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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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Monday, September 2, 1929, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
Monday, June 18, 2012
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1964
A Hard Day's NightTV Director
1965
Help!Prof. Foot
1967
The Taming of the ShrewHortensio
1967
Magical Mystery TourArmy Sergeant
1970
Start the Revolution Without MeDuke d'Escargot
1972
Under Milk WoodMog Edwards
1973
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the WorldProf. Ribart
1974
The Little PrinceThe Historian
1975
The Return of the Pink PantherHotel Concierge
1976
Voyage of the DamnedDr. Erich Strauss
1979
The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeMr. Tumnus (voice)
1986
Under the Cherry MoonThe Jaded Three #1
1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne FrankHerman Van Daan
1990
The KraysMr. Lawson
1991
The Princess and the GoblinGlump
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