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
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
as Dwarf (uncredited)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
as Little Person #1
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Dwarf (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Angie (uncredited)
Fairy Tales (1978)
as Otto
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Arab Dwarf (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Elmer - Second Little Pig / 1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited)
The Trip (1967)
as Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited)
The Other (1972)
as Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Angelo
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Dwarf in Nero's Court
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
as Dwarf Devil (uncredited)
Galaxina (1980)
as Monster from Egg
The Magic Sword (1962)
as 2nd Dwarf
The Stone Killer (1973)
as Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
as Grazbo the Evil Dwarf
The Dark (1979)
as Angie (uncredited)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
as Saucer Man
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
as Dwarf Lab Assistant
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
as Dwarf
The Big House (1930)
as Inmate (uncredited)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
as Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
Reunion in France (1942)
as Citizen in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
as Angie -- Gypsy
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
The Clones (1973)
as Man at Phone Booth
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Luigi / Indigo (archive footage)
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
as Midget (uncredited)
The Viking (1928)
as Viking Little Person (uncredited)
From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
as Tinker
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
as Desk Clerk
The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as Pygmy Leader's Assistant
Pufnstuf (1970)
as Seymore Spider / Clang
Doomed to Die (1940)
as Newsboy #3 in Montage
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
as Mute Dwarf
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)
as Little Pianist
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
as Fellini #1
Child Bride (1938)
as Angelo
Dementia (1955)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
as Trembles
Little Cigars (1973)
as Angelo
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
as Toby
Old San Francisco (1927)
as Chang Loo - the Dwarf
Brain of Blood (1971)
as Dorro
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
as Side show midget
The Mysterious Island (1929)
as Underwater Creature
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Member of Skeeter's Gang
I Believed in You (1934)
as Greenwich Village Waiter
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as Beppo - the Dwarf
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
as Luigi
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Toby (archive footage)
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
as Newspaper Boy
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' (1985)
as Self
The Bandit Queen (1950)
as Nino
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
as The Dwarf
Jungle Moon Men (1955)
as Smallest Moon-Man
Carnival Lady (1933)
as Dwarf
Pygmy Island (1950)
as Pygmy in Cave
One Stolen Night (1929)
as The Dwarf
Scared to Death (1947)
as Indigo
Help Woodsy Spread the Word (1977)
as Woodsy Owl