Billy Curtis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-06-27 (79 years old)
Deathday
1988-11-09
Place of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 fe...
Acting
1957
as Midget
1973
as Mordecai
1938
as The Hero (Buck Lawson)
1982
as Little Person
1951
as Mole-Man (uncredited)
1950
as Makuba
1973
as Slick Bender
1948
as Circus Performer
1975
as Secret Service Man
1941
as Judge
1971
as Man on the Street Interviewee
1954
as Tut (uncredited)
1939
as Munchkin (uncredited)
1966
as The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
1964
as Newsboy
1975
as Charlie P.
1969
as Little Person (uncredited)
1939
as Hercules - the Midget
1955
as Damu
1942
as Melinda, the chimp
1972
as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
1968
as Child Ape (uncredited)
1958
as Super Pup / Bark Bent
1948
as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
1952
as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
1942
as Midget
1986
as Monsignor Duffy
1956
as Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
1970
as Edmund B. Ratner
1942
as Newsboy
1942
as Midget - Circus Troupe
1984
as Barnaby
1941
as George
1978
as Menchkin
1941
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1957
as Harry Earles (uncredited)
1943
as Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)
1985
as Reverend Lynch
1961
as Self
1941
as Midget (Uncredited)
1965
as Self
1968
as Clown (uncredited)
1965
as Big Mike (uncredited)
1969
as Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
1984
as Elf #2
Production
1971
as Stunts
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