
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.

The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · as Hotel Concierge

A Hard Day's Night
1964 · as T.V. Director

The Taming of the Shrew
1967 · as Hortensio

Voyage of the Damned
1976 · as Dr. Erich Strauss

Romeo.Juliet
1990 · as Tybalt (voice)

Becket
1964 · as French Tailor (uncredited)

The Krays
1990 · as Mr. Lawson

Help!
1965 · as Prof. Foot

The Little Prince
1974 · as The Historian

Hardcore
1977 · as Duncan

Emily
1976 · as Richard Walker

The Princess and the Goblin
1991 · as Glump (voice)

Under Milk Wood
1972 · as Mog Edwards

Casanova & Co.
1977 · as The Prefect

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1979 · as Mr. Tumnus (voice)

Magical Mystery Tour
1967 · as Army Sergeant

Under the Cherry Moon
1986 · as The Jaded Three #1

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999 · as Colonel Dupree