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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Billy_CurtisBilly Curtis - Wikipedia

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   One of his early roles was uncredited as a Munchkin city father in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He featured as part of the circus troupe in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). He also appeared in Superman and the Mole Men (1951), a B-Picture intended as the pilot for the Adventures of Superman TV series.

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   Jun 17, 2024 · EW has gathered 19 rare images from The Wizard of Oz, from the casting process to production to the film's blockbuster release in 1939.

3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0193260Billy Curtis - IMDb

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   Curtis' big movie season was 1938-39: he was cast in The Wizard of Oz (1939) (albeit with voice dubbed by Pinto Colvig) and as the cowboy hero of the all-dwarf western The Terror of Tiny Town (1938). This last epic was one of the few instances that Curtis was cast as a good guy; many of his screen characters were ill-tempered and pugnacious ...

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Dayton, Nevada, USA

4. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1988/03/13-caThe Ruby Slippers: A Journey to the Land of Oz - Los Angeles ...

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   Mar 13, 1988 · “The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland (Francis Gumm) in 1939 MGM film ‘The Wizard of Oz.”’. Carl Scheele, the now-retired veteran Smithsonian curator who acquired the slippers in 1979,...

5. www.thejudyroom.com › oz › munchkinsThe Munchkins - The Judy Room

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   The Judy Room Spotlight on the story and making of the 1939 MGM masterpiece The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland.

6. www.themoviedb.org › person › 102426-billy-curtisBilly Curtis — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   Many of the actors in Tinytown were part of a performing troupe called Singer's Midgets, who also played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939. He also had a starring role in American International Pictures' 1973 release, Little Cigars, about a gang of "midgets" on a crime spree.

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   When did Billy Curtis retire from Wizard of Oz?

   • Billy Curtis retired in the 1980s, except for the occasional interview or Wizard of Oz cast reunion. Hello, Dolly! Billy Curtis was the main reason for Judy Garland 's comment that the Munchkins were "little drunks." He made several passes at her during the production, to which she responded "Mother wouldn't approve.".

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   How many rare images from 'the Wizard of Oz' are there?

   • EW has gathered 19 rare images from The Wizard of Oz, from the casting process to production to the film's blockbuster release in 1939. Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, Jack Haley, and Margaret Hamilton behind the scenes of 'The Wizard of Oz'. Digitized by the Margaret Herrick Library Digital Studio

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   When did Billy Curtis retire?

   • Billy Curtis' career thrived into the 1970s, notably with solid parts in the Clint Eastwood western High Plains Drifter (1973) and the crime-caper melodrama Little Cigars (1973), in which he had second billing as a diminutive criminal mastermind. Billy Curtis retired in the 1980s, except for the occasional interview or Wizard of Oz cast reunion.

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   Who is Billy Curtis?

   • Billy Curtis (born Luigi Curto; June 27, 1909 – November 9, 1988) was an American film and television actor with dwarfism, who had a 50-year career in the entertainment industry. Curtis was born Luigi Curto in Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 27, 1909. He had three older brothers and a younger sister.

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8. www.imdb.com › name › nm0193260Billy Curtis - Biography - IMDb

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   Curtis' big movie season was 1938-39: he was cast in The Wizard of Oz (1939) (albeit with voice dubbed by Pinto Colvig) and as the cowboy hero of the all-dwarf western The Terror of Tiny Town (1938). This last epic was one of the few instances that Curtis was cast as a good guy; many of his screen characters were ill-tempered and pugnacious ...