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Villechaize was born on April 23, 1943 in Paris, France, to Evelyn Recchionni and André Villechaize, who was a surgeon in Toulon. He was the youngest of 4 sons. He suffered a proportionate dwarfism condition due to an acute thyroid disorder.
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Hervé Villechaize was born in Paris on April 23, 1943. He stopped growing very early and his father (who was a surgeon) tried to find a cure by visiting several doctors and hospitals. But there was none, so Hervé had to live with his small height and also with undersized lungs. He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and made an exhibition of his own...
In 1983, he argued with the producers of the show in order to earn as much money as Montalban but, instead, he was fired; he also lost his model-actress wife. The series continued without him but stopped one year later, when the media response meter decreased because of the lack of Tattoo's character!
Villechaize became alcoholic and depressed, so he missed several roles that he was offered. His health problems also increased (mostly suffering from ulcers and a spastic colon), and he nearly died of pneumonia in 1992. On the afternoon of Saturday September 4th, 1993, after having watched a movie, he wrote a note and made a tape recording before s...
- April 23, 1943
- September 4, 1993
- Villechaize was born with dwarfism. Villechaize was born in Nazi-occupied Paris, France, on April 23, 1943, to English-born Evelyn (Recchionni) and André Villechaize, a surgeon in Toulon.
- Hervé’s father tried to find a cure for his dwarfism. Villechaize was raised by a surgeon. When his son was born with dwarfism, he set out to find a treatment.
- Villechaize was bullied at school for his condition. After his father sort out treatment for Villechaize and unfortunately there was none, Hervé had to live with his small height and also with undersized lungs.
- He insisted on being called a “midget” rather than a “dwarf” He suffered from proportionate dwarfism. In later years, he insisted on being called a “midget” rather than a “dwarf”.
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (French: [ɛʁve vilʃɛz]; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor and painter.He is best known for his roles as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, and as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, on the American television series Fantasy Island that he played from 1977 to 1983.
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Hervé Villechaize stood at just 3 foot 10, yet had enough personality, talent, and appetite for life to fill someone twice his size.
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Sep 4, 2015 · Villechaize was born in Nazi-occupied Paris to English-born Evelyn (Recchionni) and raised there by her and his father André Villechaize. Villechaize was bullied at school for his condition and found solace in painting. He also had a brief modeling career. A gifted artist, in 1959, at the age of 16, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts to ...
