Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick’s longtime associate who starred in “Barry Lyndon” and “Eyes Wide Shut” in addition to assisting the filmmaker throughout his career, his died at the age of 74.
The news was revealed by the official Twitter account of Kubrick’s estate.The official statement reads: “It is with the greatest of sadness that we have to tell you that the mainstay of a vast number of Kubrick’s films, Leon Vitali, passed away peacefully last night.
Our thoughts are with his family and all that knew and loved him.
26 July 1948 – 20 August 2022.”Vitali began pursuing an acting career after attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He had small guest spots on a variety of television shows in the early 1970s before pivoting to feature films in 1973.
He starred in the Italian film “Super Bitch,” which was directed by Sergio Leone’s longtime cinematographer Massimo Dallamano,
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