Born: April 23, 1943
Died: September 4, 1993

Supporting and character actor Herve Villechaize appeared in 13 feature films, but he is best remembered for playing Tattoo, Ricardo_Montalban's chirpy sidekick on Fantasy_Island (1978-1983). Born to a French father and English mother, Villechaize was a dwarf who stopped growing taller after hitting 3'9". Before becoming an actor, Villechaize studied art in Paris and New York. Deciding acting was the better venue, he studied under drama teacher Julie_Bovasso. He made his feature film debut in The_Gang_That_Couldn't_Shoot_Straight (1971) and went on to play small "novelty" roles in exploitation and cult movies such as Malatesta's_Carnival and Oliver_Stone's Seizure (1974). One of his more notable roles was that of an evil dwarf in the James_Bond thriller The Man With the Golden Gun (1974). Villechaize was married three times. On September 4, 1993, he fatally shot himself, allegedly to escape his many health problems. Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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