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Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti, October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism .
Billy Barty. Actor: Masters of the Universe. Billy Barty was born William John Bertanzetti on October 25, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He began performing at age three and began making pictures in 1927. He played Mickey Rooney's little brother in the "Mickey McGuire" comedy shorts series.
Actor: Masters of the Universe. Billy Barty was born William John Bertanzetti on October 25, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He began performing at age three and began making pictures in 1927. He played Mickey Rooney's little brother in the "Mickey McGuire" comedy shorts series.
Dec 26, 2000 · Billy Barty, the diminutive film, vaudeville and TV star who put a face on the entertainment industry's community of "little people," died Dec. 23 at Glendale Memorial Hospital in...
Dec 24, 2000 · Billy Barty, a 3-foot-10 actor whose career spanned seven decades and all types of roles, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 76. Barty had been hospitalized in Glendale for heart...
Dec 27, 2000 · Billy Barty, a 3-foot-10-inch actor whose career spanned seven decades and all types of roles, died on Saturday at a hospital in Glendale, Calif. He was 76. Mr. Barty had been...
Dec 24, 2000 · He was 76. Barty had been hospitalized in Glendale for heart problems and alung infection, said his publicist, Bill York. Barty appeared in his first Hollywood feature in 1927 at the ageof 3 and performed for radio, television and on Broadway.
A gleeful, often rascally presence in features and on television for over six decades, actor Billy Barty was unquestionably one of the most recognizable dwarf performers in Hollywood, thanks to...
Nov 15, 2002 · Billy Barty hefted his parent’s huge family Bible up three flights of stairs to Shirley Bolingbroke’s apartment. He’d met Shirley at the second Little People of America’s convention and knew immediately this was the girl he wanted to marry.
Dec 30, 2000 · Billy Barty, a 3-foot-10 actor whose career spanned seven decades, died Saturday morning of heart failure at Glendale Memorial Hospital. He was 76. He had been hospitalized since Nov. 30.
