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 worlds only Western with an all-dwarf cast. Many of the actors in Tinytown were part of a performing troupe called Singers 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.

Filmek -tól nem elérhető Billy Curtis

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Midget

Film 1957

High Plains Drifter

Mordecai

Film 1973

The Terror of Tiny Town

The Hero (Buck Lawson)

Film 1938

Superman and the Mole-Men

Mole-Man (uncredited)

Film 1951

Pygmy Island

Makuba

Film 1950

Homicide for Three

Circus Performer

Film 1948

White House Madness

Secret Service Man

Film 1975

Emergency Landing

Judge

Film 1941

Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret

Man on the Street Interviewee

Film 1971

Princess of the Nile

Tut (uncredited)

Film 1954

The Wizard of Oz

Munchkin (uncredited)

Film 1939

Out of Sight

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

Film 1966

The Wild McCullochs

Charlie P.

Film 1975

Hello, Dolly!

Little Person (uncredited)

Film 1969

Three Texas Steers

Hercules - the Midget

Film 1939

Jungle Moon Men

Damu

Film 1955

Don't Lie

Melinda, the chimp

Film 1942

Evil Roy Slade

Toy Cowboy (uncredited)

Film 1972

Planet of the Apes

Child Ape (uncredited)

Film 1968

The Adventures of Super Pup

Super Pup / Bark Bent

Film 1958

April Showers

Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo

Film 1948

Buck Privates Come Home

Film 1947

Limelight

Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

Film 1952

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

Midget

Film 1942

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

Monsignor Duffy

Film 1986

Friendly Persuasion

Midget at County Fair (uncredited)

Film 1956

Lucky Legs

Newsboy

Film 1942

Saboteur

Midget - Circus Troupe

Film 1942

Ice-Capades

George

Film 1941

Loose Shoes

Menchkin

Film 1978

Hellzapoppin'

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Film 1941

Man of a Thousand Faces

Harry Earles (uncredited)

Film 1957

The Hard Way

Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)

Film 1943

Back Stage Party

Self

Film 1961

Maisie Was a Lady

Midget (Uncredited)

Film 1941

Bob Hope Christmas Show

Film 1965

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Clown (uncredited)

Film 1968

Serie televisive -tól nem elérhető Billy Curtis

Star Trek

Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)

Tv 1966

77 Sunset Strip

Tv 1958

The Twilight Zone

Tv 1985

The Beverly Hillbillies

Tv 1962

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

General Yoomak

Tv 1979

Knots Landing

Billy Curtis

Tv 1979

Laverne & Shirley

Tv 1976

Monster Squad

The Ringmaster

Tv 1976

Bewitched

Tv 1964

87th Precinct

Tv 1961

The Monkees

Tv 1966

The Greatest Show on Earth

Tv 1963

This Is Your Life

Self

Tv 1952

Adventures of Superman

Tv 1952

Adventures in Paradise

Captain Borcher

Tv 1959

Tightrope

Tv 1959

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Boomalakka Wee

Tv 1958

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Dwarf

Tv 1958