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Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 27, 1909
Died Nov 09, 1988 (79)
Birthplace Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 s ... ite, 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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Head Office

Head Office

1985

as Reverend Lynch

Eating Raoul

Eating Raoul

1982

as Little Person

Loose Shoes

Loose Shoes

1978

as Menchkin

White House Madness

White House Madness

1975

as Secret Service Man

The Wild McCullochs

The Wild McCullochs

1975

as Charlie P.

Little Cigars

Little Cigars

1973

as Slick Bender

High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter

1973

as Mordecai

Evil Roy Slade

Evil Roy Slade

1972

as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)

Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana

Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana

1971

as Man on the Street Interviewee

Norwood

Norwood

1970

as Edmund B. Ratner

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!

1969

as Little Person (uncredited)

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

1968

as Child Ape (uncredited)

Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1966

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

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

as Newsboy

The Adventures of Super Pup

The Adventures of Super Pup

1958

as Super Pup / Bark Bent

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

as Harry Earles (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

1956

as Midget at County Fair (uncredited)

Jungle Moon Men

Jungle Moon Men

1955

as Damu

Princess of the Nile

Princess of the Nile

1954

as Tut (uncredited)

Limelight

Limelight

1952

as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole-Men

Superman and the Mole-Men

1951

as Mole-Man (uncredited)

Pygmy Island

Pygmy Island

1950

as Makuba

April Showers

April Showers

1948

as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo

Homicide for Three

Homicide for Three

1948

as Circus Performer

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

1943

as Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)

Don't Lie

Don't Lie

1942

as Melinda, the chimp

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

1942

as Midget

Lucky Legs

Lucky Legs

1942

as Newsboy

Saboteur

Saboteur

1942

as Midget - Circus Troupe

Emergency Landing

Emergency Landing

1941

as Judge

Ice-Capades

Ice-Capades

1941

as George

Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'

1941

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady

Maisie Was a Lady

1941

as Midget (Uncredited)

Three Texas Steers

Three Texas Steers

1939

as Hercules - the Midget

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Munchkin (uncredited)

The Terror of Tiny Town

The Terror of Tiny Town

1938

as The Hero (Buck Lawson)

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

1971

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Television Credits

Batman

as Midget

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1966

Star Trek

as Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Here's Lucy

as Herman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as General Yoomak

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1979

Knots Landing

as Billy Curtis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 27, 1979

Monster Squad

as The Ringmaster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1976

Gunsmoke

as Arizona

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Adventures in Paradise

as Captain Borcher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Barnaby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1982

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Boomalakka Wee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Dwarf

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

The Greatest Show on Earth

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Adventures of Superman

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 19, 1952

77 Sunset Strip

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

The Twilight Zone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1985

The Beverly Hillbillies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1962

Laverne & Shirley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 27, 1976

Bewitched

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

87th Precinct

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

The Monkees

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

This Is Your Life

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Tightrope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1959

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