Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1924-10-25
Day of Death
2000-12-23
Place of Birth
Millsboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Billy Barty
Biography
Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti; October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 feet, 9 inches (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble.
Filmography (128)
No Image
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Unknown
The Hollywood Shorties
2016
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Gwildor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
⭐ 4.9
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Himself
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
2002
⭐ 4.3
Role:
Funeral Eulogist
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
2000No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
⭐ 3.9
Role:
Self
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Self
Vaudeville
1997
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Self
Stand Tall
1997
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Prospector Pike
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Billy Barty
Radioland Murders
1994
⭐ 3.1
Role:
The Bell Boy
The Naked Truth
1992
⭐ 5.7
Role:
Willy
Life Stinks
1991
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Uncle Lester (Voice)
Runaway Ralph
1991
⭐ 0
Role:
Jerome the Gnome
