Johnny Eck

Born: 1911-08-27

John Eckhardt Jr, (August 27, 1911 – January 5, 1991), professionally billed as Johnny Eck, was an American freak show performer in sideshows and a film actor. Born with sacral agenesis, Eck is best known today for his role in Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic film Freaks and his appearances as a bird creature in several Tarzan films. He was often billed as "The Amazing Half-Boy", "King of the Freaks" and "The Most Remarkable Man Alive". Besides being a sideshow performer and actor, the multi-talented Eck was also a folk artist (specifically a screen painter), musician, photographer, illusionist, penny arcade owner, Punch and Judy operator, and expert model-maker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Eck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Freaks

as Half Boy
Released: 1932-02-12

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his...

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Tarzan the Ape Man

as Bird Creature (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-02

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial...

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