Billy Curtis
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA — Jun 27 1909• Died Nov 09 1988
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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 Super…
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Knots Landing
Billy Curtis
Star Trek
Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)
Bewitched
Jack O'Lantern
Batman
Midget
Get Smart
El Lobo-Ito
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Twilight Zone
Creature (segment "Personal Demons")
Here's Lucy
Herman
The Monkees
Midget
Laverne & Shirley
77 Sunset Strip
Faerie Tale Theatre
Barnaby
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
General Yoomak
Adventures in Paradise
Captain Borcher
Adventures of Superman
Gunsmoke
Arizona
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Boomalakka Wee
Tightrope
The Wizard of Oz
Munchkin (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
The Laughing Badman
This Is Your Life
Self
87th Precinct
Planet of the Apes
Child Ape (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Dirty Harry
Crew
High Plains Drifter
Mordecai
Monster Squad
The Ringmaster
Limelight
Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
Little Person (uncredited)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Midget
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Newsboy
Eating Raoul
Little Person
Friendly Persuasion
Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
Saboteur
Midget - Circus Troupe
Superman and the Mole Men
Mole-Man (uncredited)
Head Office
Reverend Lynch
The Hard Way
Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)
The Comic
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
Harry Earles (uncredited)
Evil Roy Slade
Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
Loose Shoes
Menchkin
Ice-Capades
George
April Showers
Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
Two on a Guillotine
Big Mike (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Bodyguard (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Clown (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
Midget (Uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
Homicide for Three
Circus Performer
Lucky Legs
Newsboy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Barnaby
Princess of the Nile
Tut (uncredited)
Out of Sight
The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
Norwood
Edmund B. Ratner
Jungle Moon Men
Damu
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
Monsignor Duffy
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Elf #2
Don't Lie
Melinda, the chimp
Backstage Party
Self
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Midget
Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret
Man on the Street Interviewee
Emergency Landing
Judge
Little Cigars
Slick Bender
The Terror of Tiny Town
The Hero (Buck Lawson)
Pygmy Island
Makuba
The Wild McCullochs
Charlie P.
Three Texas Steers
Hercules - the Midget
White House Madness
Secret Service Man
Bob Hope Christmas Show
Self