Billy Curtis
Birth Name:
Luigi Curto
Birth Place:
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, Stunts, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Led a drive to give people suffering from dwarfism full membership and privileges in the Screen Actors Guild in 1970
- Studied at Northwestern University, during which time he performed in a dance act with his sister, Mary
- Despite suffering from dwarfism, he had a successful career in the entertainment industry for 50 years
- Started out doing vaudeville and performing dances with his sister before starting his own midget wrestling show
- Best known for his role as Mordecai in "High Plains Drifter" and as The Hero in "The Terror of Tiny Town․"
- Worked as a stuntman for child actors like Shirley Temple, Darryl Hickman, and Butch Jenkins
- Had an uncredited role as a Munchkin Father in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz․"