Billy Curtis

ActorCrew Jun 27 (died age 79) Springfield, Massachusetts, USA 1938–1986 (48 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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 …

Known For

Film

The Wizard of Oz

Munchkin (uncredited)

Film

Planet of the Apes

Child Ape (uncredited)

Film

Dirty Harry

Stunts

Film

High Plains Drifter

Mordecai

Film

Limelight

Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

Film

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Midget

Film

Saboteur

Midget - Circus Troupe

Film

Hello, Dolly!

Little Person (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (45)

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

1986

as Monsignor Duffy

Head Office

1985

as Reverend Lynch

5.3

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1984

as Barnaby

6.0

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

as Elf #2

Eating Raoul

as Little Person

Loose Shoes

as Menchkin

The Wild McCullochs

as Charlie P.

White House Madness

as Secret Service Man

High Plains Drifter

as Mordecai

Little Cigars

as Slick Bender

Evil Roy Slade

as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)

6.2

Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret

1971

as Man on the Street Interviewee

Norwood

as Edmund B. Ratner

Hello, Dolly!

as Little Person (uncredited)

7.0

The Comic

1969

as Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)

5.9

Planet of the Apes

1968

as Child Ape (uncredited)

7.6

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968

as Clown (uncredited)

5.9

Out of Sight

1966

as The Man From F.L.U.S.H.

4.8

Two on a Guillotine

1965

as Big Mike (uncredited)

6.1

Bob Hope Christmas Show

1965

as Self

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Newsboy

Backstage Party

as Self

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957

as Midget

7.5

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

as Harry Earles (uncredited)

6.6

Friendly Persuasion

1956

as Midget at County Fair (uncredited)

Jungle Moon Men

as Damu

Princess of the Nile

as Tut (uncredited)

Limelight

as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

7.9

Superman and the Mole Men

1951

as Mole-Man (uncredited)

Pygmy Island

as Makuba

April Showers

as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo

6.0

Homicide for Three

1948

as Circus Performer

5.0

Buck Privates Come Home

1947

6.3

The Hard Way

1943

as Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)

6.3

Saboteur

1942

as Midget - Circus Troupe

6.9

Lucky Legs

1942

as Newsboy

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

1942

as Midget

3.5

Don't Lie

1942

as Melinda, the chimp

6.5

Hellzapoppin'

1941

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Emergency Landing

as Judge

Ice-Capades

as George

Maisie Was a Lady

as Midget (Uncredited)

6.8

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Munchkin (uncredited)

7.6

Three Texas Steers

1939

as Hercules - the Midget

4.9

The Terror of Tiny Town

1938

as The Hero (Buck Lawson)

3.4

Television (22)

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Creature (segment "Personal Demons")

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Barnaby

Knots Landing

as Billy Curtis

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as General Yoomak

Laverne & Shirley

Monster Squad

as The Ringmaster

Here's Lucy

as Herman

Star Trek

as Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)

Batman

as Midget

The Monkees

as Midget

Get Smart

as Tiny Allen (uncredited)

7.9

Bewitched

1964

as Jack O'Lantern

7.9

The Greatest Show on Earth

87th Precinct

Adventures in Paradise

as Captain Borcher

Tightrope

77 Sunset Strip

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Boomalakka Wee

Gunsmoke

as Arizona

This Is Your Life

as Self

Adventures of Superman

1952

as Mole-Man #1 (uncredited)

6.6

The Cisco Kid

1950

as The Laughing Badman

5.9

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Dirty Harry

1971

Stunts

7.4