Angelo Rossitto

Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 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. Early life

Angelo Salvatore Rossitto was born on February 18, 1908, in Omaha, Nebraska. Rossitto had dwarfism and grew to an adult height of .

Rossitto remained active until 1987. His screen career spanned six decades and more than 70 films.

Popular culture Rossitto appears alongside singer/songwriter Tom Waits and Lee Kolima on the cover art of Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones, which pays homage to his performance in Freaks. He also appears on the cover of Bob Dylan's album The Basement Tapes.

Filmography

The Beloved Rogue (1927) as Beppo - the Dwarf (film debut) Old San Francisco (1927) as Chang Loo - the Dwarf While the City Sleeps (1928) as Member of Skeeter's Gang (uncredited) The Viking (1928) as Viking Dwarf (uncredited) Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) as The Dwarf One Stolen Night (1929) as The Dwarf The Mysterious Island (1929) as Underwater Creature (uncredited) The Big House (1930) as Inmate (uncredited) The Phantom of Paris (1931) as Prisoner (uncredited) Freaks (1932) as Angeleno The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Impaled Pygmy (uncredited) Meet the Champ (1933, Short) as Midget Carnival Lady (1933) as Dwarf (uncredited) I Believed in You (1934) as Greenwich Village Waiter (uncredited) Babes in Toyland (1934) as Elmer - Second Little Pig/1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited) Dante's Inferno (1935) as Passenger in Boiler Room (uncredited) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) as Gnome (uncredited) Stand-In (1937) as Little Person Entering Studio Gate (uncredited) Child Bride (1938) as Angelo Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) as Mute Dwarf (uncredited) The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Munchkin Villager (uncredited) Doomed to Die (1940) as Newsboy #3 in Montage (uncredited) Spooks Run Wild (1941) as Luigi Hellzapoppin' (1941) as Dwarf Devil (uncredited) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) as Toby The Spider Woman (1944) as Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) as Arab Dwarf (uncredited) Lady in the Dark (1944) as Bunny, Midget (uncredited) Two Smart People (1946) as Street Musician (uncredited) Scared to Death (1947) as Indigo The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) as Midget (uncredited) Samson and Delilah (1949) - Midget at Arena (uncredited) The Baron of Arizona (1950) as Angie - Gypsy Pygmy Island (1950) as Pygmy in Cave (uncredited) The Bandit Queen (1950) as Nino The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Midget (uncredited) Mesa of Lost Women (1953) as Dwarf Lab Assistant (uncredited) Jungle Moon Men (1955) -as Smallest Moon-Man (uncredited) Dementia (1955) as Newsboy (uncredited) Carousel (1956) as Midget (uncredited) Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) as Saucer Man The Story of Mankind (1957) as Dwarf in Nero's Court (uncredited) The Wild and the Innocent (1959) as Midget (uncredited) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) as Angie (uncredited) The Magic Sword (1962) as 2nd Dwarf (uncredited) Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) as Newspaper Boy (uncredited) The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) as Dwarf (uncredited) Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) as Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited) Terrified (1963) as Midget (uncredited) The Perils of Pauline (1967) as Pygmy Leader's Assistant (uncredited) The Trip (1967) as Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited) Doctor Dolittle (1967) as Dwarf (uncredited) Pufnstuf (1970) as Seymore Spider / Clang Alex in Wonderland (1970) as Fellini #1 Brain of Blood (1971) as Dorro Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) as Grazbo Little Cigars (1973) as Angelo The Stone Killer (1973) as Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) The Clones (1973) as Man at Phone Booth The Master Gunfighter (1975) as Side show midget I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975) as Little Pianist/Newsboy Fairy Tales (1978) as Otto The Lord of the Rings (1978) as Character Actor (voice) The Dark (1979) as Angie (uncredited) Galaxina (1980) as Monster from Egg Can't Stop the Music (1980) as Fruit seller (uncredited) Smokey Bites the Dust (1981) as Desk Clerk Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) as Little Person #1 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) as The Master From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) as Tinker The Other Side of the Wind (2018) as himself (final film role, released posthumously)