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Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature, he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble.
Birth Name
William John Bertanzetti
Born
Saturday, 25 October 1924
Died
Saturday, 23 December 2000
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Hollywood Shorties | (archive footage) | 2016 |
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Gwildor | 2014 |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | The Imp | 2011 |
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2003 |
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' | Himself / Self | 2002 |
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2001 |
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave | Funeral Eulogist | 2000 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self (with Chasen on This Is Your Life) | 1998 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Hollywood Shorties | (archive footage) | 2016 |
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Gwildor | 2014 |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | The Imp | 2011 |
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2003 |
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' | Himself / Self | 2002 |
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2001 |
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave | Funeral Eulogist | 2000 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self (with Chasen on This Is Your Life) | 1998 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | Billy Barty / Self | 1998 |
The New Batman Adventures | Hips McManus | 1997 |
Baby Einstein | (archive sound) | 1997 |
L.A. Heat | Morty Feinberg | 1997 |
Stand Tall | Himself / Self | 1997 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Himself - Interviewee | 1996 |
Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
Radioland Murders | Mr. Billy Barty / Billy Barty | 1994 |
The Our Gang Story | Self / Billy McGuire | 1994 |
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Prospector Pike | 1994 |
Frasier | Chris | 1993 |
Marty's Corner | Self - Guest | 1993 |
The Naked Truth | The Bell Boy | 1992 |
Jack's Place | Old Man | 1992 |
Life Stinks | Willy | 1991 |
The Rescuers Down Under | Baitmouse / Baitmouse (voice) | 1990 |
Wishful Thinking | Gypsy | 1990 |
Bride of Violence | Victor | 1990 |
Nasty Boys | Horace Neff | 1990 |
Lobster Man from Mars | Mr. Throckmorton | 1990 |
Diggin' Up Business | Crosby | 1990 |
UHF | Noodles MacIntosh / Noodles | 1989 |
The Munsters Today | Genie | 1988 |
Willow | High Aldwin | 1988 |
DuckTales | King Brian | 1987 |
Masters of the Universe | Gwildor | 1987 |
Snow White | Iddy | 1987 |
Rumpelstiltskin | Rumpelstiltskin | 1987 |
Off the Mark | The Little Russian | 1987 |
Body Slam | Tim McClusky | 1986 |
Wildfire | Dweedle | 1986 |
Tough Guys | Philly | 1986 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Star Fairies | Troll (voice) / Troll | 1985 |
Adventures of the Gummi Bears | Nemo | 1985 |
The Golden Girls | Edgar Lindstrom | 1985 |
Legend | Screwball | 1985 |
Moonlighting | Billy Barty | 1985 |
Night Patrol | Captain Lewis | 1984 |
Challenge of the GoBots | Allorick | 1984 |
Ace Crawford... Private Eye | Inch | 1983 |
Little People | Self | 1982 |
Being Different | Self | 1981 |
Under the Rainbow | Otto Kriegling | 1981 |
Hardly Working | Sammy | 1980 |
Skatetown U.S.A. | Jimmy | 1979 |
Ramblin'Man | Adolph | 1979 |
Trapper John, M.D. | Mort Cavanaugh | 1979 |
Hart to Hart | Big Miller / Aloysis | 1979 |
Firepower | Dominic Carbone | 1979 |
Bizarre | Various | 1979 |
Supertrain | Mick | 1979 |
The Lord of the Rings | Character Actor / Character Actor (voice) | 1978 |
The Bay City Rollers Show | Otto / Sonny Bono / Billy Barty / Hugo | 1978 |
Foul Play | J.J. MacKuen | 1978 |
Rabbit Test | Lester | 1978 |
CHiPs | James O'Hara | 1977 |
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington | Little Man | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Ralph Warren | 1977 |
Man from Atlantis | Moxie | 1977 |
ABC Weekend Specials | Uncle Lester | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Alphonse | 1977 |
Circus of the Stars | Self - Performer | 1977 |
The Amazing Dobermans | Samson | 1976 |
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special | Gallows | 1976 |
The Krofft Supershow | Hugo (segment: Dr. Shrinker) | 1976 |
Dr. Shrinker | Hugo | 1976 |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Assistant Director | 1976 |
W.C. Fields and Me | Ludwig | 1976 |
Charlie's Angels | News Vendor | 1976 |
Sixpack Annie | Pie Vendor | 1975 |
Demon, Demon | Max | 1975 |
Phyllis | Mr. Albert Hollis | 1975 |
The Ghost Busters | The Rabbit | 1975 |
The Lost Saucer | Hugo | 1975 |
The Day of the Locust | Abe Kusich / Abe | 1975 |
Punch and Jody | Stilts | 1974 |
Chico and the Man | Little hold-up man | 1974 |
Barney Miller | Mr. Resnick | 1974 |
Little House on the Prairie | Owen / Lou Bates | 1974 |
The Godmothers | The Hawk | 1973 |
The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl | Cleaning Lady / Sparky the Firefly / Witchiepoo's Assistant | 1973 |
Dusty's Trail | Zeno | 1973 |
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters | Sigmund Ooze / Uncle Siggy | 1973 |
The Bobby Darin Show | Cast Member | 1973 |
The Waltons | Tommy Trimble | 1972 |
The Bugaloos | Sparky the Firefly | 1970 |
Pufnstuf | Orville Pelican / Googy Gopher | 1970 |
Love, American Style | Mechanical Elf (segment "Love and the Wee He") | 1969 |
Julia | Waiter | 1968 |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer - Santa Claus / Pygmy Eskimo | 1967 |
The Perils of Pauline | Pygmy Leader | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 1967 |
Jericho | Giorgio | 1966 |
Harum Scarum | Baba | 1965 |
Get Smart | Upper Gemini / Marco | 1965 |
Roustabout | Billy | 1964 |
Billy Rose's Jumbo | Joey the Circus Clown | 1962 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | The Barker | 1962 |
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Court Jester ('The Dancing Princess') | 1962 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Midget (Billy) | 1961 |
My Three Sons | Billy Longfellow | 1960 |
Thriller | Sam | 1960 |
Mr. Lucky | Tommy the Midget | 1959 |
About Faces | Self | 1959 |
Rawhide | Shorty | 1959 |
Bold Venture | Manuel | 1959 |
Gateways to the Mind | Barber | 1958 |
Peter Gunn | Babby | 1958 |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | Dwarf | 1958 |
Club Oasis | Self / Self - Little Ol' Abner | 1957 |
The Spike Jones Show | Self / Various | 1957 |
The Undead | The Imp | 1957 |
Circus Boy | Little Tom | 1956 |
The NBC Comedy Hour | Self - Comedian | 1956 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | George | 1955 |
Fireman Save My Child | Clarinetist inside Tuba | 1954 |
The Spike Jones Show | Self / Abdulla the Villain / Baby Spike / Figaro the Cat / Liberace / Peter Cottontail / Rumplestiltskin / Squeeky | 1954 |
General Electric Theater | Dikken / Second Clown | 1953 |
The Clown | Billy - Coney Island Midget | 1953 |
Mr. & Mrs. North | Chinese Midget | 1952 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
The Dennis Day Show | Self / Leprechaun | 1952 |
The Red Skelton Hour | UFO Spaceman / Surfer / Supporting Player / Sketch Player / Shorty / Self - Diminutive US Navy Captain-Shore Leave / Mouse / Silent Spot / Little Man in Phone Booth / Himself - The Maharajah of Kumquat / Boxer California Killer (McPugg Sketch) / Bellhop-Hotel Skit | 1951 |
The James Melton Show | Self | 1951 |
Pygmy Island | Kimba | 1950 |
Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Santa Claus | 1948 |
Studio One | Self | 1948 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - Comic Actor | 1948 |
Three Wise Fools | Bit | 1946 |
Mickey the Great | Billy McGuire | 1945 |
Nothing Sacred | Boy Biting Wally's Ankle | 1937 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Mustard-Seed | 1935 |
The Bride of Frankenstein | Baby | 1935 |
The Hollywood Gad-About | The Brat | 1934 |
Gift of Gab | The Baby | 1934 |
Mickey's Medicine Man | Billy McGuire | 1934 |
Mickey's Rescue | Billy McGuire / Billy / Mickey's Little Brother | 1934 |
Mickey's Minstrels | Billy McGuire | 1934 |
Alice in Wonderland | White Pawn / The Baby | 1933 |
Mickey's Covered Wagon | Billy McGuire | 1933 |
Roman Scandals | Little Eddie | 1933 |
Mickey's Tent Show | Billy McGuire | 1933 |
Footlight Parade | Mouse / Little Boy | 1933 |
Mickey's Touchdown | Billy / Billy McGuire - Mickey's little brother | 1933 |
Gold Diggers of 1933 | Baby in 'Pettin' in the Park' Number | 1933 |
Mickey's Race | Billy McGuire - Mickey's brother | 1933 |
Out All Night | Child | 1933 |
Mickey's Ape Man | Billy / Billy McGuire | 1933 |
Mickey's Big Business | Billy McGuire | 1932 |
Mickey's Helping Hand | Billy McGuire / Billy McGuire - Mickey's Brother | 1931 |
Over the Hill | Shelby Boy | 1931 |
Monkey Business | Child | 1931 |
Mickey's Thrill Hunters | Mickey's brother / Billy McGuire - Mickey's Brother | 1931 |
Mickey's Wildcats | Mickey's brother / Billy McGuire / Baby | 1931 |
Goldie | Child | 1931 |
Mickey's Rebellion | Mickey's brother / Billy McGuire - Mickey's Brother | 1931 |
Daddy Long Legs | Billy - Orphan | 1931 |
Mickey's Stampede | Mickey's Brother / Billy McGuire - Mickey's Brother | 1931 |
Soup to Nuts | Junior | 1930 |
Mickey's Warriors | Billy McGuire - Mickey's Brother | 1930 |
Mickey's Luck | Billy McGuire | 1930 |
Mickey's Champs | Billy McGuire / Shorty | 1930 |
Mickey's Big Moment | Mickey's Brother | 1929 |
Mickey's Mix-Up | Mickey's Brother | 1929 |
Mickey's Surprise | Mickey's Brother | 1929 |
Mickey's Big Game Hunt | Mickey's brother | 1928 |
Mickey the Detective | Mickey's Brother | 1928 |
Idle Eyes | Baby | 1928 |
Mickey in School | Baby | 1928 |
Mickey's Eleven | Baby | 1927 |
Mickey's Pals | The Baby | 1927 |