Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/27/1909
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 w...
Known For
The Wizard of Oz
as Munchkin (uncredited)
Planet of the Apes
as Child Ape (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
as Big Mike (uncredited)
High Plains Drifter
as Mordecai
The Incredible Shrinking Man
as Midget
Hello, Dolly!
as Little Person (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
as Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Midget (Uncredited)
Limelight
as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
Eating Raoul
as Little Person
Head Office
as Reverend Lynch
The Comic
as Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Harry Earles (uncredited)
Norwood
as Edmund B. Ratner
Three Texas Steers
as Hercules - the Midget
April Showers
as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
Pygmy Island
as Makuba
Evil Roy Slade
as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
Emergency Landing
as Judge