Angelo Rossitto
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
as Dwarf
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
as Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
Fairy Tales (1978)
as Otto
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Angie (uncredited)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Angelo
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 Stone Killer (1973)
as Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Dwarf in Nero's Court
Galaxina (1980)
as Monster from Egg
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
as Midget (uncredited)
The Magic Sword (1962)
as 2nd Dwarf
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
as Newspaper Boy
The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as Pygmy Leader's Assistant
The Trip (1967)
as Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited)
The Dark (1979)
as Angie (uncredited)
From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
as Tinker
The Other (1972)
as Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)
as Little Pianist
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
as Dwarf Devil (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
as Angie -- Gypsy
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
as Saucer Man
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
as Desk Clerk
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
as Dwarf Lab Assistant
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
as The Dwarf
I Believed in You (1934)
as Greenwich Village Waiter
Reunion in France (1942)
as Citizen in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Luigi / Indigo (archive footage)
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Member of Skeeter's Gang
The Big House (1930)
as Inmate (uncredited)
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
as Fellini #1
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
as Grazbo the Evil Dwarf
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
as Mute Dwarf
The Clones (1973)
as Man at Phone Booth
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' (1985)
as Self
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
as Trembles
Dementia (1955)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
as Luigi
Scared to Death (1947)
as Indigo
Jungle Moon Men (1955)
as Smallest Moon-Man
Pufnstuf (1970)
as Seymore Spider / Clang
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
as Toby
The Viking (1928)
as Viking Little Person (uncredited)
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
as Side show midget
Little Cigars (1973)
as Angelo
Doomed to Die (1940)
as Newsboy #3 in Montage
Child Bride (1938)
as Angelo
The Mysterious Island (1929)
as Underwater Creature
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as Beppo - the Dwarf
Brain of Blood (1971)
as Dorro
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Toby (archive footage)
Pygmy Island (1950)
as Pygmy in Cave
Help Woodsy Spread the Word (1977)
as Woodsy Owl
Carnival Lady (1933)
as Dwarf
The Bandit Queen (1950)
as Nino
Old San Francisco (1927)
as Chang Loo - the Dwarf
One Stolen Night (1929)
as The Dwarf