Felix Silla

Felix Silla was an Italian character actor, circus artist, voice actor, and stuntman. Born in Roccacasale, Abruzzo, he trained for the circus and arrived in the United States at eighteen in 1955, touring with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. His circus skills, which included bareback riding, trapeze work, and tumbling, led him to Hollywood and into stunt work, starting with A Ticklish Affair. He was best known as the costumed Cousin Itt on The Addams Family. He supplied the physical performance for Twiki, the robot on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), with Mel Blanc or Bob Elyea supplying the voice. He played a hang glider Ewok in Return of the Jedi in 1983. He often doubled for children in films including The Towering Inferno and The Hindenburg, appeared in Battlestar Galactica and as an alien in Meatballs 2, voiced Mortimer Goth in The Sims 2, and performed in night clubs with The Original Harmonica Band.