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Actor Born: 1908 Biography:Diminutive American actor "Angelo Rossitto" was a fixture in American movies for more than 50 years, usually in highly visible supporting and extra roles. Born Angelo Salvatore Rossitto, he entered movies in his teens during the height of the silent era, making his first known appearance in "The Beloved Rogue", starring "John Barrymore", in 1926. Standing less than four feet tall, with dark hair and a grim visage, and billed at various times as Little Angie, Little Mo, and Little Angelo, Rossitto was a natural for pygmies and circus dwarves, often of a sinister appearing nature; his presence could help "dress" a carnival set or the setting for a fantasy film. He played the dwarf Angeleno in "Tod Browning"'s "Freaks" at MGM, a pygmy in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Sign of the Cross" at Paramount, and one of the Three Little Pigs in the Laurel & Hardy-starring vehicle "Babes in Toyland". Off camera, he was... Full Biography
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