Billy Barty

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American film actor (1924-2000)

United States ActorsLived 1924 to 2000 · aged 76

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Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. 14 m) tall because of cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism and so was often cast in films opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters.

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Filmography 40

Masters of the Universe1987 · ★ 5.8

Willow1988 · ★ 7.0

Legend1985 · ★ 6.3

The Lord of the Rings1978 · ★ 6.6

Bride of Frankenstein1935 · ★ 7.5

The Rescuers Down Under1990 · ★ 6.6

UHF1989 · ★ 6.7

Foul Play1978 · ★ 6.3

Life Stinks1991 · ★ 5.7

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · ★ 7.2

Gold Diggers of 19331933 · ★ 7.2

Tough Guys1986 · ★ 6.0

The Day of the Locust1975 · ★ 6.4

Footlight Parade1933 · ★ 6.8

Nothing Sacred1937 · ★ 6.3

The Undead1957

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn1998 · ★ 3.9

Radioland Murders1994 · ★ 5.9

Roustabout1964 · ★ 6.0

Alice in Wonderland1933 · ★ 6.1

A Midsummer Night's Dream1935 · ★ 6.4

Snow White1987

Under the Rainbow1981

Harum Scarum1965

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962

Firepower1979

Night Patrol1984

Body Slam1986

Pufnstuf1970

Lobster Man from Mars1990

Rabbit Test1978

Billy Rose's Jumbo1962

Roman Scandals1933

The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington1977

Hardly Working1980

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976

Skatetown, U.S.A.1979

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave2000

Soup to Nuts1930

Sixpack Annie1975

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Television 24

Frasier1993

Little House on the Prairie1974

The Love Boat1977

Charlie's Angels1976

The Waltons1972

The Golden Girls1985

Get Smart1965

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962

Moonlighting1985

Love, American Style1969

DuckTales1987

Barney Miller1975

Hart to Hart1979

Rawhide1959

The New Batman Adventures1997

Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

Peter Gunn1958

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968

CHiPs1977

Thriller1960

The Colgate Comedy Hour1950

Man from Atlantis1977

MADtv1995

This Is Your Life1952

Awards 1

1981star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Connected to Billy 6

Elvis PresleyAlso in Harum Scarum (1965)

Patrick SwayzeAlso in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)

Diana RiggAlso in Snow White (1987)

John HurtAlso in The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Brian DennehyAlso in Foul Play (1978)

Lesley Ann WarrenAlso in Life Stinks (1991)

About this person

Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall because of cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism and so was often cast in films opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television actor, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. In the early 1970s, he appeared often in a variety of roles in children's TV programs produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. As an activist for people with dwarfism, he founded the Little People of America organization in 1957.

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