Johnny Eck

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 Brownings 1932 cult classic film Freaks and his appearances as a bird creature in several Tarzan films He was often billed as The Amazing HalfBoy King of the Freaks and The Most Remarkable Man Alive Besides being a sideshow performer and actor the multitalented Eck was also a folk artist specifically a screen painter musician photographer illusionist penny arcade owner Punch and Judy operator and expert modelmaker Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Eck licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia