Highest rated movie: A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Lowest rated movie: Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
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Movies starring Victor Spinetti have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.
A Hard Day's Night - released in 1964 - is Victor Spinetti's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 21 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Victor Spinetti is Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? - released in 1969 - with a score of 48% based on 1 reviews.
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 the 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.
Victor Spinetti has acted in films with John Bluthal, Joss Ackland, Roy Kinnear and Norman Rossington.
Victor Spinetti has worked with these film directors: Richard Lester, Joseph McGrath, Simon Wincer and Prince.
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