Johnny Eck

Cast

Born

August 27, 1911 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died

January 5, 1991

Birth name

John Eckhardt Jr.

Johnny Eck was born John Echkardt, twenty minutes after his twin brother Robert. The boys entered the sideshow circuit at the age of 12, where John was billed as "Johnny Eck, The Half-boy." Johnny went on to play a role in Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) before returning with his brother to Baltimore, where he became a screen painter. Johnny died January 5, 1991, at the age of 79, in the house where he was born.