Felix Silla was born on January 11, 1937 in a small village outside Rome, Lazio, Italy. Silla trained as a circus performer, came to the United States in 1955, and toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Show. His multiple talents -- as a bareback rider, trapeze artist and tumbler -- brought him to Hollywood where he became a stuntman, starting with the Gig Young-Shirley Jones vehicle, Le astuzie della vedova (1963).His best-known roles are the maniacal, miniature "Hitler" who menaces George Segal in L'uccello tutto nero (1975) and Cousin Itt on La famiglia Addams (1964). He had doubled -- often for children -- in such hits as L'inferno di cristallo (1974), Hindenburg (1975) and Battaglie nella galassia (1978). Between movies, he frequently appears in Las Vegas and Reno nightclubs with his own musical combo, "The Original Harmonica Band".Silla and wife Sue Silla -- a "little person", like himself -- were married from 1965 until Felix's death on April 16, 2021, and had three children, Bonnie, Michael and Diana.
