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name: "Hervé Villechaize"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/herve-villechaize"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 April 1943"
died: "4 September 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-18T11:23:28.358375+00:00"
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# Hervé Villechaize

Actor. Born 23 April 1943 in Paris, France. Died 4 September 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 April 1943, Paris, France
- **Died:** 4 September 1993
- **Also known as:** اروه ویلشز
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Villechaize, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10343

## Biography

Hervé Villechaize was a French actor. He was born on 23 April 1943 in Paris, France, and died on 4 September 1993 in North Hollywood, California.

He is best known for playing Nick Nack in the James Bond film *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974) and Tattoo in the television series *Fantasy Island* (1977–1983). Other credits include roles in *Forbidden Zone* (1980) and *Two Moon Junction* (1988).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, jamesbond.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Fi1m 56, as Nick Nack — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-gun.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Ben Stiller Show* (1992), series, as Hervé Villechaize
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Hervé Villechaize — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *The Carol Burnett Show* (1991), series, as Skit Characters
- *Two Moon Junction* (1988), as Smiley
- *The Telephone* (1988), as Voice on Freeway
- *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), as Little Breather
- *Rumpelstiltskin* (1982), as Rumpelstiltskin
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Rumpelstiltskin, Guest Interviewee
- *Forbidden Zone* (1982), as King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, as Hervé Villechaize
- *Diff'rent Strokes* (1978), series, as Hervé Villechaize
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Hervé Villechaize
- *The One and Only* (1978), as Milton Miller
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Tattoo
- *Return to Fantasy Island* (1978), as Tattoo
- *Hot Tomorrows* (1977), as Alberict
- *Fantasy Island* (1977), as Tattoo
- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), as Nick Nack — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-gun.md)
- *Seizure* (1974), as The Spider
- *Crazy Joe* (1974), as Samson
- *Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood* (1973), as Bobo
- *Greaser's Palace* (1972), as Mr. Spitunia
- *The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight* (1971), as Beppo
- *Maidstone* (1971), Acting
- *Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon* (1970), as Spa
- *Chappaqua* (1966), as Little Person (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize from the television program Fantasy Island. (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/1027370/gallery-0df20116d2ef.jpg) Photo of Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize from the television program Fantasy Island. (1977) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fantasy_Island_Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize.jpg/1280px-Fantasy_Island_Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hervé Villechaize](https://film.one/media/person/1027370/gallery-7b04cb0a8092.jpg) Hervé Villechaize — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Herve_Villechaize_1977.jpg/1280px-Herve_Villechaize_1977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke and Herve Villechaize as Tattoo from the made for television movie Return to Fantasy Island. The made for television fi (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/1027370/gallery-5430a1ca4315.jpg) Photo of Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke and Herve Villechaize as Tattoo from the made for television movie Return to Fantasy Island. The made for television fi (1977) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize_Fantasy_Island_1977.JPG/1280px-Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize_Fantasy_Island_1977.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke and Herve Villechaize as Tattoo from the made for television movie Return to Fantasy Island. The made for television fi (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1027370/gallery-1a32921cef67.jpg) Photo of Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke and Herve Villechaize as Tattoo from the made for television movie Return to Fantasy Island. The made for television fi (2024) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize_Fantasy_Island_1977_cropped_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hervé Villechaize](https://film.one/media/person/1027370/gallery-10d551c12ec9.jpg) Hervé Villechaize — Image via TMDB

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