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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''. ==Life and career== Vitali was born Alfred Leon in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England in 1948 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 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". In 1977, he portrayed Victor Frankenstein in Calvin Floyd's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic ''Frankenstein'', where he met his future wife Kersti Vitali, who worked as costume designer in the shoot. The Vitalis then worked as costume designers in Birgitta Svensson's ''Mackan'', after which Leon played a bit part in Svensson's next film, ''Inter Rail'' (1981). Leon and Kersti would divorce later on. Vitali teamed once more with Stanley Kubrick for ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987), where he served both as casting director and assistant to director. Twelve years later, Vitali was credited with the same titles in working with Kubrick in what would be his last movie, ''Eyes Wide Shut'' (1999), where he also played the ominous Red Cloak who confronts Tom Cruise during the infamous orgy sequence. Vitali's name can actually be seen in the third column of the newspaper article that Cruise's character reads to learn about the former beauty queen in hotel drugs overdose. Vitali's cameo in print is as a "fashion designer". Since Kubrick's death, Vitali has overseen the restoration of both picture and sound elements for most of Kubrick's films. In 2004, Vitali was honored with the Cinema Audio Society's President's Award for this work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leon Vitali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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