Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of the headstrong Little Moe on the television detective series "Baretta." Born into a traditional working-class family, he began his career as a leading man in stock companies. Upon being introduced to actor John Barrymore while attending a dinner party in California, he was so impressed by his minimal stature, remarkable sense of humor, and professionalism, that he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing "The Beloved Rogue" (1927). From there, would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 100 features; cast as in a variety of roles including husbands, fathers, relatives, con-artists, mythical or literary figures, monsters, aliens, villains, henchmen, city slickers, curmudgeons, neighbors, landlords, eccentrics, waiters, musicians, businessmen, vendors, newspaper men, and aristocrats. He appeared in such feature films as "Old San Francisco" (1927), "The Viking" (1928), "One Stolen Night" (1929), "The Big House" (1930), "Freaks" (1932), "Carnival Lady" (1933), "March of the Wooden Solders" (1934), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935), "Stand-In" (1937), "Child Bride" (1938), "Mr. Wong in Chinatown" (1939), "Doomed to Die" (1940), "Spooks Run Wild" (1941), "Reunion in France" (1942), "The Spider Woman" (1943), "Lady in the Dark" (1944), "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945), "Two Smart People" (1946), "The Sin of Harold Diddlebocker" (1947), "Samson and Delilah" (1949), "Bandit Queen" (1950), "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), "Dementia" (1955), "Carousel" (1956), "The Story of Mankind" (1957), "Pocketful of Miracles" (1962), "Terrified" (1963), "Doctor Dolittle" (1967), "Pufnstuf" (1970), and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Shirley Temple's Storybook," "Front Page Detective," "Gunsmoke," "The Fugitive," "Branded," "Julia," "Lidsville," "The Snoop Sisters," "Starsky and Hutch," "Jason of Star Command," "The Incredible Hulk," "Simon & Simon," "Amazing Stories," and "Star Trek: The Next Generation". During his career, he was an honorary member of Actors Equity, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, had been a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was the official mascot for the Los Angeles Thunderbirds, had been featured as a major character in Nathaniel West's 1939 novel "The Day of the Locust", had been one of the founding members of the Little People of America, presided on his local charters of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the American Red Cross, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, had been the sole owner of the popular Rossitto Paper Stand, was a notable audiobook narrator, and he was married to housewife Georgia Buresh from 1945 to 1967 (their union ended in divorce and produced two children). Following his 1987 retirement, he spent the remainder of his life living quietly in the suburbs being active in charitable and religious causes until his death.