Luis De Jesus(1952-1988)
- Actor
Best known for his role as Ralphus the demented dwarf in the infamous
film
Blood Sucking Freaks (1976),
which is also known as Blood Sucking Freaks. Luis DeJesus had been a
circus performer, but was actually quite infamous around New York in
the Seventies for his role in a stag movie, a charming little ditty
entitled The Anal Dwarf (1971).
This eight-minute hardcore wonder was a regular attraction in 42nd
Street peepshows, especially for people looking for something
different. It was probably through this movie that the makers of
"Bloodsucking Freaks" discovered DeJesus--"Freaks" director
Joel M. Reed also shot porn at the time,
though under a different name--but they got more than they bargained
for. On the last day of shooting DeJesus and several other members of
the cast shocked Reed by staging an orgy; according to Reed, DeJesus
"wasn't short in all departments". DeJesus continued to act in porn way
into the 1980s, then tried for a more mainstream career with
disappointing results. Typical of Hollywood's miscasting of dwarf
actors, the only roles were in films like
Under the Rainbow (1981), a
movie about the alleged wild behavior of the Munchkin cast during the
filming of
The Wizard of Oz (1939). His
last known role was as an Ewok.
DeJesus was often mistaken for Hervé Villechaize. For years many critics thought it was the Fantasy Island (1977) actor who had to stand on a box to mount Veri Knotty in "The Anal Dwarf", despite their very different appearances.
DeJesus was often mistaken for Hervé Villechaize. For years many critics thought it was the Fantasy Island (1977) actor who had to stand on a box to mount Veri Knotty in "The Anal Dwarf", despite their very different appearances.
