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- He played Cousin Itt on The Addams Family original television series.
- Hailing from a small village outside Rome, Italy, the 3'11" tall Silla began his career in show business as a circus performer and toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus following his arrival in the United States in 1955. In the early 1960s, he broke into acting and stuntwork. One of Silla's best-known roles in that of the short, hair-covered, gibberish-speaking Cousin Itt on the classic 1960s television series The Addams Family, which co-starred fellow TOS guest actor Ted Cassidy. Other Trek actors who appeared alongside Silla in guest roles are Lee Bergere, Meg Wyllie and Anthony Caruso. The character of Cousin Itt was later portrayed on the big screen by John Franklin. Another of Silla's famous roles is Litvak in the 1975 film The Black Bird, co-starring Elisha Cook, Jr. and Vic Tayback. He is also known for playing the robot Twiki in the science fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, co-starring with Tim O'Connor and Eric Server. Other Trek alumni who worked on this show are Vic Perrin, Don Marshall, Seamon Glass, Frank Gorshin, James Sloyan, Jay Robinson, Ray Walston, Earl Boen, Michael Ansara, Alfred Ryder, Sid Haig, Julie Newmar, Barbara Luna, David Opatoshu, Lance LeGault, Mark Lenard, Paul Carr, Harry Townes, Anthony James, Billy Curtis, Walker Edmiston, writer D.C. Fontana and director Vincent McEveety. In both of these cases, Silla wore his character's costume, while another actor provided the character's voice (Tony Magro for Itt, Mel Blanc and Bob Elyea for Twiki). In addition to these roles, Silla was a regular performer on H.R. Pufnstuf, appeared as Lucifer on the original Battlestar Galactica (in which role he played alongside John Colicos, Ed Begley Jr., Reggie Nalder, George Murdock, Arlene Martel and Larry Cedar and was directed by Richard Colla), and played an Ewok in 1983's Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Besides Star Trek, Silla made guest appearances on such television programs as Petticoat Junction, The Monkees, Bewitched, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Married... with Children. He has also acted in a number of films, including Point Blank (1967, with Sharon Acker, Sid Haig, James B. Sikking, and Michael Strong), the original Planet of the Apes (1968, with James Daly, Lou Wagner, Paul Lambert, Billy Curtis, Jane Ross, music by Jerry Goldsmith and designs by Wah Chang), Black Samurai (1977, with Biff Yeager), Demon Seed (1977, co-starring Gerrit Graham, Davis Roberts, Fritz Weaver, and, in a bit part, Michael Dorn), The Manitou (1978, with Michael Ansara), The Brood (1979, starring Samantha Eggar), Meatballs Part II (1984, starring Hamilton Camp and John Larroquette), House (1986, with Michael Ensign and Steve Susskind), and as a Dink in Mel Brooks' popular 1987 sci-fi spoof Spaceballs (featuring Tim Russ and Leslie Bevis). Silla's stunt work consists primarily of feature films, including Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973, with France Nuyen, Paul Williams, David Gerrold, music by Leonard Rosenman and cinematography by Richard H. Kline), The Towering Inferno (1974, with Elizabeth Rogers, Paul Comi and John Crawford), Robert Wise's The Hindenburg (1975, with Rene Auberjonois, Alan Oppenheimer and Vic Perrin), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Poltergeist (1982, with Allan Graf, music by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti), and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). He was more recently a stunt actor on 1992's Batman Returns (co-starring Diane Salinger, Vincent Schiavelli, Sean Whalen, and Biff Yeager), in which he played an emperor penguin, one of the Penguin's "henchbirds".
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- Felix Silla was a stuntman who played the role of the unnamed Ewok flying a hang-glider in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. He worked as a stunt performer on two other Lucasfilm Ltd. productions: Howard the Duck and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (as Short Round stunt double). And he was one of the Dinks in the film Spaceballs, a Star Wars parody directed by Mel Brooks. He is best know for his role of Twiki in the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
- Felix Silla (* [Jahr unbekannt]in Lazio, Rom, Italienals Felix Anthony Silla Jahre alt)Kategorie:Artikel mit Vorlage:Personendaten, denen Geburtstagsanzeige fehltKategorie:Artikel mit Vorlage:Personendaten, denen Geburtstagsanzeige fehlt ist ein italienischer Stuntman und Schauspieler. Er spielte einen Talosianer im ersten [[]]-Pilotfilm . Darüber hinaus ist der 1,19 m große Silla insbesondere für seine Rolle als Cousin Itt aus der TV-Serie Die Addams Family (1965-1966, u.a. mit Ted Cassidy, Parley Baer, Meg Wyllie und Lee Bergere) bekannt. Ebenso bekannt sein dürfte er für seine Rollen als Colonel Poom in der kurzlebigen TV-Serie Lidsville (1971, u.a. mit Walker Edmiston), Litvak im Film The Black Bird (1975, u.a. mit Elisha Cook, John Abbott und Victor Tayback) und als Roboter Twiki in der Science-Fiction-Serie Buck Rogers (1979-1981, u.a. mit Tim O'Connor, Eric Server, Paul Carr, Michael Ansara, Anthony James, Frank Gorshin, Barbara Luna, Sid Haig, James Sloyan, Vic Perrin, Tony Epper, Seamon Glass, Richard Lynch, Leigh J. McCloskey, Nicolas Coster, Jay Robinson, Ray Walston, Mark Lenard, Keith Andes, Alfred Ryder, Harry Townes, Lance Le Gault, Earl Boen, David Opatoshu, Julie Newmar, Bruce Wright, Bob Minor, Billy Curtis, Howard Culver, Whitney Rydbeck, Don Marshall, Walker Edmiston und Nick Dimitri). Des Weiteren trat er als Lucifer in der Serie Kampfstern Galactica (1978-1979, u.a. mit John Colicos, Ed Begley, Jr., Norman Stuart, Geoffrey Binney, Bruce Wright, Dick Durock, Reggie Nalder, George Murdock, Ted Gehring, Arlene Martel, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Lynch, Larry Cedar und Walt Davis) auf und verkörperte einen Ewok im SF-Klassiker Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter (1983). Neben Star Trek hatte Silla Gastauftritte in Serien wie Bonanza (1963, u.a. mit Clegg Hoyt), Die Monkees (1967), Verliebt in eine Hexe (1967/1971, u.a. mit Nan Martin), Ein Duke kommt selten allein (1985) und Eine schrecklich nette Familie (1990). Zu seinen Filmauftritten zählen Rollen in Filmen wie Point Blank - Keiner darf Überleben (1967, u.a. mit Michael Strong, Sharon Acker, James B. Sikking, Sid Haig, Michael Bell, Jerry Catron, Chuck Hicks und Joseph Mell), Planet der Affen (1968, u.a. mit James Daly, Paul Lambert, Billy Curtis und Jane Ross), Alexandria (1969, u.a. mit Michael Dunn, Abraham Sofaer, Maurishka, George Sawaya, Eli Behar und John Winston), Black Samurai (1977, u.a. mit Biff Yeager), Des Teufels Saat (1977, u.a. mit Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Davis Roberts und Michael Dorn), Lasersturm (1978, u.a. mit Michael Ansara), Der Herr der Ringe (1978, u.a. mit Buck Maffei), Buck Rogers (1979, u.a. mit Tim O'Connor, Kenny Endoso und Tony Epper. Stunts: u.a. Tony Brubaker, Michael Cassidy, Phil Chong, Erik Cord und Tommy J. Huff), Die Brut (1979, u.a. mit Samantha Eggar), Das total verrückte Ferien-Camp (1984, u.a. mit Hamilton Camp und John Larroquette) sowie House – Das Horrorhaus (1986, u.a. mit Michael Ensign, Susan French und Steve Susskind) und war als Dink in der Science-Fiction-Parodie Mel Brooks Spaceballs (1987, u.a. mit Leslie Bevis, Dey Young, Tim Russ und Brenda Strong).zu sehen. Sillas Arbeit als Stuntman konzentrierte sich weitestgehend auf Filmproduktionen. So arbeitete er u.a. für die Filme Die Schlacht um den Planet der Affen (1973, u.a. mit France Nuyen), Flammendes Inferno (1974, u.a. mit Gregory Sierra, Elizabeth Rogers, Paul Comi, George D. Wallace und John Crawford), Robert Wises Die Hindenburg (1975, u.a. mit René Auberjonois, Alan Oppenheimer, Ted Gehring, Peter Canon, Charles Macaulay, Rex Holman, Susan French, James Lashly, Stephen Manley, Vic Perrin und William Wintersole), E.T. - Der Außerirdische (1982), Poltergeist (1982) und Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes (1984). 1992 war er als Stuntdarsteller im Film und Batmans Rückkehr (1992, u.a. mit Vincent Schiavelli, Branscombe Richmond, Diane Salinger, Sean Whalen, Biff Yeager und Anthony De Longis) zu sehen, wo er einen Pinguin spielte.
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