Billy Curtis
Acting
Born: 1909-06-27 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1988-11-09
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
🎬 Movies (30)
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
1986
Monsignor Duffy
Head Office
1985
Reverend Lynch
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
Barnaby
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Elf #2
Eating Raoul
1982
Little Person
Loose Shoes
1978
Menchkin
White House Madness
1975
Secret Service Man
The Wild McCullochs
1975
Charlie P.
High Plains Drifter
1973
Mordecai
Little Cigars
1973
Slick Bender
Evil Roy Slade
1972
Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
Aphrodisiac: The Love Secret
1971
Man on the Street Interviewee
Dirty Harry
1971
Stunts
Norwood
1970
Edmund B. Ratner
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Little Person (uncredited)
The Comic
1969
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
Planet of the Apes
1968
Child Ape (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Clown (uncredited)
Out of Sight
1966
The Man From F.L.U.S.H.
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
Self
Two on a Guillotine
1965
Big Mike (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Newsboy
Backstage Party
1961
Self
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
Midget
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Harry Earles (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
1956
Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
Jungle Moon Men
1955
Damu
Princess of the Nile
1954
Tut (uncredited)
Limelight
1952
Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
Mole-Man (uncredited)
📺 TV Shows (23)
The Twilight Zone
1985
Creature (segment "Personal Demons")
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Barnaby
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
General Yoomak
Knots Landing
1979
Billy Curtis
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Monster Squad
1976
The Ringmaster
Here's Lucy
1968
Herman
Star Trek
1966
Small, copper skinned ambassador (uncredited)
Batman
1966
Midget
The Monkees
1966
Midget
Get Smart
1965
Tiny Allen (uncredited)
Bewitched
1964
Jack O'Lantern
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
87th Precinct
1961
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Captain Borcher
Tightrope
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Dwarf
Gunsmoke
1955
Arizona
This Is Your Life
1952
Self
Adventures of Superman
1952
Mole-Man #1 (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
1950
The Laughing Badman