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Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis
  • Name: Billy Curtis
  • Birthday: 1909-06-27
  • Also known as: Luigi Curto
  • Place of birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
  • Popularity: 3.521
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 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour   as  Monsignor Duffy 1986-10-18
Head Office   as  Reverend Lynch 1985-06-06
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs   as  Barnaby 1984-07-16
Eating Raoul   as  Little Person 1982-03-24
Loose Shoes   as  Menchkin 1978-09-01
The Wild McCullochs   as  Charlie P. 1975-05-21
White House Madness   as  Secret Service Man 1975-01-01
Little Cigars   as  Slick Bender 1973-06-22
High Plains Drifter   as  Mordecai 1973-04-19
Evil Roy Slade   as  Toy Cowboy (uncredited) 1972-02-18
Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret   as  Man on the Street Interviewee 1971-11-05
Norwood   as  Edmund B. Ratner 1970-11-24
Hello, Dolly!   as  Little Person (uncredited) 1969-12-12
Planet of the Apes   as  Child Ape (uncredited) 1968-02-07
Out of Sight   as  The Man From F.L.U.S.H. 1966-05-12
Robin and the 7 Hoods   as  Newsboy 1964-06-24
Back Stage Party   as  Self 1961-12-17
The Adventures of Super Pup   as  Super Pup / Bark Bent 1958-01-01
Man of a Thousand Faces   as  Harry Earles (uncredited) 1957-08-15
The Incredible Shrinking Man   as  Midget 1957-02-22
Friendly Persuasion   as  Midget at County Fair (uncredited) 1956-11-25
Jungle Moon Men   as  Damu 1955-04-08
Princess of the Nile   as  Tut (uncredited) 1954-07-01
Limelight   as  Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited) 1952-10-23
Superman and the Mole-Men   as  Mole-Man (uncredited) 1951-11-23
Pygmy Island   as  Makuba 1950-11-22
Homicide for Three   as  Circus Performer 1948-12-08
April Showers   as  Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo 1948-03-27
Buck Privates Come Home 1947-04-04
The Hard Way   as  Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited) 1943-01-13
Lucky Legs   as  Newsboy 1942-10-01
Saboteur   as  Midget - Circus Troupe 1942-04-24
Don't Lie   as  Melinda, the chimp 1942-04-04
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!   as  Midget 1942-04-02
Hellzapoppin'   as  Bodyguard (uncredited) 1941-12-25
Ice-Capades   as  George 1941-08-19
Emergency Landing   as  Judge 1941-03-07
Maisie Was a Lady   as  Midget (Uncredited) 1941-01-10
The Wizard of Oz   as  Munchkin (uncredited) 1939-08-15
Three Texas Steers   as  Hercules - the Midget 1939-05-12
The Terror of Tiny Town   as  The Hero (Buck Lawson) 1938-12-01