Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Billy Curtis

  • Birthday:

    1909-06-27

  • Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.4845
  • 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). 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.

Top Movie Cast

The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Mantrue- Midget

1957-02-22

7.5
High Plains Drifter
High Plains Driftertrue- Mordecai

1973-04-19

7.3
The Terror of Tiny Town
The Terror of Tiny Towntrue- The Hero (Buck Lawson)

1938-12-01

3.5
Eating Raoul
Eating Raoultrue- Little Person

1982-03-24

6.5
Superman and the Mole Men
Superman and the Mole Mentrue- Mole-Man (uncredited)

1951-11-23

5.3
Pygmy Island
Pygmy Islandtrue- Makuba

1950-11-22

4.0
Little Cigars
Little Cigarstrue- Slick Bender

1973-06-22

5.2
Homicide for Three
Homicide for Threetrue- Circus Performer

1948-12-08

5.0
White House Madness
White House Madnesstrue- Secret Service Man

1975-01-01

0.0
Emergency Landing
Emergency Landingtrue- Judge

1941-03-07

5.8
Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret
Aphrodisiac: The Love Secrettrue- Man on the Street Interviewee

1971-11-05

4.7
Princess of the Nile
Princess of the Niletrue- Tut (uncredited)

1954-07-01

7.1
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oztrue- Munchkin (uncredited)

1939-08-15

7.6
Out of Sight
Out of Sighttrue- The Man From F.L.U.S.H.

1966-05-12

4.8
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Robin and the 7 Hoodstrue- Newsboy

1964-06-24

6.0
The Wild McCullochs
The Wild McCullochstrue- Charlie P.

1975-05-21

4.0
Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly!true- Little Person (uncredited)

1969-12-12

7.0
Three Texas Steers
Three Texas Steerstrue- Hercules - the Midget

1939-05-12

5.0
Jungle Moon Men
Jungle Moon Mentrue- Damu

1955-04-08

4.7
Don't Lie
Don't Lietrue- Melinda, the chimp

1942-04-04

6.5
Evil Roy Slade
Evil Roy Sladetrue- Toy Cowboy (uncredited)

1972-02-18

6.2
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apestrue- Child Ape (uncredited)

1968-02-07

7.6
The Adventures of Super Pup
The Adventures of Super Puptrue- Super Pup / Bark Bent

1958-01-01

3.0
April Showers
April Showerstrue- Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo

1948-03-27

6.0
Buck Privates Come Home
Buck Privates Come Hometrue

1947-04-04

6.3
Limelight
Limelighttrue- Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

1952-10-23

7.9
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!true- Midget

1942-04-02

3.5
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tourtrue- Monsignor Duffy

1986-10-18

0.0
Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasiontrue- Midget at County Fair (uncredited)

1956-11-25

6.6
Norwood
Norwoodtrue- Edmund B. Ratner

1970-11-24

5.6
Lucky Legs
Lucky Legstrue- Newsboy

1942-10-01

0.0
Saboteur
Saboteurtrue- Midget - Circus Troupe

1942-04-24

6.9
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfstrue- Barnaby

1984-07-16

6.0
Ice-Capades
Ice-Capadestrue- George

1941-08-19

5.0
Loose Shoes
Loose Shoestrue- Menchkin

1978-09-01

3.7
Hellzapoppin'
Hellzapoppin'true- Bodyguard (uncredited)

1941-12-25

7.1
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Facestrue- Harry Earles (uncredited)

1957-08-15

6.7
The Hard Way
The Hard Waytrue- Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)

1943-01-13

6.6
Head Office
Head Officetrue- Reverend Lynch

1985-06-06

5.2
Backstage Party
Backstage Partytrue- Self

1961-12-17

7.0
Maisie Was a Lady
Maisie Was a Ladytrue- Midget (Uncredited)

1941-01-10

6.8
The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Legend of Lylah Claretrue- Clown (uncredited)

1968-08-21

6.1
Two on a Guillotine
Two on a Guillotinetrue- Big Mike (uncredited)

1965-01-13

6.1

Top Movie Crew

Dirty Harry
Dirty Harrytrue

Crew

1971-12-23

7.4

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