Talk:Pat Walshe

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I met Pat Walshe on the set of Spielberg's 1941 in which I played Stevie Douglas (the kid in the Indian headdress). I remember his telling me that he was the head flying monkey in the Wizard of Oz. Though I have no personal memory and am unable to find a reference, it is probable that he was working as a stand-in for one of the child actors, which has been a common occupation for little people in the film industry. 173.191.150.14 (talk) 02:41, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

After much research regarding Walshe, I believe that it was not him that worked on 1941, as he would have been nearly 80 (possibly older, as his birth date is not confirmed). I think he is being confused with Sig Frohlich, another actor of short stature who played a flying monkey and was a stand in on 1941. Xpion (talk) 13:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

News story about another Pat Walshe

Having read this news story, I don't think that Wikipedia ever had a photo in the infobox with the wrong Pat Walshe. It looks like a search engine did this and gave the impression that Wikipedia said it.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:20, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

It seems that the "mention" of this article is the image of the google-search, I guess that counts. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:04, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

"Dwarf" or "midget"?

Are you sure Walshe was a "dwarf"? Looking at photos of him (including this one, not used in the article) he appears just to be of small stature, whereas people with dwarfism usually show a certain amount of disproportionate size between body parts. I'm not an expert, but I'd be tempted to refer to him as a "midget" rather than a "dwarf". In daily life, of course, it's not necessary to refer to people's physical size at all—but as Walshe's career was based on his stature, I don't suppose we can avoid mentioning it here. – AndyFielding (talk) 23:50, 4 July 2021 (UTC)