I find great comedy in people who take wine too seriously. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a few glasses from time to time at the end of the day, but I don’t sniff, twirl and analyze it like it’s a ...

Billy Barty, the diminutive entertainer who turned the ability to spin on his head into a seven-decade show business career, died Saturday at Glendale Memorial Hospital. He was 76. The cause of death ...

Jan. 11, 2001 — -- How big a shadow can you cast when you stand 3 feet, 9 inches tall? A giant one, in the case of Billy Barty. Barty was a comedian to the very end. He could dress up like a pint ...

How many Broadway shows has Billy Barty been in? Billy Barty has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Billy Barty been in? Billy Barty has not appeared in the West End ...

Patty Maloney, an actress whose 30-plus year career included memorable turns on Little House on the Prairie, Syd & Marty Krofft’s Far Out Space Nuts, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and the Star Wars ...

Patty Maloney, a 3-foot-11 actress who starred in “Far Out Space Nuts,” appeared with Billy Barty in many projects and also had a role in “Little House on the Prairie,” died on March 31. She was 89.

The Little People of America just finished its 50th annual conference in Seattle. The group has won important advances for dwarves, but its members still worry about how they are portrayed in the ...

* I was saddened to read about the death of Billy Barty (Dec. 24). In June of 1943 I graduated from high school and immediately joined the Navy. There was a waiting period of about five months before ...