Caption: Lionel Barrymore, Billy Barty, Edward Arnold, Billy Curtis, Bobby Driscoll, Nita Krebs, Thomas Mitchell, Margaret O'Brien and Lewis Stone in Three Wise Fools (1946)
Actor, Stunts
Born: June 27, 1909
Star sign: Cancer
Height: 4' 2" (1.27 m)
Known for: High Plains Drifter (1973), The Terror of Tiny Town (1938), Saboteur (1942), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Source: IMDB
Diminutive American actor Billy Curtis avoided the usual onus of freak-show employment as a youth, opting for a mainstream job as a shoe clerk. Encouraged by stock company actress Shirley Booth to take a little person role in a stage production, Curtis soon became a professional actor, with numerous Broadway musical productions to his credit. ...