Angelo Rossitto Net Worth is $500,000 Angelo Rossitto Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Small in stature at only 2' 11", but big in demand onscreen, the diminutive Angelo Rossitto was one of Hollywood's busiest "small" actors and appeared in over 70 feature films between 1927 until 1987! Born in Omaha, Nebraska in February 1908, Rossitto first appeared in silent films alongside stars such as Lon Chaney and John Barrymore. In subsequent...
Date Of Birth February 18, 1908 Died 1991-09-21 Place Of Birth Omaha, Nebraska. U.S. Height 2' 11" (0.89 m) Profession Actor, Miscellaneous Crew Star Sign Aquarius
# Quote 1 [on Bela Lugosi ] Bela . . . once told me that he wanted me in all his pictures. And he gave [producer] Sam Katzman instructions to put me in them. Lugosi told me, "Angelo, you are my greatest free advertisement. When they see you, they've got to say to themselves, 'There's the little guy who works with the monster'" . . . Lugosi was a sweetheart of a guy and he loved me. 2 I never worked steady. If it wasn't for my newsstand, I would have never made a living. I'm just a ham-and-egg actor.
# Fact 1 Appeared regularly as mascot of Los Angeles Thunderbirds roller derby team in the mid and late 1960s. 2 Was discovered by John Barrymore . 3 Is featured as a character in Nathanael West 's 1939 novel "The Day of the Locust". 4 Together with fellow actor Billy Barty , he was one of the founding members of Little People of America. 5 Died of complications from surgery in Los Angeles at age 83. 6 Dwarf actor known as "Little Moe" and "Little Angie". 7 Could never make enough money to live off with his films so he ran a newspaper stand in Hollywood.
Actor Title Year Status Character From a Whisper to a Scream 1987 Tinker Amazing Stories 1985 TV Series Vaudevillian #7 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 The Master Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 Little Person #1 Simon & Simon 1983 TV Series Little Man in Hotel Lobby Smokey Bites the Dust 1981 Desk Clerk (as Angelo Rosito) Can't Stop the Music 1980 Fruit seller (uncredited) Galaxina 1980 Monster from Egg The Incredible Hulk 1980 TV Series Tom Thumb The Dark 1979 Angie (uncredited) Studs Lonigan 1979 TV Mini-Series Jason of Star Command 1978 TV Series Bork The Lord of the Rings 1978 5th Dwarf Customer at Inn Fairy Tales 1978 Otto The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 1978 TV Series Hawker The Rockford Files 1978 TV Series Dwarf Patient Baretta 1975-1977 TV Series Little Moe I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? 1975 Little Pianist / Newsboy The Master Gunfighter 1975 Side show midget The Snoop Sisters 1974 TV Series Little Igor The Clones 1973 Man at Phone Booth (as Angelo Rossito) Little Cigars 1973 Angelo Kung Fu 1973 TV Series Angelo Mongo's Back in Town 1971 TV Movie Trembles Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971 Grazbo the Evil Dwarf Brain of Blood 1971 Dorro Lidsville 1971 TV Series Mr. Big / Lead Singer of the Hat Band / Lead singer of the Hat Band Alex in Wonderland 1970 Fellini #1 Pufnstuf 1970 Seymore Spider
Clang H.R. Pufnstuf 1969-1970 TV Series Seymour Spider
Clang Julia 1969 TV Series Small Businessman Doctor Dolittle 1967 Dwarf (uncredited) The Trip 1967/II Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited) The Perils of Pauline 1967 Pygmy Leader's Assistant (uncredited) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1967 TV Series Blind Pencil Seller T.H.E. Cat 1966 TV Series Circus Dwarf Branded 1965 TV Series Shooting Gallery Man Gunsmoke 1965 TV Series Billy The Fugitive 1964 TV Series Shoe Shiner Terrified 1963 Midget (uncredited) Requiem for a Heavyweight 1962 Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited) The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962 Dwarf (uncredited) Confessions of an Opium Eater 1962 Newspaper Boy (uncredited) The Magic Sword 1962 2nd Dwarf (uncredited) Pocketful of Miracles 1961 Angie (uncredited) The Rebel 1960 TV Series Godfrey The Wild and the Innocent 1959 Midget (uncredited) The Adventures of Superpup 1958 TV Short Terry Bite Shirley Temple's Storybook 1958 TV Series The Story of Mankind 1957 Dwarf in Nero's Court (uncredited) Invasion of the Saucer Men 1957 Saucer Man (as Angelo Rossito) Carousel 1956 Midget (uncredited) Dementia 1955 Newsboy (uncredited) Jungle Moon Men 1955 Smallest Moon-Man (uncredited) Mesa of Lost Women 1953 Dwarf Lab Assistant (uncredited) The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Midget (uncredited) Front Page Detective 1951 TV Series Jimmie Trumpet Bandit Queen 1950 Nino (as Angie) Pygmy Island 1950 Pygmy in Cave (uncredited) The Baron of Arizona 1950 Angie - Gypsy (as Angelo Rosito) Samson and Delilah 1949 Midget at Arena (uncredited) The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 Midget (uncredited) Scared to Death 1947 Indigo Two Smart People 1946 Street Musician (uncredited) Lady in the Dark 1944 Bunny, Midget (uncredited) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944 Arab Dwarf (uncredited) The Spider Woman 1944 Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited) The Corpse Vanishes 1942 Toby (as Angelo) Hellzapoppin' 1941 Dwarf Devil (uncredited) Spooks Run Wild 1941 Luigi Doomed to Die 1940 Newsboy #3 in Montage (uncredited) Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939 Mute Dwarf (uncredited) Child Bride 1938 Angelo (as Don Barrett) Stand-In 1937 Little Person Entering Studio Gate (uncredited) A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935 Gnome (uncredited) Dante's Inferno 1935 Passenger in Boiler Room (uncredited) Babes in Toyland 1934 Elmer - Second Little Pig / 1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited) The Spectacle Maker 1934 Short Court Jester (uncredited) I Believed in You 1934 Greenwich Village Waiter (uncredited) Carnival Lady 1933 Dwarf (uncredited) Meet the Champ 1933 Short Midget The Sign of the Cross 1932 Impaled Pygmy (uncredited) Freaks 1932 Angeleno The Phantom of Paris 1931 Prisoner (uncredited) The Big House 1930 Inmate (uncredited) The Mysterious Island 1929 Underwater Creature (uncredited) One Stolen Night 1929 The Dwarf Seven Footprints to Satan 1929 The Dwarf The Viking 1928 Viking Dwarf (uncredited) While the City Sleeps 1928 Member of Skeeter's Gang (uncredited) Old San Francisco 1927 Chang Loo - the Dwarf (as Angelo Rossita) The Beloved Rogue 1927 Beppo - the Dwarf
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Fol-de-Rol 1972 TV Movie puppeteer
Thanks Title Year Status Character Ce nain que je ne saurais voir! 2005 TV Movie documentary dedicatee
Self Title Year Status Character L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours 1990 TV Movie documentary Himself
Known for movies Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) as The Master
Freaks (1932) as Angeleno
The Corpse Vanishes (1942) as Toby
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) as Little Person #1