'Little Billy' Rhodes

'Little Billy' Rhodes

Born: February 1, 1895
Died: July 24, 1967

Movies for 'Little Billy' Rhodes...

The Embracers
Title: The Embracers
Character: The Drunken Man
Released: May 27, 1966
Type: Movie
A girl and a boy meet, and a sexploitation feature ensues.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Title: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: Grumpy the Dwarf
Released: August 7, 1962
Type: Movie
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."
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Skimpy in the Navy
Title: Skimpy in the Navy
Character: Adagio Dancer
Released: November 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Slapstick comedy.
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The Terror of Tiny Town
Title: The Terror of Tiny Town
Character: The Villain (Bat Haines) (as Little Billy)
Released: December 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Using a conventional Western story with an all dwarf cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves.
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Marie Antoinette
Title: Marie Antoinette
Character: Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1938
Type: Movie
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
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The Daredevil Drivers
Title: The Daredevil Drivers
Character: Cigar Smoking Midget (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1938
Type: Movie
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.
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Artists & Models
Title: Artists & Models
Character: King (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1937
Type: Movie
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
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Men in Black
Title: Men in Black
Character: Tiny Patient (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1934
Type: Movie
The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.
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They Never Come Back
Title: They Never Come Back
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: May 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."
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A Regular Trouper
Title: A Regular Trouper
Character: Bobby (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Ruth Eton (Ruth Etting), a singer with a traveling show troupe, is engaged to the troupe manager, Joe Grant (Edward Leiter), but when Ruth's younger sister, Laura (Wanda Perry) arrives, fickle Joe transfers his attentions and intentions to her. For the sake of her sister and the show, Ruth accepts her tough break philosophically, and sings "Why Did It Have To Be Me?"...because she is a real trouper.
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Polly of the Circus
Title: Polly of the Circus
Character: Half-Pint
Released: February 27, 1932
Type: Movie
When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.
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The Shadow of the Eagle
Title: The Shadow of the Eagle
Character: The Midget
Released: February 1, 1932
Type: Movie
The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig McCoy is a pilot who goes looking for the Eagle when Gregory turns up missing.
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Running Hollywood
Title: Running Hollywood
Character: Little Billy
Released: January 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
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The Stolen Jools
Title: The Stolen Jools
Character: Film Delivery Boy
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
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Swing High
Title: Swing High
Character: Major Tiny
Released: May 18, 1930
Type: Movie
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.
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The Sideshow
Title: The Sideshow
Character: P.W. Melrose (as Little Billy)
Released: December 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the competitor has also planted a saboteur who creates accidents in hopes of reducing the value of the circus. Meanwhile, he's also hired a beautiful young woman as the magician's assistant, with eyes toward more - but he realizes that, as a midget, she won't have him.
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Oh, Baby!
Title: Oh, Baby!
Released: August 7, 1926
Type: Movie
Billy, a diminutive manager of prizefighters, is priming Jim Stone for the heavyweight championship when Charley Burns (Arthur Graham?) discloses that for the past 8 years he has invented a mythical wife and daughter for the benefit of his Aunt Phoebe, who now requests a visit from them. He finally persuades Billy to pose as his daughter, Evangeline, while Miss Brennan, a magazine writer, consents to take the role of his wife.