In Memoriam

"I see it all now, it's a plot."

By June 19, 2012No Comments

A plot

Indeed. The late Victor Spinetti, above with the late Robin Ray, the late Wilfrid Brambell, the late George Harrison, Paul McCartney, the late John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, in A Hard Day’s Night, Richard Lester, 1964.

Also: “I’m quite happy to be replaced.”

Also: “I won an award.”

A likely story.”

I won an award

I have it on the wall. In my office.”

Wall

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  • One of the greatest com­ic char­ac­ter act­ors ever. My favor­ite Spinetti moment is in “Help!” where as a mad sci­ent­ist he con­tem­plates a device he has cre­ate declaim­ing “Why with this I could – dare I say it? – RULE THE WORLD!”
    He was also in “Under the Cherry Moon” (Prince obvi­ously after Victor’s mojo.)

  • With a great assist by that ridicu­lously fuzzy sweat­er, best appre­ci­ated on the big screen.

  • J. Priest says:

    Absolutely. When I saw that photo, the first thought that came to mind was John and Paul’s exchange. “If he’s got [a wife], look at his sweat­er.” “She might have knit­ted it.” “She knit­ted him,” etc.

  • Michael Dempsey says:

    It’s the brain drain. His brain is draining.”

  • haice says:

    An indelible char­act­or act­or from my child­hood due to Lester’s films. Another quote from HDN: “Of course, once you’re over thirty, you’re fin­ished. It’s a young man’s medi­um and I just can­’t take the pace.”
    In John’s words: “I could listen him for hours.”

  • Matt Blankman says:

    …and Victor Spinetti as the tailor

  • hamletta says:

    Everybody loves to hate “Start the Revolution Without Me,” but they can suck my left tit.
    It was a bril­liant, fucked-up movie, and Mr. Spinetti gave a geni­us performance.