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Michael Gilden

Michael Gilden

Michael Jeffrey Gilden was an American actor with dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles. Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Family Law, Cybill, NCIS and Pulp Fiction, and had a role as an Ewok in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He appeared twice in Season 4 of the hit series NCIS. Gilden was also a Financial Advisor. In August 1997, he met Meredith Eaton through mutual friends in Atlanta, Georgia. Gilden encouraged Eaton to pursue a career in acting, and she became an actress in 1999. The couple married on May 20, 2001. Gilden committed suicide on December 5, 2006, hanging himself in his Los Angeles home. He was 44. He was buried in a private service at Mission Hills, California, on December 10.

Personal information

Birthday

1962-09-22

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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Aliens in the Family

1996

6.3

TV
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Charmed

1998

8.2

TV
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

7.6

TV
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Cybill

1995

5.8

TV
poster

Family Law

1999

8.2

TV
Freaked

Freaked

1993

6.0

Movie
poster

NCIS

2003

7.6

TV
Nerds of a Feather

Nerds of a Feather

1989

0.0

Movie
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994

8.5

Movie
Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

7.9

Movie
Snow White

Snow White

2001

5.9

Movie
The Hollywood Shorties

The Hollywood Shorties

2016

7.0

Movie
poster

The Pretender

1996

7.4

TV
Under the Rainbow

Under the Rainbow

1981

5.0

Movie