Actor
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). 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
Acting
1986 -- Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour | Monsignor Duffy
1985 -- Head Office | Reverend Lynch
1984 -- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Barnaby
1982 -- Eating Raoul | Little Person
1978 -- Loose Shoes | Menchkin
1975 -- The Wild McCullochs | Charlie P.
1975 -- White House Madness | Secret Service Man
1973 -- Little Cigars | Slick Bender
1973 -- High Plains Drifter | Mordecai
1972 -- Evil Roy Slade | Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
1971 -- Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret | Man on the Street Interviewee
1970 -- Norwood | Edmund B. Ratner
1969 -- Hello, Dolly! | Little Person (uncredited)
1968 -- The Legend of Lylah Clare | Clown (uncredited)
1968 -- Planet of the Apes | Child Ape (uncredited)
1966 -- Out of Sight | The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
1965 -- Bob Hope Christmas Show | Self
1964 -- Robin and the 7 Hoods | Newsboy
1961 -- Back Stage Party | Self
1958 -- The Adventures of Super Pup | Super Pup / Bark Bent
1957 -- Man of a Thousand Faces | Harry Earles (uncredited)
1957 -- The Incredible Shrinking Man | Midget
1956 -- Friendly Persuasion | Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
1955 -- Jungle Moon Men | Damu
1954 -- Princess of the Nile | Tut (uncredited)
1952 -- Limelight | Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
1951 -- Superman and the Mole-Men | Mole-Man (uncredited)
1950 -- Pygmy Island | Makuba
1948 -- Homicide for Three | Circus Performer
1948 -- April Showers | Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
1947 -- Buck Privates Come Home |
1943 -- The Hard Way | Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)
1942 -- Lucky Legs | Newsboy
1942 -- Saboteur | Midget - Circus Troupe
1942 -- Don't Lie | Melinda, the chimp
1942 -- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! | Midget
1941 -- Hellzapoppin' | Bodyguard (uncredited)
1941 -- Ice-Capades | George
1941 -- Emergency Landing | Judge
1941 -- Maisie Was a Lady | Midget (Uncredited)
1939 -- The Wizard of Oz | Munchkin (uncredited)
1939 -- Three Texas Steers | Hercules - the Midget
1938 -- The Terror of Tiny Town | The Hero (Buck Lawson)
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