Angelo Rossitto
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1908-02-18
- Décès:
- 1991-09-21
- Lieu de naissance:
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
De l'autre côté du vent
Halloween Monster Bash
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Star Trek : La Nouvelle Génération
Nuits sanglantes
Histoires fantastiques
Mad Max : Au-delà du dôme du tonnerre
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'
La Foire des ténèbres
Smokey Bites the Dust
Galaxina
Les Nuits de la violence
Jason of Star Command
Fairy Tales
L'Incroyable Hulk
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Help Woodsy Spread the Word
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
The Master Gunfighter
Starsky & Hutch
Baretta
200 dollars plus les frais
The Snoop Sisters
Le Cercle noir
The Clones
Little Cigars
Kung Fu
L'Autre
Mongo's Back in Town
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Lidsville
Brain of Blood
Alex au pays des merveilles
Pufnstuf
H.R. Pufnstuf
L'Extravagant Docteur Dolittle
Trip (Le Voyage)
The Perils of Pauline
T.H.E. Cat
Branded
Des Agents très spéciaux
Requiem pour un champion
Les Merveilleux Contes de Grimm
Les confessions d'un mangeur d'opium
L'Épée enchantée
Milliardaire pour un jour
The Rebel
Sauvage et Innocent
Shirley Temple's Storybook
L'Histoire de l'humanité
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Dementia
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
La Déesse de la jungle maudite
Mesa of Lost Women
Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde
The Bandit Queen
Jungle Jim l'île des pygmées
Le Baron de l'Arizona
Mort de peur
Ali Baba et les Quarante Voleurs
Sherlock holmes et la femme aux araignées
Quelque part en France
The Corpse Vanishes
Hellzapoppin
Spooks Run Wild
Condamné à Mort
Le Magicien d'Oz
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Les esclaves du désir
Laurel Et Hardy - Un jour une bergère
I Believed in You
Carnival Lady
Freaks, la monstrueuse parade
Big House
L'Île mystérieuse
One Stolen Night
Les Sept empreintes de pas de Satan
The Viking
While the City Sleeps
Old San Francisco
The Beloved Rogue