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Angelo Salvatore Rossitto was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opposite Lon Chaney and John Barrymore. On screen he portrayed everything from dwarfs, midgets, gnomes and pygmies as well as monsters, villains and aliens, with appearances in more than 70 films.
Birth Name
Angelo Salvatore Rossitto
Born
Tuesday, 18 February 1908
Died
Saturday, 21 September 1991
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Other Side of the Wind | Angelo | 2018 |
| The Hollywood Shorties | (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Muchachada nui | Enanico | 2007 |
| Freaks Uncensored! | (archive footage) | 1999 |
| L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours | Self | 1990 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Spectator | 1987 |
| From a Whisper to a Scream | Tinker / Tinker (segment "Lovecraft's Traveling Amusements") | 1987 |
| Horrible Horror | Luigi, In clips from 'Spooks Run Wild' / Luigi in 'Spooks Run Wild' | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | Vaudevillian #7 | 1985 |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | The Master / Master | 1985 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Other Side of the Wind | Angelo | 2018 |
| The Hollywood Shorties | (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Muchachada nui | Enanico | 2007 |
| Freaks Uncensored! | (archive footage) | 1999 |
| L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours | Self | 1990 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Spectator | 1987 |
| From a Whisper to a Scream | Tinker / Tinker (segment "Lovecraft's Traveling Amusements") | 1987 |
| Horrible Horror | Luigi, In clips from 'Spooks Run Wild' / Luigi in 'Spooks Run Wild' | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | Vaudevillian #7 | 1985 |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | The Master / Master | 1985 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Little Person #1 | 1983 |
| Simon & Simon | Little Man in Hotel Lobby | 1981 |
| Smokey Bites the Dust | Desk Clerk | 1981 |
| The Best of Sex and Violence | Self | 1981 |
| Can't Stop the Music | Fruit seller | 1980 |
| Galaxina | Monster from Egg | 1980 |
| The Dark | Angie | 1979 |
| The Lord of the Rings | Character Actor | 1978 |
| Jason of Star Command | Bork | 1978 |
| Fairy Tales | Otto | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Tom Thumb | 1977 |
| Cinderella 2000 | First Dwarf with white Beard | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Hawker | 1977 |
| I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? | Little Pianist / Newsboy | 1975 |
| The Master Gunfighter | Side show midget / Sideshow Midget | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Big Ben | 1975 |
| Baretta | Little Moe | 1975 |
| The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl | Painter / Mr. Big / Wiggit | 1973 |
| The Stone Killer | Little Man in Hotel Lobby | 1973 |
| The Clones | Man at Phone Booth | 1973 |
| Little Cigars | Angelo | 1973 |
| The Snoop Sisters | Little Igor | 1972 |
| The Other | Sideshow Performer | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Angelo | 1972 |
| Mongo's Back in Town | Trembles | 1971 |
| Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Grazbo / Grazbo the Evil Dwarf | 1971 |
| Lidsville | Mr. Big / Lead singer of the Hat Band | 1971 |
| Brain of Blood | Dorro | 1971 |
| Alex in Wonderland | Fellini #1 | 1970 |
| Pufnstuf | Seymore Spider / Clang | 1970 |
| H.R. Pufnstuf | Seymour Spider / Clang / Seymore Spider | 1969 |
| Julia | Small Businessman | 1968 |
| Doctor Dolittle | Dwarf | 1967 |
| The Trip | Dwarf in Forest Fantasy | 1967 |
| The Perils of Pauline | Pygmy Leader's Assistant | 1967 |
| T.H.E. Cat | Circus Dwarf | 1966 |
| Curse of the Fly | Kia Mamas | 1965 |
| Branded | Shooting Gallery Man | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Blind Pencil Seller | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | Shoe Shiner | 1963 |
| Terrified | Midget | 1963 |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight | Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring | 1962 |
| The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Dwarf / Dwarf ('The Dream') | 1962 |
| Confessions of an Opium Eater | Newspaper Boy | 1962 |
| The Magic Sword | 2nd Dwarf | 1962 |
| Pocketful of Miracles | Angie | 1961 |
| The Rebel | Godfrey | 1959 |
| The Wild and the Innocent | Midget | 1959 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Dwarf | 1958 |
| The Adventures of Superpup | Terry Bite | 1958 |
| The Story of Mankind | Dwarf in Nero's Court | 1957 |
| Invasion of the Saucer Men | Saucer Man | 1957 |
| Carousel | Midget | 1956 |
| Dementia | Newsboy | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Billy | 1955 |
| Jungle Moon Men | Smallest Moon-Man | 1955 |
| The Mesa of Lost Women | Dwarf Lab Assistant | 1953 |
| Mesa of Lost Women | Dwarf Lab Assistant | 1953 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Midget / Dwarf | 1952 |
| Front Page Detective | Jimmie Trumpet | 1951 |
| Bandit Queen | Nino | 1950 |
| Pygmy Island | Pygmy in Cave | 1950 |
| The Baron of Arizona | Angie - Gypsy / Angie -- Gypsy | 1950 |
| Samson and Delilah | Midget at Arena | 1949 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Midget | 1947 |
| Scared to Death | Indigo | 1946 |
| Two Smart People | Street Musician | 1946 |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Blue Gate Fields Waiter | 1945 |
| Lady in the Dark | Bunny Midget | 1944 |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arab Dwarf | 1944 |
| The Spider Woman | Obongo - Pygmy | 1943 |
| Reunion in France | Citizen in Bomb Shelter | 1942 |
| The Corpse Vanishes | Toby (as Angelo) / Toby | 1942 |
| Hellzapoppin' | Dwarf Devil | 1941 |
| Spooks Run Wild | Luigi | 1941 |
| Doomed to Die | Newsboy #3 in Montage / Newsboy in Montage | 1940 |
| The Wizard of Oz | Munchkin Villager | 1939 |
| Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mute Dwarf | 1939 |
| Child Bride | Angelo | 1938 |
| Stand-In | Little Person Entering Studio Gate | 1937 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Gnome | 1935 |
| Dante's Inferno | Passenger in Boiler Room | 1935 |
| March of the Wooden Soldiers | 1st Sandman in Cave / Elmer - Second Little Pig / Straw-house Pig Elmer | 1934 |
| I Believed in You | Greenwich Village Waiter | 1934 |
| Carnival Lady | Dwarf | 1933 |
| The Sign of the Cross | Impaled Pygmy | 1933 |
| Tarzan the Ape Man | Evil Dwarf | 1932 |
| Freaks | Angeleno | 1932 |
| The Phantom of Paris | Prisoner | 1931 |
| The Big House | Inmate | 1930 |
| The Mysterious Island | Underwater Creature | 1929 |
| One Stolen Night | The Dwarf | 1929 |
| Seven Footprints to Satan | The Dwarf | 1929 |
| The Viking | Viking Dwarf | 1928 |
| While the City Sleeps | Member of Skeeter's Gang | 1928 |
| Old San Francisco | Chang Loo - the Dwarf | 1927 |
| The Beloved Rogue | Beppo - the Dwarf / Beppo, the Dwarf | 1927 |
