death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
2 may 1978 toronto , ontario ebenezer , saskatchewan guy big 1946 1970s guy big
 alan hoffman actor , social worker
guy big

guy big -lrb- 1946 - 2 may 1978 at toronto -rrb- was the stage name of alan hoffman , a canadian actor .
he appeared in the children 's television series `` the hilarious house of frightenstein '' as the midget count and also appeared in the movie `` find the lady '' as miniature man .
he also appeared in the `` king of kensington '' episode tiny 's job as the character tiny russell , and was a guest on `` the tommy hunter show '' .
before his death he filmed a television adaptation of isaac asimov 's `` the ugly little boy '' which aired in 1977 on tvontario .
hoffman spent his childhood in yorkton , saskatchewan , then attended the university of alberta .
during his years in toronto , he also became a social worker and earned a relevant degree at ryerson polytechnical institute .
he died aged 32 in toronto from an unspecified cause , although he was reportedly treated for throat cancer in 1977 .
