Pat Walshe
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Patrick Walshe was an American dwarf character actor and circus performer who specialized in impersonating and portraying animals. He is best known for playing Nikko, the head of the Winged Monkeys in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz (1939).
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A triptych of Walshe, from The Boston Post, 1920. From left to right: Walshe outside his monkey costume, getting into his costume, and in full costume with makeup.
Walshe (center) in his motion picture debut Old Dutch, as part of the "waiters' quartet" alongside Lew Fields (far right)
Walshe as Nikko in The Wizard of OzFilmography 6
The Wizard of Oz
Panic in the Streets
Pinky
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
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About this person
Patrick Walshe was an American dwarf character actor and circus performer who specialized in impersonating and portraying animals. He is best known for playing Nikko, the head of the Winged Monkeys in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz (1939). He appeared in only a few films, as most of his work was in theater, vaudeville and circus. Throughout his vaudeville career, he was a frequent collaborator of Lew Fields and Joe Cook.
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