Billy Curtis
Birthday
1909/06/27
Day of death
1988/11/09 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Luigi Curto
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1957) The Incredible Shrinking Man
as Midget
(1973) High Plains Drifter
as Mordecai
(1938) The Terror of Tiny Town
as The Hero (Buck Lawson)
(1982) Eating Raoul
as Little Person
(1951) Superman and the Mole-Men
as Mole-Man (uncredited)
(1950) Pygmy Island
as Makuba
(1973) Little Cigars
as Slick Bender
(1948) Homicide for Three
as Circus Performer
(1975) White House Madness
as Secret Service Man
(1941) Emergency Landing
as Judge
(1971) Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret
as Man on the Street Interviewee
(1954) Princess of the Nile
as Tut (uncredited)
(1939) The Wizard of Oz
as Munchkin (uncredited)
(1966) Out of Sight
as The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
(1964) Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Newsboy
(1975) The Wild McCullochs
as Charlie P.
(1969) Hello, Dolly!
as Little Person (uncredited)
(1939) Three Texas Steers
as Hercules - the Midget
(1955) Jungle Moon Men
as Damu
(1942) Don't Lie
as Melinda, the chimp
(1972) Evil Roy Slade
as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
(1968) Planet of the Apes
as Child Ape (uncredited)
(1958) The Adventures of Super Pup
as Super Pup / Bark Bent
(1948) April Showers
as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
(1947) Buck Privates Come Home
as ---
(1952) Limelight
as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
(1942) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as Midget
(1986) Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
as Monsignor Duffy
(1956) Friendly Persuasion
as Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
(1970) Norwood
as Edmund B. Ratner
(1942) Lucky Legs
as Newsboy
(1942) Saboteur
as Midget - Circus Troupe
(1984) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Barnaby
(1941) Ice-Capades
as George
(1978) Loose Shoes
as Menchkin
(1941) Hellzapoppin'
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
(1957) Man of a Thousand Faces
as Harry Earles (uncredited)
(1943) The Hard Way
as Vaudeville Midget (Uncredited)
(1985) Head Office
as Reverend Lynch
(1961) Back Stage Party
as Self
(1941) Maisie Was a Lady
as Midget (Uncredited)
(1965) Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
(1968) The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Clown (uncredited)
(1966) Star Trek
as Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Herman
(1966) Batman
as Midget
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as ---
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as General Yoomak
(1979) Knots Landing
as Billy Curtis
(1976) Laverne & Shirley
as ---
(1976) Monster Squad
as The Ringmaster
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Arizona
(1964) Bewitched
as ---
(1961) 87th Precinct
as ---
(1966) The Monkees
as ---
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Captain Borcher
(1959) Tightrope
as ---
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Barnaby
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Boomalakka Wee
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Dwarf