Angelo Rossitto
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Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opposite Lon Chaney and John Barrymore. On-screen, he portrayed everything from dwarfs, midgets, gnomes, and pygmies as well as monsters, villains, and aliens, with appearances in more than 70 films. Rossitto was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Salvatore Rossitto and Carmela Caniglia, both born in Carlentini, Province of Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, and had a sister, Josephine Rossitto. He was discovered by John Barrymore and made his screen debut opposite Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue (1927). That same year he appeared in Warner Brother's Old San Francisco. He appeared in the controversial 1932 film Freaks directed by Tod Browning, and another controversial film, 1938's Child Bride. During the 1940s, he appeared in several poverty row movies starring Bela Lugosi. He appeared frequently in television series and mini-series, particularly best known for the police drama Baretta, and his later film roles included appearances in Alex in Wonderland (1970), Brain of Blood (1971), Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), Little Cigars (1973), and Fairy Tales (1978). His last major role was as "Master" opposite Mel Gibson in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). Rossitto appears alongside singer/songwriter Tom Waits and Lee Kolima on the cover art of Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones, which pays homage to his performance in Freaks. He also appears on the cover of Bob Dylan's album The Basement Tapes.
Known for
Credits
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
as Munchkin Villager (uncredited)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
as Master
Freaks (1932)
as Angeleno
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Dwarf (uncredited)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
as Dwarf (uncredited)
Fairy Tales (1978)
as Otto
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Angie (uncredited)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
as Little Person #1
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Elmer - Second Little Pig / 1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Angelo
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Arab Dwarf (uncredited)
The Other (1972)
as Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
as Dwarf
The Stone Killer (1973)
as Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
as Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
The Trip (1967)
as Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Dwarf in Nero's Court
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
as Midget (uncredited)
Galaxina (1980)
as Monster from Egg
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
as Grazbo the Evil Dwarf
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
as Angie -- Gypsy
From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
as Tinker
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
as Fellini #1
The Dark (1979)
as Angie (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
as Dwarf Devil (uncredited)
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
as Desk Clerk
The Big House (1930)
as Inmate (uncredited)
Reunion in France (1942)
as Citizen in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)
as Little Pianist
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
as Saucer Man
Doomed to Die (1940)
as Newsboy #3 in Montage
The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as Pygmy Leader's Assistant
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
as Luigi
The Magic Sword (1962)
as 2nd Dwarf
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as Beppo - the Dwarf
Pufnstuf (1970)
as Seymore Spider / Clang
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
as Toby
The Mysterious Island (1929)
as Underwater Creature
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Toby (archive footage)
Brain of Blood (1971)
as Dorro
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
as Newspaper Boy
The Clones (1973)
as Man at Phone Booth
Jungle Moon Men (1955)
as Smallest Moon-Man
The Viking (1928)
as Viking Little Person (uncredited)
Little Cigars (1973)
as Angelo
Dementia (1955)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
as Side show midget
Scared to Death (1947)
as Indigo
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' (1985)
as Self
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
as The Dwarf
I Believed in You (1934)
as Greenwich Village Waiter
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Luigi / Indigo (archive footage)
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
as Dwarf Lab Assistant
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
as Trembles
Child Bride (1938)
as Angelo
Pygmy Island (1950)
as Pygmy in Cave
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
as Mute Dwarf
One Stolen Night (1929)
as The Dwarf
Carnival Lady (1933)
as Dwarf
The Bandit Queen (1950)
as Nino
Old San Francisco (1927)
as Chang Loo - the Dwarf
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Member of Skeeter's Gang
Help Woodsy Spread the Word (1977)
as Woodsy Owl