Angelo Muscat (24 September 1930 – 10 October 1977) was a Maltese-born film and television character actor.

Biography

Muscat was born in Malta to a policeman father; distinctly diminutive at only 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m), both his parents were over 6 ft in height, as were his three brothers. Muscat initially found work as a kitchen porter and then a stoker at an RAF base in Malta. After the death of his parents and finding himself largely alone he moved to England where he worked in a zip-fastener factory. In 1961 he joined a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that was to tour the United Kingdom. Moving into television, he played a Chumbley in the Doctor Who serial "Galaxy 4" (1965), played the part of a clown in the ITV series Emergency – Ward 10 and appeared as the Queen's Servant in the BBC television adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (1966).

He was in the television series The Prisoner (1967-1968) with Patrick McGoohan, appearing in 14 of the 17 episodes as the mute butler. He played an Oompa-Loompa in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (uncredited, 1971). He also appeared in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour (1967).

During his latter years he lived alone and virtually penniless in a basement flat in North London. He found it difficult to find acting work and to supplement his income made ornate birdcages by hand.