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