Billy Barty
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-10-25
- Died:
- 2000-12-23
- Place of birth:
- Millsboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti; October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 feet, 9 inches (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble.
Known For
Filmography
The Hollywood Shorties
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
L.A. Heat
Television: The First Fifty Years
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Vaudeville
The New Batman Adventures
Stand Tall
E! True Hollywood Story
MADtv
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Radioland Murders
Frasier
The Naked Truth
Jack's Place
Life Stinks
Runaway Ralph
Free the Horses: A Self-Esteem Adventure
The Rescuers Down Under
Nasty Boys
Lobster Man from Mars
Diggin' Up Business
Wishful Thinking
Where Does Time Fly?
What's an Abra Without a Cadabra?
Writing Magic with Figment and Alice in Wonderland
Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan
UHF
Would You Eat a Blue Potato?
Do Dragons Dream?
How Does It Feel to Be an Elephant?
How Does Sound Sound?
What Can You See by Looking?
How Does It Feel to Fly?
Willow
Snow White
Off the Mark
DuckTales
Masters of the Universe
Rumpelstiltskin
Body Slam
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Tough Guys
Wildfire
Star Fairies
The Golden Girls
Legend
Moonlighting
Night Patrol
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program
Being Different
Under the Rainbow
Hardly Working
Skatetown, U.S.A.
Hart to Hart
Firepower