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Herv JeanPierre Villechaize was a French actor and painter of English and Filipino descent who achieved worldwide recognition for various roles including that of the evil henchman Nick Nack in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun , as well as Mr. Roarkes assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island . On Fantasy Island, he was well known for delivering the line Ze plane Ze plane

Villechaize was born in Nazioccupied Paris to Englishborn Evelyn and raised there by her and his father Andr Villechaize. Villechaize was bullied at school for his condition and found solace in painting. He also had a brief modeling career. A gifted artist, in 1959, at the age of 16, he entered the cole des BeauxArts to study art. In 1961, he became the youngest artist to ever have his work displayed in the Museum of Paris. In 1964 he left France for the USA. He settled in a Bohemian section in New York, taught himself English by watching television and continued his career as an artist, painter and photographer. He began acting in Off Broadway productions, including The Young Master Dante by Werner Liepolt and a play by Sam Shepard, and also did some photo shoot modeling for National Lampoon, before moving on to film.

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