ANGELO ROSSITTO

(aka Little Angelo, Angelo, Angie, Don Barrett, Angelo Rosito, Angelo Rossita, Angelo Rossito)
February 18, 1908 - September 21, 1991
Born Angelo Salvatore Rossitto in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

See Internet Movie Database Filmography

A Few Movie and TV Appearances of Angelo Rossitto

Based on a "far from complete" list published in an obituary article by Buddy Barnett in issue 4 of Videosonic Arts — Cult Movies & Videos magazine, (1992), current details in the Internet Movie Database, and information from various other sources. Angelo Rossitto estimated that he appeared in more than 200 movies and television programs.

• 1926 The Beloved Rogue — as Beppo the dwarf, one of the three companions of Medieval French poet and "King of Thieves" Francois Villon (John Barrymore)
  
  
• 1927 Old San Francisco — as Chang Loo the dwarf
  
  
• 1928 While the City Sleeps (starring Lon Chaney) — as an unnamed member of Skeeter's gang
  
  
• 1929 The Mysterious Island — as one of the underwater creatures (fishmen)
  
  
• 1929 One Stolen Night — as the dwarf
  
  
• 1929 Seven Footprints to Satan (aka The House of Horror) — as the dwarf in crimelord Satan's house
  
  
• 1932 The Sign of the Cross — gruesome bit as a pygmy gladiator speared by an Amazon
  
  
• 1932 Freaks (aka Nature's Mistakes) (directed by Tod Browning) — as Angeleno
  
  
• 1934 Babes in Toyland (aka March of the Wooden Soldiers) — as the second of the Three Little Pigs, and the first sandman in the cave, in this Laurel & Hardy musical fantasy
  
  
• 1934 Carnival — ?
  
  
• 193?-3? — as Shirley Temple's stand-in in several films
  
  
• 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream — as a gnome
  
  
• 1935 Dante's Inferno — ?
  
  
• 1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus — ?
  
  
• 1938 Child Bride of the Ozarks (billed as Don Barrett) — as Angelo, a moonshiner
  
  
• 1939 Mr. Wong in Chinatown (starring Boris Karloff) — as the mute dwarf
  
  
• 1940 Doomed to Die (starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong) — as the third newsboy in montage
  
  
• 1941 Hellzapoppin! (Olsen & Johnson comedy) — as a dwarf devil
  
  
• 1941 Spooks Run Wild (starring Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids) — as Luigi, Lugosi's sidekick
  
  
• 1942 The Corpse Vanishes (aka The Case of the Missing Brides) (starring Bela Lugosi) — as Toby, one of Lugosi's henchmen
  
  
• 1944 Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Gale Sondergaard) — as the Pygmy
  
  
• 1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — as an Arab dwarf
  
  
• 1947 Scared to Death (starring Bela Lugosi) — as Inigo, Lugosi's sidekick
  
  
• 1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (re-released as Mad Wednesday) (Preston Sturges comedy starring Harold Lloyd) — as a midget
  
  
• 1949 Samson and Delilah — as one of the "little spiders" (dwarf and midget gladiators) tormenting the blinded superman in the temple arena, just before he brings down the house with a demonstration of the power of faith
  
  
• 1950 The Baron of Arizona (starring Vincent Price) — as Angie
  
  
• 1950 Jungle Jim in Pygmy Island (starring Johnny Weissmuller) — as Pygmy in cave
  
  
• 1953 Mesa of Lost Women (aka Lost Women, Lost Women of Zarpa) — as dwarf lab assistant
  
  
• 1954 The Adventures of Superman (TV series starring George Reeves) — as dwarf in pool hall in "Semi-Private Eye" episode
  
  
• 1955 Daughter of Horror (aka Dementia) — as newsboy
  
  
• 1955 Jungle Moon Men (Jungle Jim adventure starring Johnny Weissmuller) — bit as smallest Moon man
  
  
• 1956 Carousel — as carnival midget
  
  
• 1957 The Story of Mankind (starring Vincent Price, Ronald Colman and all-star cast) — as an unnamed dwarf chasing a slave girl at Nero's (Peter Lorre) orgy
  
  
• 1957 Invasion of the Saucermen — as the leader of the Martians
  
  
• 1958 The Adventures of Superpup (TV pilot starring Billy Curtis in cartoonish dog costumes as "Super Pup" and his alter-ego "Bark Bent") — as editor Terry Bite
  
  
• 1959 The Big Circus (starring Vincent Price and Peter Lorre) — as a circus performer
  
  
• 1961 Pocketful of Miracles (directed by Frank Capra) — as Angie, one of the hard-working street hustlers led by "Apple Annie" (Bette Davis)
  
  
• 1962 The Magic Sword (starring Basil Rathbone, Gary Lockwood and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi) — as the second dwarf
  
  
• 1963 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (George Pal production) — as a dwarf
  
  
• 1963 Terrified — ?
  
  
• 1964 The Fugitive (TV series) — as shoe shiner in "Search in a Windy City" episode
  
  
• 1965 Gunsmoke (TV series) — as Billy in "Circus Trick" episode
  
  
• 1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series) — as blind pencil seller in "The Hula Doll Affair" episode
  
  
• 1967 The Perils of Pauline — as the Pygmy leader's assistant
  
  
• 1967 The Trip — ?
  
  
• 1969-70 H.R. Pufnstuf (TV kids show) — as life-sized puppets Seymour Spider and Clang in 17 episodes
  
  
• 1970 Pufnstuf (feature film version of TV series) — as life-sized puppets Orson Vulture and Fireman
  
  
• 1970 Alex in Wonderland — as Fellini #1
  
  
• 1971 Lidsville (TV kids show) — as life-sized puppet hats Mr. Big / lead singer of the Hat Band in 17 episodes
  
  
• 1975-78 Baretta (TV series starring Robert Blake) — semi-regular role (18 episodes) as Little Moe
  
  
• 1971 Mongo's Back in Town (made-for-TV movie) — as Trembles
  
  
• 1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein (aka The Blood Seekers, Blood of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Dracula) (starring J. Carrol Naish and Lon Chaney Jr.) — as Grazbo, a carnival sideshow huckster
  
  
• 1972 Brain of Blood (aka Brain Damage, The Creature's Revenge) — as Dorro
  
  
• 1973 Little Cigars — as Angelo
  
  
• 1973 The Clones — as man at phone booth
  
  
• 1973 The Stone Killer — ?
  
  
• 1978 The Rockford Files (TV series starring James Garner) — as dwarf patient in "The Competitive Edge" episode
  
  
• 1978 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series) — as Hawker in two-part episode "Voodoo Doll"
  
  
• 1978 The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi animated feature) — as character actor / animator's model
  
  
• 1978 Jason of Star Command (live-action TV kids show) — as villainous henchman Bork in three episodes
  
  
• 1979 Fairy Tales (aka Adult Fairytales) — as Otto
  
  
• 1980 The Incredible Hulk (live-action TV series starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno) — as circus dwarf in "Sideshow" episode
  
  
• 1980 Galaxina — as Monster from Egg
  
  
• 1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes (Walt Disney feature film based on Ray Bradbury novel) — as Little Person #1
  
  
• 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (aka Mad Max 3) — as The Master
  
  
• 1985 Amazing Stories (TV fantasy series produced by Steven Spielberg) — as Vaudevillian #7 in "Fine Tuning" episode
  
  
• 1987 The Offspring (aka From a Whisper to a Scream) (starring Vincent Price) — as Tinker

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