Acting
Billy Curtis
Born Jun 27, 1909 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA · Died Nov 9, 1988
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 Superman in the 1950s. Most notably, Curtis worked in westerns, including the Clint Eastwood feature, High Plains Drifter in which he featured as Mordecai, a friendly dwarf sympathetic to Eastwood, he also appeared in the 1938 Musical/Western The Terror of Tiny Town. This film is, as far as is known, the world's only Western with an all-dwarf cast. Many of the actors in Tinytown were part of a performing troupe called Singer's Midgets, who also played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939. He also had a starring role in American International Pictures' 1973 release, Little Cigars, about a gang of "midgets" on a crime spree.
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Acting
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
1986
Comedy
The Twilight Zone
1985
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
Head Office
1985
Comedy
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
TV Movie · Drama · Fantasy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
Fantasy · Romance · TV Movie
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Drama · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Eating Raoul
1982
Comedy · Crime
Knots Landing
1979
Drama · Soap
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Loose Shoes
1978
Comedy
Monster Squad
1976
Comedy · Action & Adventure
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Comedy · Family
The Wild McCullochs
1975
Romance · Drama
White House Madness
1975
Comedy
Little Cigars
1973
Action · Thriller
High Plains Drifter
1973
Western · Drama · Mystery
Evil Roy Slade
1972
TV Movie · Western · Comedy
Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana
1971
Documentary
Norwood
1970
Comedy · War
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Comedy · Romance
The Comic
1969
Comedy · Drama
Here's Lucy
1968
Comedy
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Planet of the Apes
1968
Science Fiction · Adventure · Drama
The Monkees
1966
Comedy · Family
Star Trek
1966
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Out of Sight
1966
Comedy · Music
Batman
1966
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy · Action & Adventure
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
Music · Comedy
Get Smart
1965
Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Two on a Guillotine
1965
Mystery · Horror
Bewitched
1964
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy · Family
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Comedy · Crime
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Comedy · Family
Backstage Party
1961
Documentary
87th Precinct
1961
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Action & Adventure · Drama
Tightrope
1959
Drama · Crime
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Drama
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
Science Fiction · Horror
Friendly Persuasion
1956
Drama · War
Gunsmoke
1955
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Jungle Moon Men
1955
Action · Adventure
Princess of the Nile
1954
Romance · Adventure · Fantasy
Limelight
1952
Romance · Drama · Comedy
Adventures of Superman
1952
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure
Pygmy Island
1950
Adventure
The Cisco Kid
1950
Western
Homicide for Three
1948
Action · Adventure · Crime
April Showers
1948
Music
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Comedy · Romance · Action
The Hard Way
1943
Drama
Lucky Legs
1942
Comedy · Crime
Saboteur
1942
Thriller · Mystery
Don't Lie
1942
Comedy
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
War · Comedy · Romance
Hellzapoppin'
1941
Music · Comedy · Romance
Ice-Capades
1941
Comedy · Music · Romance
Emergency Landing
1941
Action · Drama · Romance
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
Comedy · Drama
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Adventure · Fantasy · Family
Three Texas Steers
1939
Western
The Terror of Tiny Town
1938
Western · Comedy · Music