John, Ringo, Eleanor Bron and Victor Spinetti during the filming of Help!, 1965.

Paul and Victor Spinetti on the set of Help!, 1965. Scan from Victor’s autobiography “Up Front”.

Victor Spinetti and Ringo during the filming of Help!, 1965. Scan from Victor’s autobiography “Up Front”.

Victor Spinetti and Roy Kinnear during the filming of Help!, 1965. Scan from Victor’s autobiography “Up Front”.

Norman Rossington, Victor Spinetti and John Junkin on the set of A Hard Day’s Night, 1964.

George and Victor Spinetti in a Beatle-wig during the filming of Help!, 1965

John, Yoko and Victor Spinetti arriving at the Old Vic Theatre for the premiere of In His Own Write, 18 June 1968

The Beatles with Dick Lester and Victor Spinetti on the set of A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Photo by Robert Freeman

Paul and Victor Spinetti on the set of Help in Obertauern, Austria, 1965. Photo by John Howard.

Ringo and Victor Spinetti posing for Help! promo shots, 1965.

George posing for Help! promo shots with Victor Spinetti, 1965.

The Beatles signed costar Victor Spinetti’s Help! programme.

“Dear Victor, I like you but you weren’t as good as Mal. Paul (McCartney)”
BWAHA!