailor (uncredited)
- Sparrows Can't Sing · Arnold
- Il Santo · Commissionaire
- The Merv Griffin Show · In persona
- Richard the Lionheart · Pierre
- The Gentle Terror · Joe
- Sweet Sixteen