Angelo Rossitto
Biography
Angelo Rossitto was an American actor and voice artist who stood 2 ft tall and was sometimes credited as Little Angie or Moe. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he broke into silent pictures after the actor John Barrymore noticed him and gave him a part opposite Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue (1927), his first screen appearance. His roles ranged from dwarfs and gnomes to monsters, villains and aliens; he played Angeleno in Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) and appeared in Child Bride (1938). During and after the Second World War he worked in several Poverty Row pictures with Bela Lugosi. Later credits included Alex in Wonderland (1970) and Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), along with television roles such as in the police drama Baretta. In 1985 he took the part of Master in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, acting opposite Mel Gibson, and he kept working until 1987, over a career of six decades and more than 70 films.
83years old at death
- Born Omaha
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AquariusLast day of the sign, on the Pisces cusp
- Also credited as Angelo Salvatore Rossitto
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 60 years1927 to 1987
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First role
At 19, in 1927, Rossitto was found by actor John Barrymore, who gave him a part alongside himself in The Beloved Rogue. That film was Rossitto's screen debut.
Beyond film
Tom Waits put Rossitto and Lee Kolima on the cover of his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones. The artwork honors the performance Rossitto gave in Freaks.
Angelo Rossitto movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together3 more actors
- Gibson GowlandDoomed to Die (1940) and The Mysterious Island (1929)
- Henry VictorFreaks (1932) and The Beloved Rogue (1927)
- Rose DioneFreaks (1932) and The Beloved Rogue (1927)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Angelo Rossitto's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$54.4 million
5 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 5 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 13 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$36M66.6% of the total
- 2$8.4M15.4% of the total
- 3$4.9M8.9% of the total
- 4$3.5M6.4% of the total
- 5$1.4M2.6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.