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Michael Gilden
Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael Jeffrey Gilden was an American actor with dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles. Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, inc…
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Michael Jeffrey Gilden was an American actor with dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles. Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Family Law, Cybill, NCIS and Pulp Fiction, and had a role as an Ewok in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He appeared twice in Season 4 of the hit series NCIS. Gilden was also a Financial Advisor. In August 1997, he met Meredith Eaton through mutual friends in Atlanta, Georgia. Gilden encouraged Eaton to pursue a career in acting, and she became an actress in 1999. The couple married on May 20, 2001. Gilden committed suicide on December 5, 2006, hanging himself in his Los Angeles home. He was 44. He was buried in a private service at Mission Hills, California, on December 10.
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2016
The Hollywood Shorties
Movie
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2007
Southland Tales
Movie Stunts
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2003
NCIS
TV show Marty Pearson
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2001
Snow White
Movie Monday
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2000
Nikki
TV show Dwarf Dwight
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Lawrence Ames
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1999
Family Law
TV show Robert Silver
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1998
Charmed
TV show Finnegan
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1996
The Pretender
TV show Elf
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1996
Aliens in the Family
TV show Snizzy (body)
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1995
Cybill
TV show Harvey
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1994
Pulp Fiction
Movie Page for Phillip Morris
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1993
Freaked
Movie Eye
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1989
Nerds of a Feather
Movie Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
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1983
Return of the Jedi
Movie Ewok
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1981
Under the Rainbow
Movie Hotel Rainbow Guest
