Johnny Eck The Half-Boy, Actor, Race Car Driver, Poet, Painter, And Much More!

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Johnny Eck, "The King Of Freaks" imdb

Date of Birth:
27 August 1911, Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
Date of Death:
5 January 1991, Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
Mini Biography:
Johnny Eck was born John Echkardt, twenty minutes after his twin... more
Trivia:
Was displayed in the late 1930s in several Ripley's Believe It Or Not... more

Actor:

* 1940s
* 1930s

1. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) (uncredited) .... Bird

2. Tarzan Escapes (1936) (uncredited) .... Gooney-Bird
3. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) (uncredited) .... Bird creature
4. Freaks (1932) .... Half Boy
... aka Forbidden Love (USA: informal title)
... aka Nature's Mistakes (USA: informal title)
... aka The Monster Show
Self:
1. Freaks Uncensored! (1999)

See Also:  'Freaks And The Johnny Eck Museum'

William S. Burroughs "Ex-Dope Addict" Paris, France 1959 Photo By Loomis Dean

William Burroughs
Author William Burroughs, an ex-dope addict, relaxing on a shabby bed in what is known as a Beat Hotel.
Location: Paris, France
Date taken: 1959
Photographer: Loomis Dean
Size: 870 x 1280 pixels (12.1 x 17.8 inches)

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Here's some Burrough's spoken word from not long before his death: