| death_place = [[w:Monmouth|Monmouth]], [[w:Monmouthshire|Monmouthshire]], Wales Born in [[Cwm, Blaenau Gwent|Cwm]], Spinetti was educated at [[Monmouth School]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] in Cardiff, of which he

...f Musical and Dramatic Art as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of 19. His first [[West End theatre|West End]] role was in ''Nicely At the start of [[World War II]], together with [[Basil Dean]], he helped to f

...as having been born in Wisbach.<ref name = Goodman/> Later he was educated at the [[Italia Conti Academy]] and [[LAMDA]]. He appeared on stage from the a ...wning]], among others. He was a patron of the [[Angles Theatre]], Wisbech. At the time of his death, he was a resident of [[Whitchurch-on-Thames]], Oxfor