Angelo Rossitto
- Recitazione
- 18 febbraio 1908 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- 21 settembre 1991
Biografia
Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opposite Lon Chaney and John Barrymore. On-screen, he portrayed everything from dwarfs, midgets, gnomes, and pygmies as well as monsters, villains, and aliens, with appearances in more than 70 films. Rossitto was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Salvatore Rossitto and Carmela Caniglia, both born in Carlentini, Province of Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, and had a sister, Josephine Rossitto. He was discovered by John Barrymore and made his screen debut opposite Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue (1927). That same year he appeared in Warner Brother's Old San Francisco. He appeared in the controversial 1932 film Freaks directed by Tod Browning, and another controversial film, 1938's Child Bride. During the 1940s, he appeared in several poverty row movies starring Bela Lugosi. He appeared frequently in television series and mini-series, particularly best known for the police drama Baretta, and his later film roles included appearances in Alex in Wonderland (1970), Brain of Blood (1971), Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), Little Cigars (1973), and Fairy Tales (1978). His last major role was as "Master" opposite Mel Gibson in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). Rossitto appears alongside singer/songwriter Tom Waits and Lee Kolima on the cover art of Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones, which pays homage to his performance in Freaks. He also appears on the cover of Bob Dylan's album The Basement Tapes.
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Filmografia
- L'altra faccia del vento · Angelo
- Halloween Monster Bash · Toby (archive footage)
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · Luigi / Indigo (archive footage)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation · Spectator (uncredited)
- Il villaggio delle streghe · Tinker
- Storie Incredibili - Amazing Stories · Vaudevillian
- Mad Max - Oltre la sfera del tuono · Master
- The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' · In persona
- Qualcosa di sinistro sta per accadere · Little Person #1
- Il ragazzo e il poliziotto · Desk Clerk
- Galaxina · Monster from Egg
- The Dark · Angie (uncredited)
- Jason of Star Command · Bork
- Fairy Tales · Otto
- L'incredibile Hulk · Tom Thumb (uncredited)
- Nel tunnel dei misteri con Nancy Drew e gli Hardy Boys
- Help Woodsy Spread the Word · Woodsy Owl
- I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? · Little Pianist
- Il giorno del grande massacro · Side show midget
- Starsky & Hutch · Big Ben
- Baretta · Little Moe (uncredited)
- Agenzia Rockford · Dwarf Patient (uncredited)
- Le sorelle Snoop · Little Igor
- L'assassino di pietra · Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Progetto 3001: Duplicazione corporea · Man at Phone Booth
- La gang dei bassotti · Angelo
- Kung Fu · Angelo (uncredited)
- Chi è l'altro? · Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
- Codice criminale · Trembles
- Dracula vs. Frankenstein · Grazbo the Evil Dwarf
- Lidsville · Mr. Big
- L'orgia del vampiro · Dorro
- Il mondo di Alex · Fellini #1
- Pufnstuf · Seymore Spider / Clang
- H.R. Pufnstuf · Seymore Spider
- Il favoloso dottor Dolittle · Dwarf (uncredited)
- Il serpente di fuoco · Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited)
- I pericoli di Paolina · Pygmy Leader's Assistant
- T.H.E. Cat · Circus Dwarf (uncredited)
- Branded · Shooting Gallery Man (uncredited)
- Organizzazione U.N.C.L.E. · Blind Pencil Seller
- Una faccia piena di pugni · Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
- Avventura nella fantasia · Dwarf
- Confessioni di un fumatore d'oppio · Newspaper Boy
- La spada magica · 2nd Dwarf
- Angeli con la pistola · Angie (uncredited)
- The Rebel · Godfrey
- Il selvaggio e l'innocente · Midget (uncredited)
- Shirley Temple's Storybook · Mouse, Dwarf
- L'inferno ci accusa · Dwarf in Nero's Court
- Invasori dall'altro mondo · Saucer Man
- Dementia · Newsboy (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke · Billy (uncredited)
- La valle degli uomini luna · Smallest Moon-Man
- Mesa of Lost Women · Dwarf Lab Assistant
- Il più grande spettacolo del mondo · Dwarf (uncredited)
- La figlia di Zorro · Nino
- L'isola dei pigmei · Pygmy in Cave
- Il barone dell'Arizona · Angie -- Gypsy
- Spaventato a morte · Indigo
- Alì Babà e i 40 ladroni · Arab Dwarf (uncredited)
- Sherlock Holmes e la donna ragno · Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
- La grande fiamma · Citizen in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
- Il corpo scomparso · Toby
- Hellzapoppin' - Il cabaret dell'inferno · Dwarf Devil (uncredited)
- Fantasmi nella notte · Luigi
- Condannato a morte · Newsboy #3 in Montage
- Il mago di Oz · Munchkin Villager (uncredited)
- Città cinese · Mute Dwarf
- Child Bride · Angelo
- Nel paese delle meraviglie · Elmer - Second Little Pig / 1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited)
- I Believed in You · Greenwich Village Waiter
- Carnival Lady · Dwarf
- Freaks · Angeleno
- Carcere · Inmate (uncredited)
- L'isola misteriosa · Underwater Creature
- One Stolen Night · The Dwarf
- Sette passi verso Satana · The Dwarf
- The Viking · Viking Little Person (uncredited)
- While the City Sleeps · Member of Skeeter's Gang