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5 unusual facts about Billy Barty


C-Stand

It is nicknamed a "Gary Coleman" or a "Billy Barty" stand in the US, and a "shotgun" in the UK (a reference to the stand having been "sawn off").

Dr. Shrinker

As they make their way to the only house on the island, they meet the aptly named Dr. Shrinker and his assistant, Hugo (Billy Barty).

Les Krims

In The Little People of America (1971), Krims received permission to photograph people belonging to a national organization founded by the actor Billy Barty, called "The Little People of America. " Many of the pictures were made at national conventions of the L.P.A, in Oakland, CA, and Atlanta, GA.

Little People of America

LPA was informally started in 1957 when Billy Barty called upon people of short stature to join him in a get-together in Reno, Nevada.

William Winckler

In the 1980s, Winckler appeared as an actor in TV series such as Remington Steele, Knight Rider, Murder She Wrote, Doogie Howser, Designing Women, The Fall Guy and Short Ribbs starring Billy Barty.


Johnny Whitaker

After Family Affair, Whitaker went on to star in the 1973 Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning children's series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters alongside Billy Barty and Scott Kolden, as well as appearing in feature films, including Disney's Snowball Express, The Biscuit Eater, Napoleon and Samantha and The Magic Pony.


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