Herve Villechaize


Actor

About

Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
April 23, 1943
Died
September 04, 1993
Cause of Death
Suicide

Biography

Three-foot, nine-inch Paris-born actor best known for his TV role as Ricardo Montalban's sidekick Tattoo ("Boss, de plane, de plane!") on the popular ABC anthology, "Fantasy Island" (1978-83). Villechaize died out a gunshot wound he inflicted upon himself out of despondency over longtime health problems....

Family & Companions

Anne Villechaize
Wife
Home-care nurse. Divorced 1979.
Camille Hagen
Wife
Actor. Divorced c. 1982; second wife.
Kathy Self
Wife
Common-law wife; stands five-foot-nine inches.

Biography

Three-foot, nine-inch Paris-born actor best known for his TV role as Ricardo Montalban's sidekick Tattoo ("Boss, de plane, de plane!") on the popular ABC anthology, "Fantasy Island" (1978-83). Villechaize died out a gunshot wound he inflicted upon himself out of despondency over longtime health problems.

Life Events

1971

American film debut, "The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight"

1977

Appeared in the original "Fanasy Island" TV movie

1978

Played Tattoo on the popular ABC anthology drama, "Fantasy Island"

Companions

Anne Villechaize
Wife
Home-care nurse. Divorced 1979.
Camille Hagen
Wife
Actor. Divorced c. 1982; second wife.
Kathy Self
Wife
Common-law wife; stands five-foot-nine inches.

Bibliography