Victor Spinnetti, the character actor who achieved fame partially by appearing in the Beatleflicks "Help!", "A Hard Day's Night" & "Magical Mystery Tour", has died at 82:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18148017

Awwww, this is sad. I knew he was still living, but....so hard to believe all that good stuff was so long ago. I loved the Beatles' movies....hey, I was 11/12/13, so SURE I loved those movies.

Bummer... I love watching Spinetti's work, no matter what it is. Definitely a real talent, and he'll be missed.

Help! has always been my favorite Beatles flick.




Not crazy about MMT.



It's hilarious how John gets up his nose in all 3 films.




from Wikipedia:

The best explanation for his long-running collaboration and friendship with the Beatles might have been provided by George Harrison, who said, "You've got to be in all our films ... if you're not in them me Mum won't come and see them — because she fancies you." But Harrison would also say, "You've got a lovely karma, Vic." Paul McCartney described Spinetti as "the man who makes clouds disappear". Spinetti would later make a small appearance in the promotional video for Paul's song "London Town" from the 1978 album of the same name. In July 2010 his performance of the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", at The Festival Theatre, Malvern, would later be made available on "The Beatles Complete on Ukulele" podcast.

Spinetti was also in  Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew, Under Milk Wood with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Becket, Start the Revolution Without Me, Voyage of the Damned, The Return of the Pink Panther, Under the Cherry Moon and The Krays.