Billy Curtis

Personal Info

Birthday

June 27, 1909

Day of Death

1988-11-09

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Luigi Curto

Billy Curtis

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).

Known For

Star Trek

Batman

Knots Landing

The Twilight Zone

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Adventures in Paradise

The Monkees

Gunsmoke

Filmography

1986
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
as Monsignor Duffy
1985
Head Office
as Reverend Lynch
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Elf #2
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Barnaby
1982
Eating Raoul
as Little Person
1978
Loose Shoes
as Menchkin
1975
The Wild McCullochs
as Charlie P.
White House Madness
as Secret Service Man
1973
Little Cigars
as Slick Bender
High Plains Drifter
as Mordecai
1972
Evil Roy Slade
as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
1971
Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret
as Man on the Street Interviewee
1970
Norwood
as Edmund B. Ratner
1969
Hello, Dolly!
as Little Person (uncredited)
The Comic
as Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Clown (uncredited)
Planet of the Apes
as Child Ape (uncredited)
1966
Out of Sight
as The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
1965
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
Two on a Guillotine
as Big Mike (uncredited)
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Newsboy
1961
Backstage Party
as Self
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Harry Earles (uncredited)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
as Midget
1956
Friendly Persuasion
as Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
1955
Jungle Moon Men
as Damu
1954
Princess of the Nile
as Tut (uncredited)
1952
Limelight
as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
1951
Superman and the Mole Men
as Mole-Man (uncredited)
1950
Pygmy Island
as Makuba
1948
Homicide for Three
as Circus Performer
April Showers
as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
1943
The Hard Way
as Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)
1942
Lucky Legs
as Newsboy
Saboteur
as Midget - Circus Troupe
Don't Lie
as Melinda, the chimp
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as Midget
1941
Hellzapoppin'
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Ice-Capades
as George
Emergency Landing
as Judge
Maisie Was a Lady
as Midget (Uncredited)
1939
The Wizard of Oz
as Munchkin (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers
as Hercules - the Midget
1938
The Terror of Tiny Town
as The Hero (Buck Lawson)