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Billy Curtis
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Billy Curtis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-06-27,Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
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 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.

Filmography

The Incredible Shrinking Man

7.5

The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957-02-22

High Plains Drifter

7.3

High Plains Drifter
1973-04-19

The Terror of Tiny Town

3.4

The Terror of Tiny Town
1938-12-01

6.4

Eating Raoul
1982-03-24

Superman and the Mole Men

5.3

Superman and the Mole Men
1951-11-23

4.8

Pygmy Island
1950-11-22

5.2

Little Cigars
1973-06-22

Homicide for Three

5.7

Homicide for Three
1948-12-08

White House Madness

7

White House Madness
1975-01-01

Emergency Landing

6.3

Emergency Landing
1941-03-07

Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana

4.5

Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana
1971-11-05

Princess of the Nile

7.3

Princess of the Nile
1954-07-01

The Wizard of Oz

7.581

The Wizard of Oz
1939-08-21

5.3

Out of Sight
1966-05-12

Robin and the 7 Hoods

6.2

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24

The Wild McCullochs

4.5

The Wild McCullochs
1975-05-21

7

Hello, Dolly!
1969-12-12

Three Texas Steers

5

Three Texas Steers
1939-05-12

Jungle Moon Men

5.4

Jungle Moon Men
1955-04-08

6.5

Don't Lie
1942-04-04

6.3

Evil Roy Slade
1972-02-18

Planet of the Apes

7.655

Planet of the Apes
1968-02-07

6.5

April Showers
1948-03-27

Buck Privates Come Home

6.4

Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04

7.903

Limelight
1952-10-16

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

5.3

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942-04-02

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

0

Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
1986-10-18

Friendly Persuasion

6.7

Friendly Persuasion
1956-10-30

6.1

Norwood
1970-11-24

9

Lucky Legs
1942-10-01

6.855

Saboteur
1942-04-22

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

6.4

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984-07-16

5.9

Ice-Capades
1941-08-19

3.9

Loose Shoes
1978-09-01

7.2

Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25

Man of a Thousand Faces

6.8

Man of a Thousand Faces
1957-08-15

6.5

The Hard Way
1943-01-13

5.4

Head Office
1985-06-06

Backstage Party

7

Backstage Party
1961-12-17

Maisie Was a Lady

7

Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10

Bob Hope Christmas Show

7

Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965-12-15

The Legend of Lylah Clare

6

The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21

Two on a Guillotine

6.1

Two on a Guillotine
1965-01-13

6.1

The Comic
1969-11-19

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

5.9

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984-12-15

7.976

Star Trek
1966-09-08

77 Sunset Strip

7.2

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6.7

Here's Lucy
1968-09-23

7.3

Batman
1966-01-12

The Twilight Zone

7.7

The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

7.1

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-09-20

6.9

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

Laverne & Shirley

7.1

Laverne & Shirley
1976-01-27

6

Monster Squad
1976-09-11

6.7

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.848

Bewitched
1964-09-17

7.8

87th Precinct
1961-09-25

6.5

The Monkees
1966-09-12

The Greatest Show on Earth

7.5

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-09-17

This Is Your Life

6.5

This Is Your Life
1952-10-01

Adventures of Superman

6.6

Adventures of Superman
1952-09-19

Adventures in Paradise

6.1

Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05

6.8

Tightrope
1959-09-08

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

Shirley Temple's Storybook

6.5

Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958-01-12

Shirley Temple's Storybook

6.5

Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958-01-12

Adventures of Superman

6.6

Adventures of Superman
1952-09-19

6.2

The Cisco Kid
1950-09-05

8

Get Smart
1965-09-18

8

Get Smart
1965-09-18

The Bob Hope Show

7

The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09