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Actor Born: June 27, 1909 in Springfield, MA Death: November 9, 1988 in Dayton, NV Biography:Born to normal-sized parents, American midget actor "Billy Curtis" avoided the usual onus of freak-show employment as a youth, opting for a mainstream job as a shoe clerk. Encouraged by stock company actress "Shirley Booth" (later the star of the TV sitcom "Hazel") to take a little person role in a stage production, Curtis soon became a professional actor, with numerous Broadway musical productions to his credit. Curtis' big movie season was 1938-39: he was cast as the Mayor of the Munchkin City in "The Wizard of Oz" (albeit with voice dubbed by Pinto Colvig) and as the cowboy hero of the all-midget western "Terror of Tiny Town" (1938). This last epic was one of the few instances that Curtis was cast as a good guy; many of his screen characters were ill-tempered and pugnacious, willing to bite a kneecap if unable to punch out an opponent. Seldom accepting a role which demeaned or patronized little... Full Biography
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