- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 27, 1909
- Place of Birth
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- November 9, 1988
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 …
Filmography
movieFather Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
1986 · Monsignor Duffy
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · Creature (segment "Personal Demons")
movieHead Office
1985 · Reverend Lynch
movieIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 · Elf #2
movieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984 · Barnaby
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Barnaby
movieEating Raoul
1982 · Little Person
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Billy Curtis
tvBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · General Yoomak
movieLoose Shoes
1978 · Menchkin
tvMonster Squad
1976 · The Ringmaster
tvLaverne & Shirley
1976
movieThe Wild McCullochs
1975 · Charlie P.
movieWhite House Madness
1975 · Secret Service Man
movieLittle Cigars
1973 · Slick Bender
movieHigh Plains Drifter
1973 · Mordecai
movieEvil Roy Slade
1972 · Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
movieDirty Harry
1971 · Stunts
movieAphrodisiac: The Love Secret
1971 · Man on the Street Interviewee
movieNorwood
1970 · Edmund B. Ratner
movieHello, Dolly!
1969 · Little Person (uncredited)
movieThe Comic
1969 · Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
tvHere's Lucy
1968 · Herman
movieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Clown (uncredited)
moviePlanet of the Apes
1968 · Child Ape (uncredited)
tvThe Monkees
1966 · Midget
tvStar Trek
1966 · Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)
movieOut of Sight
1966 · The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
tvBatman
1966 · Midget
Bob Hope Christmas Show
movieBob Hope Christmas Show
1965 · Self
tvGet Smart
1965 · El Lobo-Ito, Tiny Allen (uncredited)
movieTwo on a Guillotine
1965 · Big Mike (uncredited)
tvBewitched
1964 · Jack O'Lantern
movieRobin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Newsboy
The Greatest Show on Earth
tvThe Greatest Show on Earth
1963
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
movieBackstage Party
1961 · Self
tv87th Precinct
1961
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Captain Borcher
tvTightrope
1959
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
tvShirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Boomalakka Wee, Dwarf
movieMan of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Harry Earles (uncredited)
movieThe Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Midget
movieFriendly Persuasion
1956 · Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Arizona
movieJungle Moon Men
1955 · Damu
moviePrincess of the Nile
1954 · Tut (uncredited)
movieLimelight
1952 · Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self
tvAdventures of Superman
1952 · , Mole-Man #1 (uncredited)
movieSuperman and the Mole Men
1951 · Mole-Man (uncredited)
moviePygmy Island
1950 · Makuba
The Cisco Kid
tvThe Cisco Kid
1950 · The Laughing Badman
movieHomicide for Three
1948 · Circus Performer
movieApril Showers
1948 · Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
movieBuck Privates Come Home
1947
movieThe Hard Way
1943 · Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)
movieLucky Legs
1942 · Newsboy
movieSaboteur
1942 · Midget - Circus Troupe
movieDon't Lie
1942 · Melinda, the chimp
movieTramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942 · Midget
movieHellzapoppin'
1941 · Bodyguard (uncredited)
movieIce-Capades
1941 · George
movieEmergency Landing
1941 · Judge
movieMaisie Was a Lady
1941 · Midget (Uncredited)
movieThe Wizard of Oz
1939 · Munchkin (uncredited)
movieThree Texas Steers
1939 · Hercules - the Midget
movieThe Terror of Tiny Town
1938 · The Hero (Buck Lawson)