Angelo Rossitto
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA — Feb 18 1908• Died Sep 21 1991
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Biography
Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opposite Lon Chaney and John Barrymore. On-screen, he portrayed everything from dwarfs, midgets, gnomes, and pygmies as well as monsters, villains, and aliens, with appearances in more than 70 films. Rossitto was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Salvatore Rossitto and Carmela Caniglia, both born in Carlentini, Province of Siracus…
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Angelo Rossitto's Credits
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Spectator (uncredited)
The Rockford Files
Dwarf Patient (uncredited)
Starsky & Hutch
Big Ben
The Incredible Hulk
Tom Thumb (uncredited)
Amazing Stories
Vaudevillian
Baretta
Gunsmoke
Billy (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Blind Pencil Seller
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mouse
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Branded
Shooting Gallery Man (uncredited)
The Rebel
Godfrey
The Wizard of Oz
Munchkin Villager (uncredited)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Master
Fairy Tales
Otto
T.H.E. Cat
Circus Dwarf (uncredited)
The Snoop Sisters
Little Igor
Lidsville
Mr. Big
Freaks
Angeleno
H.R. Pufnstuf
Seymore Spider
Jason of Star Command
Bork
Pocketful of Miracles
Angie (uncredited)
Doctor Dolittle
Dwarf (uncredited)
The Other
Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
The Trip
Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona
Angie -- Gypsy
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Dwarf (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Dwarf
Reunion in France
Citizen in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
The Other Side of the Wind
Angelo
The Stone Killer
Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Galaxina
Monster from Egg
Kung Fu
Angelo (uncredited)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Little Person #1
The Story of Mankind
Dwarf in Nero's Court
Confessions of an Opium Eater
Newspaper Boy
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Dwarf
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
Saucer Man
Babes in Toyland
Elmer - Second Little Pig / 1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Mute Dwarf
Dementia
Newsboy (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Dwarf Devil (uncredited)
Smokey Bites the Dust
Desk Clerk
The Perils of Pauline
Pygmy Leader's Assistant
The Master Gunfighter
Side show midget
Pufnstuf
Seymore Spider / Clang
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
The Clones
Man at Phone Booth
From a Whisper to a Scream
Tinker
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Luigi / Indigo (archive footage)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Grazbo the Evil Dwarf
Spooks Run Wild
Luigi
The Magic Sword
2nd Dwarf
The Beloved Rogue
Beppo - the Dwarf
Alex in Wonderland
Fellini #1
While the City Sleeps
Member of Skeeter's Gang
Doomed to Die
Newsboy #3 in Montage
The Wild and the Innocent
Midget (uncredited)
The Mysterious Island
Underwater Creature
Scared to Death
Indigo
The Dark
Angie (uncredited)
Jungle Moon Men
Smallest Moon-Man
The Big House
Inmate (uncredited)
The Viking
Viking Little Person (uncredited)
The Corpse Vanishes
Toby
One Stolen Night
The Dwarf
Seven Footprints to Satan
The Dwarf
Little Cigars
Angelo
Carnival Lady
Dwarf
Mongo's Back in Town
Trembles
Brain of Blood
Dorro
Pygmy Island
Pygmy in Cave
Mesa of Lost Women
Dwarf Lab Assistant
I Believed in You
Greenwich Village Waiter
Old San Francisco
Chang Loo - the Dwarf
The Bandit Queen
Nino
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Little Pianist
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'
Self
Child Bride
Angelo
Help Woodsy Spread the Word
Woodsy Owl