Michael Gilden

Michael Jeffrey Gilden (September 22, 1962 – December 5, 2006) was an American actor with dwarfism.

Michael Gilden
Born	(1962-09-22)September 22, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	December 5, 2006(2006-12-05) (aged 44) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	4 ft (122 cm)
Spouse	Meredith Eaton ​ (m. 2001)​

Biography

With Meredith Eaton-Gilden

The 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall Gilden had a form of dwarfism.^[1] 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 (the page in the Jack Rabbit Slim scene), and had a role as an Ewok in the film Return of the Jedi. He appeared twice in Season 4 of 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,^{[citation needed]} 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.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Under the Rainbow	Hotel Rainbow Guest
1983	Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi	Ewok #28
1990	Nerds of a Feather	Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
1993	Freaked	Eye
1994	Pulp Fiction	Phillip Morris Page
2000	Once Upon a Christmas	Dunder	TV movie
2001	Snow White: The Fairest of Them All	Monday	TV movie
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lawrence Ames	Episode: "A Little Murder"
2003	Nudity Required	Little Dirk
2006	NCIS	Marty Pearson	Two episodes