Michael Gilden

Michael Jeffrey Gilden (September 22, 1962 – December 5, 2006) was an American actor with dwarfism.

Biography

The -tall Gilden had a form of dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles.

Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Family Law, Cybill, NCIS and Pulp Fiction (the page in the Jack Rabbit Slim scene), and had a role as an Ewok in the film Return of the Jedi. He appeared twice in Season 4 of NCIS. Gilden was also a Financial Advisor.

In August 1997, he met Meredith Eaton through mutual friends in Atlanta, Georgia. Gilden encouraged Eaton to pursue a career in acting, and she became an actress in 1999. The couple married on May 20, 2001.

Gilden committed suicide by hanging himself on December 5, 2006 in his Los Angeles home. He was 44.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1981 Under the Rainbow Hotel Rainbow Guest 1983 Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi Ewok #28 1990 Nerds of a Feather Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers 1993 Freaked Eye 1994 Pulp Fiction Phillip Morris Page 2000 Once Upon a Christmas Dunder TV movie 2001 Snow White: The Fairest of Them All Monday TV movie 2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lawrence Ames Episode: "A Little Murder" 2003 Nudity Required Little Dirk 2006 NCIS Marty Pearson Two episodes