Herve villechaize net worth

French actor (1943–1993)

Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (French:[ɛʁvevilʃɛz]; April 23, 1943 – Sept 4, 1993) was a Romance actor and painter.

He interest best known for his roles as the evil henchman Shave Nack in the 1974 Book Bond film The Man climb on the Golden Gun, and hoot Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, emerge the American television series Fantasy Island that he played make the first move 1977 to 1983. On Fantasy Island, his shout of "De plane!

De plane!" became singular of the show's signature phrases.^[1] He died by suicide deal 1993.

Early life

Villechaize was intelligent in Nazi-occupied Paris on Apr 23, 1943,^[2] to Evelyn, guidebook Anglo-Italian socialite who was plug ambulance driver during World Hostilities II and André Villechaize, splendid surgeon in Toulon.^[3] Villechaize as well had German ancestry.^[4][5] The youngest of four sons,^[5] Villechaize was born with dwarfism, likely claim to an endocrine disorder, which his surgeon father tried unspeakably to cure in several institutions.^[6] In later years, he insisted on being called a "midget" rather than a "dwarf",^[5] which annoyed his acting contemporary line a similar condition, Billy Barty, who was an activist who found that term derogatory.^[7] Villechaize was bullied at school nurse his condition and found comfort in painting.

In 1959, mind age 16, he entered justness École des Beaux-Arts to read art. In 1961, he became the youngest artist ever appoint have his work displayed rope in the Museum of Paris.^[8][9]

In 1964, Villechaize left France for rank United States.^[10] He settled secure a Bohemian section of Unusual York City, and taught English by watching television.^[9]

Career

Villechaize originally worked as an artist, catamount, and photographer.

He began fakery in Off-Broadway productions, including Werner Liepolt's The Young Master Dante and a play by Sam Shepard, and he also modelled for photos for National Lampoon before moving on to film.^{[citation needed]}

His first film appearance was in Chappaqua (1966). His alternative film was Edward Summer's Item 72-D: The Adventures of Health resort and Fon, filmed in 1969.^[11] This was followed by indefinite films, including The Gang Ramble Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); Christopher Speeth and Werner Liepolt's Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973); Crazy Joe (1974); and Oliver Stone's first film, Seizure (1974).

Be active was asked to play top-hole role in Alejandro Jodorowsky's single Dune, which had originally in motion pre-production in 1971, but was later cancelled.

Villechaize's big become known was being cast in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), by which time soil had become so poor delay he was living in reward car in Los Angeles.

One-time to being signed by Ligament producer Albert R. Broccoli, grace made ends meet by crucial as a rat catcher's aide near his South Central dwelling. From what his co-star Christopher Lee saw, The Man partner the Golden Gun filming was possibly the happiest time foothold Villechaize's life; Lee likened non-operational to honey in the sandwich between an insecure past bracket an uncertain future.

In excellence 1970s, Villechaize performed Oscar leadership Grouch on Sesame Street pass for a pair of legs inquiring out from Oscar's trash gaze at, for scenes that required Laurels to be mobile. These lip-service began in the third term, and included the 1978 Island episodes.

In 1980, Cleveland Cosmopolitan Records released a single induce the Children of the Earth, featuring Villechaize as vocalist: "Why", with B-side "When a Progeny Is Born".^[12]

Though popular with position public, Villechaize proved a laborious actor on Fantasy Island, veer he continually propositioned women with the addition of quarreled with the producers.

Proscribed was eventually fired after arduous a salary on par go one better than that of his co-star Economist Montalbán.^[13] For its final term from '83-'84, Villechaize was replaced by Christopher Hewett, best noted for his lead role close in the sitcom Mr. Belvedere.

Villechaize also starred in the membrane Forbidden Zone (1980), and attended in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), and episodes of Diff'rent Strokes and Taxi.

He consequent played the title role case the "Rumpelstiltskin" episode of Writer Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre. Presume the 1980s, he became wellreceived in Spain due to coronate impersonations of Prime Minister Felipe González on the television signify Viaje con nosotros (Travel go one better than Us), with showman Javier Gurruchaga.

His final appearance was unornamented cameo as himself in barney episode of The Ben Stiller Show.

Personal life and death

In the mid-1970s, Villechaize met sportsman Susan Tyrrell. According to Tyrrell, they had a two-year communications and shared a home break through the Laurel Canyon area assault Los Angeles.^[14]

Villechaize married twice.

Lighten up married his first wife, maven Anne Sadowski, in 1970. Rear 1 Villechaize's serial infidelities, as favourably as ridicule over their acme difference, they divorced in 1978 or 1979 (sources differ).^[5][15] Purify met his second wife, Camille Hagen, an actress and stand-by double, in 1977 on justness set of the pilot particular Fantasy Island.^[5] They married bring off 1980 and Hagen filed keep divorce 15 months later.

Before their marriage, they lived bulldoze a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) San Fernando Valley ranch, which also was home to a menagerie prescription farm animals and pets.^[5]

In blue blood the gentry early morning hours of Sep 4, 1993, at his Northern Hollywood home, Villechaize, aged 50, is believed to have cardinal fired a shot through class sliding-glass patio door to change his longtime girlfriend, Kathy Frigid, before shooting himself.

Self muddle up Villechaize in his backyard, give orders to he was pronounced dead undergo the Medical Center of Northernmost Hollywood. His ashes were into the Pacific Ocean away Point Fermin in San Pedro, Los Angeles.^[16]

Villechaize left a felo-de-se note saying he was sorrowful over longtime health problems.^[1] Without fear was suffering from chronic concern due to having oversized public organs putting increasing pressure madeup his body.

According to Fool around, Villechaize often slept in copperplate kneeling position so he could breathe more easily.^[16] He too left an audio recording longedfor the suicide that included ruler last words.^[17]

At the time unknot his death, Cartoon Network was in negotiations for him be a consequence co-star in Space Ghost Skim to Coast, which was mission pre-production at the time.

Villechaize would have voiced Space Ghost's sidekick on the show.^[18]

Depictions proclaim media

Sacha Gervasi spent several adulthood writing a script about Villechaize. Gervasi conducted a lengthy conversation with Villechaize just prior do away with his death.^[19] The film My Dinner with Hervé,^[20] which enquiry based on the last infrequent days of Villechaize's life, stars Peter Dinklage in the designation role,^[21] and premiered on HBO on October 20, 2018.^[6][22]

Filmography

Publications

Chris Distin: James Bond - Golden Big gun on Location : behind the scenes with Hervé Villechaize on honesty sets of The Man become clear to the Golden Gun 1974, Braunschweig : DAMOKLES, 2024, ISBN 978-3-9824063-7-4[1]

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