Personal Info
Birth date
1908-02-18 (117 Years)
Day of death
1991-09-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also known as
Angelo Salvatore Rossitto
Little Angie
Moe
Angelo Rossitto
Biography
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.
Filmography
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.368
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.The Wizard of Oz
7.6
Overview:
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.Baretta
6.4
Overview:
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.The Rockford Files
7.585
Overview:
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.Gunsmoke
6.6
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.Starsky & Hutch
7.3
Overview:
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.The Incredible Hulk
7.3
Overview:
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.Doctor Dolittle
6.2
Overview:
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.Hellzapoppin'
7.2
Overview:
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.Amazing Stories
7.454
Overview:
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.The Rebel
4.667
Overview:
After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys... THE REBEL is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.Something Wicked This Way Comes
6.4
Overview:
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
7.107
Overview:
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.The Dark
4.6
Overview:
At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.09
Overview:
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
6.215
Overview:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.Branded
6.647
Overview:
Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time period, and starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a United States Army Cavalry captain who had been drummed out of the service following an unjust accusation of cowardice.Freaks
7.776
Overview:
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.The Other Side of the Wind
6.7
Overview:
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 by Orson Welles but never completed during his lifetime.Shirley Temple's Storybook
6.2
Overview:
Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".The Viking
6.4
Overview:
In this historical adventure based on traditional legend concerning Leif Ericsson and the first Viking settlers to reach North America by sea, Norse half-brothers vie for a throne and for the same woman.Pocketful of Miracles
7.3
Overview:
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.The Baron of Arizona
6.6
Overview:
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.The Spider Woman
6.9
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".The Wild and the Innocent
6.3
Overview:
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
6.1
Overview:
Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.The Trip
5.7
Overview:
After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests.Galaxina
4
Overview:
Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt. When a mission requires the ship's crew to be placed in suspended animation for decades, Galaxina finds herself alone for many years, developing emotions and falling in love with the ship's pilot, Thor.The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
5.8
Overview:
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."Acting
2018The Other Side of the Wind as Angelo
1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Luigi / Indigo (archive footage)
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 Episode) as Spectator (uncredited)
1987From a Whisper to a Scream as Tinker
1985Amazing Stories (1 Episode) as Vaudevillian
1985Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as Master
1985The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' as Self
1983Something Wicked This Way Comes as Little Person #1
1981Smokey Bites the Dust as Desk Clerk
1980Galaxina as Monster from Egg
1979The Dark as Angie (uncredited)
1978Jason of Star Command (2 Episodes) as Bork
1978Fairy Tales as Otto
1977The Incredible Hulk (1 Episode) as Tom Thumb (uncredited)
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1977Help Woodsy Spread the Word as Woodsy Owl
1975I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? as Little Pianist
1975The Master Gunfighter as Side show midget
1975Starsky & Hutch (1 Episode) as Big Ben
1975Baretta (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Dwarf Patient (uncredited)
1973The Snoop Sisters (1 Episode) as Little Igor
1973The Stone Killer as Little Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1973The Clones as Man at Phone Booth
1973Little Cigars as Angelo
1972Kung Fu (1 Episode) as Angelo (uncredited)
1972The Other as Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
1971Mongo's Back in Town as Trembles
1971Dracula vs. Frankenstein as Grazbo the Evil Dwarf
1971Lidsville (17 Episodes) as Mr. Big
1971Brain of Blood as Dorro
1970Alex in Wonderland as Fellini #1
1970Pufnstuf as Seymore Spider / Clang
1969H.R. Pufnstuf (17 Episodes) as Seymore Spider
1967Doctor Dolittle as Dwarf (uncredited)
1967The Trip as Dwarf in Forest Fantasy (uncredited)
1967The Perils of Pauline as Pygmy Leader's Assistant
1966T.H.E. Cat (1 Episode) as Circus Dwarf (uncredited)
1965Branded (1 Episode) as Shooting Gallery Man (uncredited)
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 Episode) as Blind Pencil Seller
1962Requiem for a Heavyweight as Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Dwarf
1962Confessions of an Opium Eater as Newspaper Boy
1962The Magic Sword as 2nd Dwarf
1961Pocketful of Miracles as Angie (uncredited)
1959The Rebel (1 Episode) as Godfrey
1959The Wild and the Innocent as Midget (uncredited)
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook (1, 1 Episode) as Mouse, Dwarf
1957The Story of Mankind as Dwarf in Nero's Court
1957Invasion of the Saucer-Men as Saucer Man
1955Dementia as Newsboy (uncredited)
1955Gunsmoke (1 Episode) as Billy (uncredited)
1953Mesa of Lost Women as Dwarf Lab Assistant
1952The Greatest Show on Earth as Dwarf
1950The Bandit Queen as Nino
1950The Baron of Arizona as Angie -- Gypsy
1947Scared to Death as Indigo
1944Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Arab Dwarf (uncredited)
1943The Spider Woman as Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
1942Reunion in France as Citizen in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
1942The Corpse Vanishes as Toby
1941Hellzapoppin' as Dwarf Devil (uncredited)
1941Spooks Run Wild as Luigi
1940Doomed to Die as Newsboy #3 in Montage
1939The Wizard of Oz as Munchkin Villager (uncredited)
1939Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Mute Dwarf
1938Child Bride as Angelo
1934Babes in Toyland as Elmer - Second Little Pig / 1st Sandman in Cave (uncredited)
1934I Believed in You as Greenwich Village Waiter
1933Carnival Lady as Dwarf
1932Freaks as Angeleno
1930The Big House as Inmate (uncredited)
1929The Mysterious Island as Underwater Creature
1929One Stolen Night as The Dwarf
1929Seven Footprints to Satan as The Dwarf
1928The Viking as Viking Little Person (uncredited)
1928While the City Sleeps as Member of Skeeter's Gang
1927Old San Francisco as Chang Loo - the Dwarf
1927The Beloved Rogue as Beppo - the Dwarf