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Billy Curtis was an American film and television actor with dwarfism, who had a 50-year career in the entertainment industry.
Birth Name
Luigi Curto
Born
Sunday, 27 June 1909
Died
Wednesday, 09 November 1988
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bloody Wednesday | Teddy | 1987 |
| The Twilight Zone | Creature (segment "Personal Demons") | 1985 |
| Head Office | Reverend Lynch | 1985 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Elf 2 | 1984 |
| The Night They Saved Christmas | Jack | 1984 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Barnaby | 1982 |
| Eating Raoul | Little Person | 1982 |
| Open All Night | Scott Davis | 1981 |
| Elephant Parts | Propositioning inflatable hooker on park bench during the song: 'lucy and ramona and their brother sunset sam' | 1981 |
| Knots Landing | Self | 1979 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bloody Wednesday | Teddy | 1987 |
| The Twilight Zone | Creature (segment "Personal Demons") | 1985 |
| Head Office | Reverend Lynch | 1985 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Elf 2 | 1984 |
| The Night They Saved Christmas | Jack | 1984 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Barnaby | 1982 |
| Eating Raoul | Little Person | 1982 |
| Open All Night | Scott Davis | 1981 |
| Elephant Parts | Propositioning inflatable hooker on park bench during the song: 'lucy and ramona and their brother sunset sam' | 1981 |
| Knots Landing | Self | 1979 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | General Yoomak | 1979 |
| Coming Attractions | Menchkin | 1978 |
| Monster Squad | The Ringmaster | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Roger Robot | 1976 |
| The Wild McCullochs | Charlie P. | 1975 |
| White House Madness | Secret Service Man | 1975 |
| How to Seduce a Woman | Toulouse | 1974 |
| Little Cigars | Slick Bender | 1973 |
| High Plains Drifter | Mordecai | 1973 |
| Evil Roy Slade | Toy Cowboy | 1972 |
| Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana | Man on the Street Interviewee | 1971 |
| The Good Life | Bell Boy | 1971 |
| Norwood | Edmund B. Ratner | 1970 |
| Hello, Dolly! | Midget | 1969 |
| The Comic | Lifeguard in Film | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Johnson | 1969 |
| Here's Lucy | Herman Golab | 1968 |
| Julia | Small Businessman | 1968 |
| The Legend of Lylah Clare | Clown | 1968 |
| Planet of the Apes | Child Ape | 1968 |
| The Monkees | Midget | 1966 |
| The Phyllis Diller Show | Augie | 1966 |
| Star Trek | Small Copper-Skinned Ambassador | 1966 |
| Out of Sight | The Man from Flush / The Man From F.L.U.S.H. | 1966 |
| Batman | Midget | 1966 |
| Get Smart | Tiny Allen / El Lobo-Ito | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Gypsy | 1965 |
| I Spy | Disguised #2 | 1965 |
| Harlow | Newsboy | 1965 |
| John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Little Football Player | 1965 |
| Two on a Guillotine | Big Mike | 1965 |
| Bewitched | Jack O'Lantern | 1964 |
| Robin and the 7 Hoods | Newsboy | 1964 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Spaceman #3 | 1962 |
| 87th Precinct | Willy | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Tiny Tom | 1961 |
| Surfside 6 | Tippy, circus midget | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Sammy | 1960 |
| The Angry Red Planet | Martian | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Colonel Petite | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Captain Borcher | 1959 |
| Tightrope | The Mascot | 1959 |
| Special Agent 7 | Harry | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Monk Carter | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Volunteer #1 | 1958 |
| Merry Andrew | Clown | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Dwarf | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Superpup | Super Pup / Bark Bent | 1958 |
| The Real McCoys | Page Boy | 1957 |
| The Californians | Clown | 1957 |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | Harry Earles - Midget Actor in 'The Unholy Three' | 1957 |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man | Midget | 1957 |
| Friendly Persuasion | Midget at County Fair | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Sinbad | 1956 |
| The NBC Comedy Hour | Minor Role | 1956 |
| The Court Jester | One of Hermine's Midgets | 1955 |
| The Great Gildersleeve | Mr. Smith | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Arizona | 1955 |
| Tales of the Texas Rangers | Count Smorgasbord | 1955 |
| Jungle Moon Men | Damu | 1955 |
| 3 Ring Circus | Circus Midget Clown | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Self | 1954 |
| Princess of the Nile | Tut | 1954 |
| Gog | Gog / Magog operator | 1954 |
| Gorilla at Large | Slim, Midget Carnival Employee | 1954 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Billy | 1953 |
| Here Come the Girls | Clown | 1953 |
| Limelight | Midget in Agent's Office | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Mole-Man #1 / Mr. Zero | 1952 |
| Two Tickets to Broadway | Midget in Deli | 1951 |
| Superman and the Mole-Men | Mole-Man | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Supporting Player / Self - Giganto the Martian / Midget | 1951 |
| Pygmy Island | Makuba | 1950 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Maxie Taxi comedy sketch | 1950 |
| Space Patrol | Gino | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | The Laughing Badman | 1950 |
| Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Little Man | 1948 |
| Homicide for Three | Billy Curtis - Midget / Circus Performer | 1948 |
| Hills of Home | Mighty Mite | 1948 |
| April Showers | Col. Rudolph L. Nemo / Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo | 1948 |
| Blaze of Noon | Midget Barker | 1947 |
| Buck Privates Come Home | Man | 1947 |
| Three Wise Fools | Dugan | 1946 |
| An Angel Comes to Brooklyn | Midget Musician | 1945 |
| Incendiary Blonde | 'Baby' Joe | 1945 |
| That's the Spirit | Midget | 1945 |
| Ghost Catchers | Midget in Nightclub Dinner Gag | 1944 |
| The Hard Way | Vaudeville Midget / Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Lucky Legs | Newsboy | 1942 |
| Just Off Broadway | Billy - Midget in Wings | 1942 |
| Wings for the Eagle | Midget (Eddie) | 1942 |
| My Gal Sal | Midget Driver | 1942 |
| Saboteur | Midget - Circus Troupe / Midget (Circus Troupe) | 1942 |
| Don't Lie | 1942 | |
| Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! | Midget | 1942 |
| Hellzapoppin' | Bodyguard | 1941 |
| Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | Papoose | 1941 |
| Meet John Doe | Midget | 1941 |
| Emergency Landing | Midget Judge / Judge | 1941 |
| Maisie Was a Lady | Midget / Midget (Uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Wizard of Oz | Munchkin Father | 1939 |
| Three Texas Steers | Hercules / Hercules - the Midget | 1939 |
| The Terror of Tiny Town | The Hero (Buck Lawson) | 1938 |
| Tarzan the Ape Man | Evil Dwarf | 1932 |
