Vittorio Giorgio Andre "Victor" Spinetti (2 September 1929 â€" 19 June
2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet, and raconteur. 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, Spinetti was educated at Monmouth
School and the Royal Welsh College of Music & 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. Among the productions were Fings Ain't Wot They Used
T'Be and Oh, What a Lovely War! (1963), which transferred to Broadway
and for which he won a Tony Award. Spinetti's film career developed
simultaneously; his dozens of film appearances included 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.
2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet, and raconteur. 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, Spinetti was educated at Monmouth
School and the Royal Welsh College of Music & 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. Among the productions were Fings Ain't Wot They Used
T'Be and Oh, What a Lovely War! (1963), which transferred to Broadway
and for which he won a Tony Award. Spinetti's film career developed
simultaneously; his dozens of film appearances included 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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