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Johnny Eck

Acting
August 27, 1911
— January 5, 1991(79 years old)
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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IMDb

Biography

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,...

Also Known As

John Eckhardt Jr • John Eckhardt

Known For

Freaks movie poster (1932)
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Freaks

Half Boy

Filmography

1930s

Freaks movie poster (1932)
7.8

Freaks

Half Boy

Tarzan the Ape Man movie poster (1932)
6.6

Tarzan the Ape Man

Bird Creature (uncredited)