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Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

Actor, Stunts

Born June 27, 1909 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died November 9, 1988

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Biography

Billy Curtis (June 27, 1909 - November 9, 1988) was an American film and television actor. He was a dwarf who had a 50-year career in a variety of roles. He was born on 27 June 1909 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died November 9, 1988 in Dayton, Nevada, of a heart attack. According to the IMDb site, his birth name was Luigi Curto, and his height was 4 feet 2 inches (1.27 m). The bulk of his work was in the western and science fiction genres. One of his early jobs was as one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. He also appeared in Adventures of Superman in the 1950s. Most notably, Curtis worked in westerns, including the Clint Eastwood feature, High Plains Drifter in which he featured as Mordecai, a friendly dwarf sympathetic to Eastwood, he also appeared in the 1938 Musical/Western The Terror of Tiny Town. This film is, as far as is known, the world's only Western with an all-dwarf cast. Many of the actors in Tinytown were part of a performing troupe called Singer's Midgets, who also played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939. He also had a starring role in American International Pictures' 1973 release, Little Cigars, about a gang of "midgets" on a crime spree.

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Bloody Wednesday Poster

Bloody Wednesday Feature Film1988Teddy

Head Office Poster

Head Office Feature Film1985Reverend Lynch

The Twilight Zone Poster

The Twilight Zone TV Series1985Creature

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Poster

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear TV Movie1984Elf 2

The Night They Saved Christmas Poster

The Night They Saved Christmas TV Movie1984Jack

Eating Raoul Poster

Eating Raoul Feature Film1982Little Person

Faerie Tale Theatre Poster

Faerie Tale Theatre TV Series1982Barnaby

Elephant Parts Poster

Elephant Parts Video1981Propositioning inflatable hooker on park bench during the song: 'lucy and ramona and their brother sunset sam'

Open All Night Poster

Open All Night TV Series1981Scott Davis

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Poster

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV Series1979General Yoomak

Knots Landing Poster

Knots Landing TV Series1979Billy Curtis

The Making of 'the Wizard of Oz' Poster

The Making of 'the Wizard of Oz' TV Movie1979Self

Coming Attractions Poster

Coming Attractions Feature Film1978Menchkin

Laverne & Shirley Poster

Laverne & Shirley TV Series1976Roger Robot

Monster Squad Poster

Monster Squad TV Series1976The Ringmaster

The Wild McCullochs Poster

The Wild McCullochs Feature Film1975Charlie P.

White House Madness Poster

White House Madness Feature Film1975Secret Service Man

How to Seduce a Woman Poster

How to Seduce a Woman Feature Film1974Toulouse

High Plains Drifter Poster

High Plains Drifter Feature Film1973Mordecai

Little Cigars Poster

Little Cigars Feature Film1973Slick Bender

Evil Roy Slade Poster

Evil Roy Slade TV Movie1972Toy Cowboy

Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana Poster

Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana Documentary1971Self

The Good Life Poster

The Good Life TV Series1971Bell Boy

Norwood Feature Film1970Edmund B. Ratner

Bracken's World Poster

Bracken's World TV Series1969Johnson

Hello, Dolly! Poster

Hello, Dolly! Feature Film1969Midget

The Comic Poster

The Comic Feature Film1969Lifeguard in Film

Here's Lucy Poster

Here's Lucy TV Series1968Herman Golab

Julia TV Series1968Small Businessman

Planet of the Apes Poster

Planet of the Apes Feature Film1968Child Ape

The Legend of Lylah Clare Poster

The Legend of Lylah Clare Feature Film1968Clown

Batman TV Series1966Midget

Out of Sight Poster

Out of Sight Feature Film1966The Man from Flush

Star Trek Poster

Star Trek TV Series1966Small Copper-Skinned Ambassador

The Monkees Poster

The Monkees TV Series1966Midget

The Phyllis Diller Show Poster

The Phyllis Diller Show TV Series1966Augie

Bob Hope Christmas Show TV Special1965Sketch Performer

Get Smart Poster

Get Smart TV Series1965El Lobo-Ito

Harlow Feature Film1965Newsboy

I Spy TV Series1965Disguised #2

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Poster

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Feature Film1965Little Football Player

The Wild Wild West Poster

The Wild Wild West TV Series1965Gypsy

Two on a Guillotine Poster

Two on a Guillotine Feature Film1965Big Mike

Bewitched Poster

Bewitched TV Series1964Jack O'Lantern

Robin and the 7 Hoods Poster

Robin and the 7 Hoods Feature Film1964Newsboy

McDonaldland Poster

McDonaldland TV Series1963Mayor McCheese

The Greatest Show on Earth Poster

The Greatest Show on Earth TV Series1963Danny

The Beverly Hillbillies Poster

The Beverly Hillbillies TV Series1962Spaceman #3

87th Precinct Poster

87th Precinct TV Series1961Willy

Ben Casey Poster

Ben Casey TV Series19611 episode, 1965

Follow the Sun Poster

Follow the Sun TV Series1961Tiny Tom

My Three Sons Poster

My Three Sons TV Series1960Sammy

Surfside 6 Poster

Surfside 6 TV Series1960Tippy, circus midget

Adventures in Paradise Poster

Adventures in Paradise TV Series1959Captain Borcher

Special Agent 7 Poster

Special Agent 7 TV Series1959Harry

The Angry Red Planet Poster

The Angry Red Planet Feature Film1959Martian

The Man from Blackhawk Poster

The Man from Blackhawk TV Series1959Colonel Petite

Tightrope Poster

Tightrope TV Series1959The Mascot

77 Sunset Strip Poster

77 Sunset Strip TV Series1958Monk Carter

Merry Andrew Poster

Merry Andrew Feature Film1958Clown

Rescue 8 Poster

Rescue 8 TV Series1958Volunteer #1

Shirley Temple's Storybook Poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook TV Series19581 episode, 1958

The Adventures of Superpup Poster

The Adventures of Superpup TV Movie1958Super Pup

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1958Self

Man of a Thousand Faces Poster

Man of a Thousand Faces Feature Film1957Harry Earles - Midget Actor in 'The Unholy Three'

The Californians Poster

The Californians TV Series1957Clown

The Incredible Shrinking Man Poster

The Incredible Shrinking Man Feature Film1957Midget

The Real McCoys Poster

The Real McCoys TV Series1957Page boy

Broken Arrow Poster

Broken Arrow TV Series1956Sinbad

Friendly Persuasion Poster

Friendly Persuasion Feature Film1956Midget at County Fair

The NBC Comedy Hour TV Series1956Minor Role

Gunsmoke Poster

Gunsmoke TV Series1955Arizona

Jungle Moon Men Poster

Jungle Moon Men Feature Film1955Damu

Tales of the Texas Rangers Poster

Tales of the Texas Rangers TV Series1955Count Smorgasbord

The Court Jester Poster

The Court Jester Feature Film1955One of Hermine's Midgets

The Great Gildersleeve Poster

The Great Gildersleeve TV Series1955Mr. Smith

3 Ring Circus Poster

3 Ring Circus Feature Film1954Circus Midget Clown

Gog Feature Film1954Gog

Gorilla at Large Poster

Gorilla at Large Feature Film1954Slim, Midget Carnival Employee

Princess of the Nile Poster

Princess of the Nile Feature Film1954Tut

The Magical World of Disney Poster

The Magical World of Disney TV Series1954Self

Here Come the Girls Poster

Here Come the Girls Feature Film1953Clown

The Danny Thomas Show Poster

The Danny Thomas Show TV Series1953Billy

Adventures of Superman Poster

Adventures of Superman TV Series1952Mr. Zero

Limelight Poster

Limelight Feature Film1952Midget in Agent's Office

The Bob Hope Show Poster

The Bob Hope Show TV Series1952Self

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1952Self

Gruen Guild Theater TV Series19511 episode, 1952

Superman and the Mole-Men Poster

Superman and the Mole-Men Feature Film1951Mole-Man

The Red Skelton Hour Poster

The Red Skelton Hour TV Series1951Midget

Two Tickets to Broadway Poster

Two Tickets to Broadway Feature Film1951Midget in Deli

Pygmy Island Poster

Pygmy Island Feature Film1950Makuba

So You Want to Throw a Party Poster

So You Want to Throw a Party Short Film1950W.L. Pipp

Space Patrol Poster

Space Patrol TV Series1950Gino

The Cisco Kid Poster

The Cisco Kid TV Series1950The Laughing Badman

The Colgate Comedy Hour Poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour TV Series1950Self - Maxie Taxi comedy sketch

The Jack Benny Program Poster

The Jack Benny Program TV Series1950Charlie McCarthy

April Showers Poster

April Showers Feature Film1948Col. Rudolph L. Nemo

Hills of Home Poster

Hills of Home Feature Film1948Mighty Mite

Homicide for Three Poster

Homicide for Three Feature Film1948Billy Curtis - Midget

Jiggs and Maggie in Court Poster

Jiggs and Maggie in Court Feature Film1948Little Man

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948Extra

Blaze of Noon Poster

Blaze of Noon Feature Film1947Midget Barker

Buck Privates Come Home Poster

Buck Privates Come Home Feature Film1947Man

Wedding Belle Short Film1947Tony

Three Wise Fools Poster

Three Wise Fools Feature Film1946Dugan

An Angel Comes to Brooklyn Poster

An Angel Comes to Brooklyn Feature Film1945Midget Musician

Incendiary Blonde Poster

Incendiary Blonde Feature Film1945'Baby' Joe

That's the Spirit Poster

That's the Spirit Feature Film1945Midget

Ghost Catchers Poster

Ghost Catchers Feature Film1944Midget in Nightclub Dinner Gag

The Hard Way Poster

The Hard Way Feature Film1943Vaudeville Midget

Don't Lie Poster

Don't Lie Short Film1942Melinda, the Chimp

Just Off Broadway Poster

Just Off Broadway Feature Film1942Billy - Midget in Wings

Lucky Legs Poster

Lucky Legs Feature Film1942Newsboy

My Gal Sal Poster

My Gal Sal Feature Film1942Midget Driver

Saboteur Poster

Saboteur Feature Film1942Midget - Circus Troupe

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! Poster

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! Feature Film1942Midget

Wings for the Eagle Poster

Wings for the Eagle Feature Film1942Midget

Emergency Landing Poster

Emergency Landing Feature Film1941Midget Judge

Hellzapoppin' Poster

Hellzapoppin' Feature Film1941Bodyguard

Maisie Was a Lady Poster

Maisie Was a Lady Feature Film1941Midget

Meet John Doe Poster

Meet John Doe Feature Film1941Midget

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Poster

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Feature Film1941Papoose

The Wizard of Oz Poster

The Wizard of Oz Feature Film1939Munchkin Father

Three Texas Steers Poster

Three Texas Steers Feature Film1939Hércules

The Terror of Tiny Town Poster

The Terror of Tiny Town Feature Film1938Buck Lawson - The Hero

Tarzan the Ape Man Poster

Tarzan the Ape Man Feature Film1932Evil Dwarf

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Dirty Harry Poster

Dirty Harry Feature Film1971

Hello, Dolly! Poster

Hello, Dolly! Feature Film1969

The Thing from Another World Poster

The Thing from Another World Feature Film1951

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Ce nain que je ne saurais voir! Documentary2005

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