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.
Filmograafia
- 1986Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour (Monsignor Duffy)
- 1985The Twilight Zone (Creature (segment "Personal Demons"))
- 1985Head Office (Reverend Lynch)
- 1984It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Elf #2)
- 1984Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Barnaby)
- 1982Faerie Tale Theatre (Barnaby)
- 1982Eating Raoul (Little Person)
- 1979Knots Landing (Billy Curtis)
- 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (General Yoomak)
- 1978Loose Shoes (Menchkin)
- 1976Monster Squad (The Ringmaster)
- 1976Laverne & Shirley
- 1975The Wild McCullochs (Charlie P.)
- 1975White House Madness (Secret Service Man)
- 1973Little Cigars (Slick Bender)
- 1973High Plains Drifter (Mordecai)
- 1972Evil Roy Slade (Toy Cowboy (uncredited))
- 1971Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret (Man on the Street Interviewee)
- 1970Norwood (Edmund B. Ratner)
- 1969Hello, Dolly! (Little Person (uncredited))
- 1969The Comic (Lifeguard in Film (uncredited))
- 1968Here's Lucy (Herman)
- 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare (Clown (uncredited))
- 1968Planet of the Apes (Child Ape (uncredited))
- 1966The Monkees (Midget)
- 1966Star Trek (Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited))
- 1966Out of Sight (The Man From F.L.U.S.H.)
- 1966Batman (Midget)
- 1965Bob Hope Christmas Show (Self)
- 1965Get Smart (El Lobo-Ito)
- 1965Get Smart (Tiny Allen (uncredited))
- 1965Two on a Guillotine (Big Mike (uncredited))
- 1964Bewitched (Jack O'Lantern)
- 1964Robin and the 7 Hoods (Newsboy (uncredited))
- 1963The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1962The Beverly Hillbillies
- 1961Backstage Party (Self)
- 196187th Precinct
- 1959Adventures in Paradise (Captain Borcher)
- 1959Tightrope
- 195877 Sunset Strip
- 1958Shirley Temple's Storybook (Boomalakka Wee)
- 1958Shirley Temple's Storybook (Dwarf)
- 1957Man of a Thousand Faces (Harry Earles (uncredited))
- 1957The Incredible Shrinking Man (Midget)
- 1956Friendly Persuasion (Midget at County Fair (uncredited))
- 1955Gunsmoke (Arizona)
- 1955Jungle Moon Men (Damu)
- 1954Princess of the Nile (Tut (uncredited))
- 1952Limelight (Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited))
- 1952This Is Your Life (Self)
- 1952Adventures of Superman
- 1952Adventures of Superman (Mole-Man #1 (uncredited))
- 1951Superman and the Mole Men (Mole-Man (uncredited))
- 1950Pygmy Island (Makuba)
- 1950The Cisco Kid (The Laughing Badman)
- 1948Homicide for Three (Circus Performer)
- 1948April Showers (Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo)
- 1947Buck Privates Come Home
- 1943The Hard Way (Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited))
- 1942Lucky Legs (Newsboy)
- 1942Saboteur (Midget - Circus Troupe)
- 1942Don't Lie (Melinda, the chimp)
- 1942Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (Midget)
- 1941Hellzapoppin' (Bodyguard (uncredited))
- 1941Ice-Capades (George)
- 1941Emergency Landing (Judge)
- 1941Maisie Was a Lady (Midget (Uncredited))
- 1939Võlur Oz (Munchkin (uncredited))
- 1939Three Texas Steers (Hercules - the Midget)
- 1938The Terror of Tiny Town (The Hero (Buck Lawson))