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Hervé Villechaize was born in Montauban, France on April 23, 1943. He stopped growing very early and his father (who was a surgeon) tried to find a cure by visiting several doctors and hospitals. But there was none, so Hervé had to live with his small height and also with undersized lungs. He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and made an exhibition of his own paintings, which were well received. At 21, he left France for the USA where he continued to paint and to make photographs. He also started to participate in some movies and was quickly offered several roles for plays and then for cinema. His first big success was The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) where he was a killer associated to the villain Scaramanga (played by Christopher Lee). He inspired the TV-series Fantasy Island (1977) where he took the role of "Tattoo", the faithful servant of "Mr. Roarke" (Ricardo Montalban). This series was a great success and, thanks to it, Villechaize became famous and rich, mostly because of his enigmatic and charming smile.
In 1983, he argued with the producers of the show in order to earn as much money as Montalban but, instead, he was fired; he also lost his model-actress wife. The series continued without him but stopped one year later, when the media response meter decreased because of the lack of Tattoo's character!
Villechaize became alcoholic and depressed, so he missed several roles that he was offered. His health problems also increased (mostly suffering from ulcers and a spastic colon), and he nearly died of pneumonia in 1992. On the afternoon of Saturday September 4th, 1993, after having watched a movie, he wrote a note and made a tape recording before shooting himself in his backyard. His common-law wife, Kathy Self, discovered his body and called the ambulance which took him to the Medical Center of North Hollywood where he died at 3:40 pm. Villechaize was cremated and his ashes were scattered off Point Fermin, in Los Angeles.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Cliff Carnell was born on 12 February 1932 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Police Woman (1974) and Fantasy Island (1977). He was married to Faye Jean Smith. He died on 4 September 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Clyde Adler was born on 24 January 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Soupy Sales Show (1976), The Soupy Sales Show (1953) and The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965). He died on 4 September 1993 in Petoskey, Michigan, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Stanley Kaufman was born on 29 June 1912 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Toxic Avenger (1984), The Battle of Love's Return (1971) and Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986). He died on 4 September 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.- Yuriy Vasilev was born on 20 February 1929 in Nizhniy Tagil, Ural Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for V pogone za slavoy (1957), Kochuyushchiy front (1971) and Den semeynogo torzhestva (1977). He died on 4 September 1993 in Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya oblast, Russia.
- Actor
James Deliso was born on 22 November 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 4 September 1993 in Fountain Valley, California, USA.