Leon Vitali
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Alfred Leon July 26, 1948 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Messer |
Leon Vitali (born Alfred Leon; born July 26, 1948) is an English actor, best known for his collaborations with film-maker Stanley Kubrick, most notably as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon.
Vitali was born Alfred Leon in 1948 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, and went on to attend London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Vitali guest-starred in a number of TV series in the early 1970s, appearing in Softly, Softly, Follyfoot, Roads to Freedom, Z Cars, Public Eye, The Fenn Street Gang, series 1, and Notorious Woman among others. In 1973, he made his feature film debut in two movies: the Italian Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff? (directed by Massimo Dallamano, who had previously worked with Sergio Leone as a cinematographer in the first two of his Dollars Trilogy) and the TV-film Catholics, next to Martin Sheen and Michael Gambon.
It wasn't until 1975 that Vitali met Stanley Kubrick, with whom he would go on to have a professional relationship for the rest of Kubrick's career. Vitali answered a cast call for Barry Lyndon and got the part of Lord Bullingdon, the title character's stepson. Kubrick and Vitali bonded during the shoot. Five years later, Kubrick sent Vitali a copy of Stephen King's The Shining and asked him to join the production of Kubrick's next film, to which Vitali eagerly agreed. He is credited in The Shining (1980) as "personal assistant to director".
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