Lewis Croft

Lewis Croft was an American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Lewis Croft was born in Shelley, Idaho in 1919 to Samuel and Roseland Crofts. Growing up in a large family, he was the fourth of fourteen children. He left home when he turned sixteen to work in circuses and sideshows under the stage name Idaho Lewis in order to support himself and his other siblings. Shortly after, he was offered a role in The Wizard of Oz as one of the Munchkin soldiers, which he accepted.

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