Full Name Luigi Curto Role Film actor Name Billy Curtis | Height 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) Years active 1938-1988 Children Tom Curtis, Judy Curtis | |
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Other names Little Billy, The Singer Midgets Spouse Joann Curtis (m. 1948–1988) Movies High Plains Drifter, The Terror of Tiny Town, The Incredible Shrinking, Little Cigars, Saboteur Similar People Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Jack Ging, Mitchell Ryan, Geoffrey Lewis | ||
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Billy Curtis, born Luigi Curto, (June 27, 1909 – November 9, 1988) was an American film and television actor with dwarfism who had a 50-year career in the entertainment industry.
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- Career
- Death
- Filmography
- References
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Career
The bulk of his work was in the western and science fiction genres. One of his early roles was uncredited as a Munchkin city father in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He had a featured role as part of the circus troupe in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). He also appeared in Superman and the Mole Men (1951), a B-Picture intended as the pilot for the Adventures of Superman TV series.
Curtis's work in westerns included the Clint Eastwood feature, High Plains Drifter (1973) in which he featured as Mordecai, a friendly dwarf sympathetic to Eastwood, he also appeared in the Musical/Western The Terror of Tiny Town (1938). This film is, as far as is known, the world's only Western with an all-midget cast. Many of the actors in Tiny Town were part of a performing troupe called Singer's Midgets, who also played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. In 1972 he appeared as Arizona in an episode of "Gunsmoke" titled "Arizona Midnight." He had a starring role in American International Pictures' Little Cigars (1973), about a gang of small people on a crime spree.
Death
Curtis died November 9, 1988, in Dayton, Nevada of a heart attack.
Filmography
Actor
1987
Bloody Wednesday as
Teddy (voice)
1986
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Creature (segment "Personal Demons")
- Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading (1986) - Creature (segment "Personal Demons")
1985
Head Office as
Reverend Lynch
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (TV Movie) as
Elf 2
1984
The Night They Saved Christmas (TV Movie) as
Jack
1984
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) as
Barnaby
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984) - Barnaby
1982
Knots Landing (TV Series) as
Billy Curtis
- Svengali (1982) - Billy Curtis
1982
Eating Raoul as
Little Person
1981
Open All Night (TV Series) as
Scott Davis
- Night Moves (1981) - Scott Davis
1981
Elephant Parts (Video) as
Propositioning inflatable hooker on park bench during the song: 'lucy and ramona and their brother sunset sam'
1981
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) as
General Yoomak
- Shgoratchx! (1981) - General Yoomak
1978
Coming Attractions as
Menchkin
1977
Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) as
Roger Robot
- The Robot Lawsuit (1977) - Roger Robot
1976
McDonaldland (TV Series short) as
Mayor McCheese
- Zoo Trip (1976) - Mayor McCheese
1976
Monster Squad (TV Series) as
The Ringmaster
- The Ringmaster (1976) - The Ringmaster
1975
White House Madness as
Secret Service Man
1975
The Wild McCullochs as
Charlie P.
1974
How to Seduce a Woman as
Toulouse
1973
Little Cigars as
Slick Bender
1973
High Plains Drifter as
Mordecai
1973
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Arizona
- Arizona Midnight (1973) - Arizona
1972
Evil Roy Slade (TV Movie) as
Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
1971
The Good Life (TV Series) as
Bell Boy
- A Tremendous Sense of Loyalty (1971) - Bell Boy
1970
Here's Lucy (TV Series) as
Herman Golab
- Lucy and Ma Parker (1970) - Herman Golab
1970
Bracken's World (TV Series) as
Johnson
- Will Freddy's Real Father Please Stand Up? (1970) - Johnson
1970
Norwood as
Edmund B. Ratner
1969
Hello, Dolly! as
Midget (uncredited)
1969
The Comic as
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
1969
Julia (TV Series) as
Small Businessman
- I Thought I Saw a Two-Timer (1969) - Small Businessman
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare as
Clown (uncredited)
1968
Planet of the Apes as
Child Ape (uncredited)
1967
Star Trek: The Original Series (TV Series) as
Small Copper-Skinned Ambassador
- Journey to Babel (1967) - Small Copper-Skinned Ambassador (uncredited)
1967
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Jack O'Lantern
- A Safe and Sane Halloween (1967) - Jack O'Lantern
1966
Get Smart (TV Series) as
El Lobo-Ito / Tiny Allen
- Witness for the Persecution (1967) - El Lobo-Ito
- The Greatest Spy on Earth (1966) - Tiny Allen (uncredited)
1967
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) as
Gypsy
- The Night of the Gypsy Peril (1967) - Gypsy (uncredited)
1966
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) as
Spaceman #3
- The Flying Saucer (1966) - Spaceman #3
1966
The Phyllis Diller Show (TV Series) as
Augie
- The Hubcap Caper (1966) - Augie
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
- The Blue-Eyed Horse (1966)
1966
The Monkees (TV Series) as
Midget
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cool (1966) - Midget
1966
Out of Sight as
The Man from Flush
1966
Batman (TV Series) as
Midget
- Holy Rat Race (1966) - Midget
- True or False Face (1966) - Midget
1966
I Spy (TV Series) as
Disguised #2
- The Conquest of Maude Murdock (1966) - Disguised #2
1965
Ben Casey (TV Series)
- You Wanna Know What Really Goes on in a Hospital? (1965)
1965
Harlow as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1965
My Three Sons (TV Series) as
Sammy
- The Glass Sneaker (1965) - Sammy
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as
Little Football Player (uncredited)
1965
Two on a Guillotine as
Big Mike (uncredited)
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth (TV Series) as
Danny (1963-1964)
1962
Surfside 6 (TV Series) as
Tippy, circus midget
- Masquerade (1962) - Tippy, circus midget (uncredited)
1962
Follow the Sun (TV Series) as
Tiny Tom
- Run, Clown, Run (1962) - Tiny Tom
1961
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Monk Carter
- The Turning Point (1961) - Monk Carter
1961
87th Precinct (TV Series) as
Willy
- The Guilt (1961) - Willy
1960
Tightrope (TV Series) as
The Mascot
- Achilles and His Heels (1960) - The Mascot
1960
The Man from Blackhawk (TV Series) as
Colonel Petite
- Destination Death (1960) - Colonel Petite
1960
The Real McCoys (TV Series) as
Page Boy
- Weekend in Los Angeles (1960) - Page Boy
1959
Special Agent 7 (TV Series) as
Harry
- The Big Top (1959) - Harry
1959
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) as
Captain Borcher
- Haunted (1959) - Captain Borcher
1959
The Danny Thomas Show (TV Series) as
Billy
- Danny and the Little Men (1959) - Billy
1959
The Angry Red Planet as
Martian (uncredited)
1959
Rescue 8 (TV Series) as
Volunteer #1
- The Rock Prison (1959) - Volunteer #1 (uncredited)
1959
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) as
Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
- The Bergen Show (1959) - Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
1958
The Adventures of Superpup (TV Movie) as
Super Pup / Bark Bent
1958
The Californians (TV Series) as
Clown
- The Painless Extractionist (1958) - Clown (uncredited)
1953
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as
Midget / Supporting Player
- Bolivar and the Lost Patrol (1958) - Midget
- He Made Good in the City (1954)
- Deadeye from Mars (1953) - Supporting Player (as Bill Curtis)
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) as
Dwarf
- Rip Van Winkle (1958) - Dwarf
- The Land of Green Ginger (1958)
1958
Merry Andrew as
Clown (uncredited)
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces as
Harry Earles - Midget Actor in 'The Unholy Three' (uncredited)
1957
Adventures of Superman (TV Series) as
Mr. Zero
- Mr. Zero (1957) - Mr. Zero
1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man as
Midget
1956
Broken Arrow (TV Series) as
Sinbad
- Caged (1956) - Sinbad
1956
Friendly Persuasion as
Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
1956
The NBC Comedy Hour (TV Series) as
Minor Role
- Episode #1.17 (1956) - Minor Role
1955
The Court Jester as
One of Hermine's Midgets (uncredited)
1955
The Great Gildersleeve (TV Series) as
Mr. Smith
- Practice What You Preach (1955) - Mr. Smith
1955
Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV Series) as
Count Smorgasbord
- Carnival Criss-Cross (1955) - Count Smorgasbord (uncredited)
1955
Jungle Moon Men as
Damu
1954
3 Ring Circus as
Circus Midget Clown (uncredited)
1954
Princess of the Nile as
Tut (uncredited)
1954
Gog as
Gog / Magog operator (uncredited)
1954
Gorilla at Large as
Slim, Midget Carnival Employee (uncredited)
1953
Space Patrol (TV Series) as
Gino
- The Slaves of Planet X (1953) - Gino
1953
Here Come the Girls as
Clown (uncredited)
1952
The Cisco Kid (TV Series) as
The Laughing Badman
- Laughing Badman (1952) - The Laughing Badman
1952
Limelight as
Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
1952
Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series)
- Birds of Prey (1952)
1951
Superman and the Mole-Men as
Mole-Man (uncredited)
1951
Two Tickets to Broadway as
Midget in Deli (uncredited)
1950
Pygmy Island as
Makuba
1950
So You Want to Throw a Party (Short) as
W.L. Pipp (uncredited)
1948
Jiggs and Maggie in Court as
Little Man (uncredited)
1948
Homicide for Three as
Billy Curtis - Midget
1948
Hills of Home as
Mighty Mite (uncredited)
1948
The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) as
Extra
- Pearl Bailey, Senor Wences, Al Kelly (1948) - Extra
1948
April Showers as
Col. Rudolph L. Nemo
1947
Wedding Belle (Short) as
Tony
1947
Blaze of Noon as
Midget Barker (uncredited)
1947
Buck Privates Come Home as
Man (uncredited)
1946
Three Wise Fools as
Dugan
1945
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn as
Midget Musician (uncredited)
1945
Incendiary Blonde as
'Baby' Joe (uncredited)
1945
That's the Spirit as
Midget (uncredited)
1944
Ghost Catchers as
Midget in Nightclub Dinner Gag (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way as
Vaudeville Midget (uncredited)
1942
Lucky Legs as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1942
Just Off Broadway as
Billy - Midget in Wings (uncredited)
1942
Wings for the Eagle as
Midget (Eddie)
1942
My Gal Sal as
Midget Driver (uncredited)
1942
Saboteur as
Midget - Circus Troupe
1942
Don't Lie (Short) as
Melinda, the Chimp
1942
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! as
Midget
1941
Hellzapoppin' as
Bodyguard (uncredited)
1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail as
Papoose (uncredited)
1941
Meet John Doe as
Midget (uncredited)
1941
Emergency Landing as
Midget Judge (as Little Billy)
1941
Maisie Was a Lady as
Midget (uncredited)
1939
The Wizard of Oz as
Munchkin Father (uncredited)
1939
Three Texas Steers as
Hercules
1938
The Terror of Tiny Town as
Buck Lawson - The Hero
1932
Tarzan the Ape Man as
Evil Dwarf (uncredited)
Stunts
1971
Dirty Harry (stunts - uncredited)
1969
Hello, Dolly! (stunts - uncredited)
1951
The Thing from Another World (stunts - uncredited)
1939
The Wizard of Oz (stunts - uncredited)
Soundtrack
1945
That's the Spirit (performer: "Fella with a Flute")
Thanks
2005
Ce nain que je ne saurais voir! (TV Movie documentary) (dedicatee)
Self
1979
The Making of 'the Wizard of Oz' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1971
Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana (Documentary) as
Self / Interviewee (uncredited)
1956
The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Santa's Elf
- Marty Allen, Steve Allen, Shelley Berman, Red Buttons, Sid Caesar, Johnny Carson, Jack Carter, Jerry Colonna, Wally Cox, Bill Dana, George Gobel, Shecky Greene, Buddy Hackett, Jack E. Leonard, Pat Paulsen, Nipsey Russell, Soupy Sales, Phil Silvers, Danny Thomas, Flip Wilson (1969) - Self
- Carol Lawrence, Jerry Colonna, Janet Leigh, Nancy Ames, Glen Campbell, Stella Stevens, Wally Cox (1968) - Self - Santa's Elf (uncredited)
- Tony Bennett, Shirley Eaton, Carol Lawrence, Jill St. John (1967) - Self (uncredited)
- Danny Thomas, Sheree North, Rhonda Fleming, Francis X. Bushman, Jimmy Durante, Joan Caulfield (1957) - Self
- Kim Novak, Pearl Bailey, Vic Damone, Ken Murray (1956) - Self
1965
Bob Hope Christmas Show (TV Special) as
Sketch Performer (uncredited)
1961
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Self
- Back Stage Party (1961) - Self
1960
This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
Self
- Billy Barty (1960) - Self
1959
The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 7 January 1959 (1959) - Self
1955
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as
Self - Giganto the Martian
- Queen of Mars (1955) - Self - Giganto the Martian (uncredited)
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) as
Self - Maxie Taxi comedy sketch
- Episode #4.9 (1953) - Self - Maxie Taxi comedy sketch
Archive Footage
1953
Adventures of Superman (TV Series) as
Mole-Man #1
- The Unknown People: Part II (1953) - Mole-Man #1 (uncredited)
- The Unknown People: Part I (1953) - Mole-Man #1 (uncredited)
References
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