---
name: "Schlitzie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/schlitzie"
fi1m_id: "schlitzie"
imdb_id: "nm0772396"
tmdb_id: 1516
wikidata_id: "Q358065"
roles: []
born: "10 September 1901"
died: "24 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:08:42.037695+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Schlitzie

## Identity

Schlitzie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/schlitzie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** schlitzie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0772396
- **TMDB ID:** 1516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q358065
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1516

Actor. Born 10 September 1901 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 September 1971.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 September 1901, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 September 1971
- **Also known as:** Shlitzie Surtees, Slitzy, Shlitze Surtees, Shlitze the Pinhead, Simon Metz, Schlitze
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1516

## Biography

Schlitzie (also spelled Schlitze or Shlitze; legally Schlitze Surtees) was an American sideshow performer and actor. Born on 10 September 1901 in the Bronx, New York City, he had microcephaly and performed for decades on the circus and sideshow circuit, appearing with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, the Tom Mix Circus and others. He was often billed as a “pinhead” or “the last of the Aztecs”.

Schlitzie appeared in several films, most notably as himself in Tod Browning’s *Freaks* (1932). He also had an uncredited role in *Island of Lost Souls* (1932) and appeared in *The Sideshow* (1928). He died on 24 September 1971 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allthatsinteresting.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Freaks* (1932), Fi1m 79, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/freaks.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), as Furry Manimal (uncredited)

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