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Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

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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  • The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    Played Munchkin (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.6
    5910 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 15, 1939
    87 years ago
  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

    Played Child Ape (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.6
    3796 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 07, 1968
    59 years ago
  • High Plains Drifter

    High Plains Drifter

    Played Mordecai

    Average Rating
    7.3
    1276 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 19, 1973
    53 years ago
  • Limelight

    Limelight

    Played Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.9
    566 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 16, 1952
    74 years ago
  • The Incredible Shrinking Man

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    Played Midget

    Average Rating
    7.5
    532 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 22, 1957
    70 years ago
  • Saboteur

    Saboteur

    Played Midget - Circus Troupe

    Average Rating
    6.9
    523 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 24, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Hello, Dolly!

    Hello, Dolly!

    Played Little Person (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    370 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 12, 1969
    57 years ago
  • Eating Raoul

    Eating Raoul

    Played Little Person

    Average Rating
    6.4
    142 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 24, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Friendly Persuasion

    Friendly Persuasion

    Played Midget at County Fair (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.7
    136 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 30, 1956
    70 years ago
  • Hellzapoppin'

    Hellzapoppin'

    Played Bodyguard (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    106 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 25, 1941
    85 years ago
  • Robin and the 7 Hoods

    Robin and the 7 Hoods

    Played Newsboy

    Average Rating
    6.1
    73 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 24, 1964
    62 years ago
  • Superman and the Mole Men

    Superman and the Mole Men

    Played Mole-Man (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.3
    72 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 23, 1951
    75 years ago
  • Man of a Thousand Faces

    Man of a Thousand Faces

    Played Harry Earles (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.6
    41 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 15, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Head Office

    Head Office

    Played Reverend Lynch

    Average Rating
    5.1
    32 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 06, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Two on a Guillotine

    Two on a Guillotine

    Played Big Mike (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.1
    32 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 13, 1965
    62 years ago
  • The Terror of Tiny Town

    The Terror of Tiny Town

    Played The Hero (Buck Lawson)

    Average Rating
    3.4
    31 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Buck Privates Come Home

    Buck Privates Come Home

    Average Rating
    6.3
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 04, 1947
    80 years ago
  • The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    Played Clown (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.9
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 21, 1968
    58 years ago
  • The Hard Way

    The Hard Way

    Played Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 13, 1943
    84 years ago
  • Evil Roy Slade

    Evil Roy Slade

    Played Toy Cowboy (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    17 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 18, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Loose Shoes

    Loose Shoes

    Played Menchkin

    Average Rating
    3.7
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret

    Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret

    Played Man on the Street Interviewee

    Average Rating
    4.5
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 05, 1971
    55 years ago
  • Three Texas Steers

    Three Texas Steers

    Played Hercules - the Midget

    Average Rating
    4.9
    12 votes
    Release Date
    May 12, 1939
    88 years ago
  • The Comic

    The Comic

    Played Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.9
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 19, 1969
    57 years ago
  • Princess of the Nile

    Princess of the Nile

    Played Tut (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.1
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1954
    72 years ago
  • Little Cigars

    Little Cigars

    Played Slick Bender

    Average Rating
    4.6
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 22, 1973
    53 years ago
  • Jungle Moon Men

    Jungle Moon Men

    Played Damu

    Average Rating
    4.7
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 08, 1955
    72 years ago
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Played Elf #2

    Average Rating
    5.6
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 15, 1984
    41 years ago
  • Emergency Landing

    Emergency Landing

    Played Judge

    Average Rating
    5.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 07, 1941
    86 years ago
  • Ice-Capades

    Ice-Capades

    Played George

    Average Rating
    5.5
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 19, 1941
    85 years ago
  • Norwood

    Norwood

    Played Edmund B. Ratner

    Average Rating
    5.6
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 24, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Played Barnaby

    Average Rating
    6.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 16, 1984
    42 years ago
  • Maisie Was a Lady

    Maisie Was a Lady

    Played Midget (Uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 10, 1941
    86 years ago
  • Pygmy Island

    Pygmy Island

    Played Makuba

    Average Rating
    4.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 22, 1950
    76 years ago
  • Out of Sight

    Out of Sight

    Played The Man From F.L.U.S.H.

    Average Rating
    4.8
    3 votes
    Release Date
    May 12, 1966
    60 years ago
  • The Wild McCullochs

    The Wild McCullochs

    Played Charlie P.

    Average Rating
    3.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    May 21, 1975
    51 years ago
  • April Showers

    April Showers

    Played Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo

    Average Rating
    6.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 27, 1948
    79 years ago
  • Homicide for Three

    Homicide for Three

    Played Circus Performer

    Average Rating
    5.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 08, 1948
    78 years ago
  • Don't Lie

    Don't Lie

    Played Melinda, the chimp

    Average Rating
    6.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 04, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

    Played Midget

    Average Rating
    3.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 02, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Backstage Party

    Backstage Party

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    7.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 17, 1961
    65 years ago
  • White House Madness

    White House Madness

    Played Secret Service Man

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1975
    52 years ago
  • Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour

    Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour

    Played Monsignor Duffy

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 18, 1986
    40 years ago
  • Lucky Legs

    Lucky Legs

    Played Newsboy

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 01, 1942
    84 years ago

  • Bob Hope Christmas Show

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 15, 1965
    61 years ago
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