Description: French dwarf.
Herve Villechaize was best known for his role as Tattoo on TV’s “Fantasy Island”, where a mysterious man and his dwarf assistant own an island and charge wealthy people $50,000 each to live out their fantasies. Herve earned $25,000 per episode for his work on “Fantasy Island.” He went on to be a performer in 1983’s “Circus of the Stars #8”. His film work includes roles as Little Breather on “Airplane II: The Sequel” (1982) and Samson in “Crazy Joe” (1974). Tattoo committed suicide with a gun on September 4, 1993 in North Hollywood, California.
Villechaize’s TV and film work:
“The Carol Burnett Show” (1991, TV Series) as skit characters
“The Telephone” (1988) as Voice on the Freeway
“Two Moon Junction” (1988) as Smiley
“Circus of the Stars #8” (1983, TV) as performer
“Airplane II: The Sequel” (1982, aka “Flying High II”)
as Little Breather
“Faerie Tale Theatre: Rumpelstiltskin” (1980, made for TV) as
Rumpelstiltskin
“Forbidden Zone” (1980) as King Fausto
“The One and Only” (1978) as Milton Miller
“Fantasy Island” (1978 – 1983, TV Series) as Tattoo
“Return to Fantasy Island” (1978, aka “Fantasy Island II”,
made for TV) as Tattoo
“Hot Tomorrows” (1977) as Alberict
“Fantasy Island” (1977, made for TV) as Tattoo
“Seizure” (1974, aka “Queen of Evil”) as Spider, the
dwarf
“The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974) as Nick Nack
“Crazy Joe” (1974) as Samson
“Malatesta's Carnival of Blood” (1973)
“Greaser's Palace” (1972)
“The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight” (1971) as Beppo
“Chappaqua” (1966, uncredited) as Midget
Notable TV guest appearances:
“The Ben Stiller Show” (12/13/1992) as Himself in Episode #1.9:
“Episode with Flea”
“Diff'rent Strokes” (11/17/1984) as Himself in Episode #7.8: “Arnold
the Entrepreneur”
“The Fall Guy” (5/5/1982) as Himself in Episode #1.10: “Scavenger
Hunt”
“Taxi” (5/6/1980) as Himself in Episode #2.23: “Fantasy
Borough: Part 1”