In 2011, Ben Woolf joined the solid of “American Horror Story: Freak Present” to play the character Meep. Set in 1952, his character was one of many many human oddities as a part of the Elsa Mars Freak Present, fulfilling the position of the “carnival geek.” Throughout this time interval, “geeks” had been employed to chase dwell chickens, the efficiency often ending with the geek biting the chickens’ heads off and swallowing them. Meep was of restricted vocabulary however greater than made up for it along with his big character.
Sadly, the character met a tragic destiny as one of many season’s early inciting incidents. This wasn’t Woolf’s first time enjoying in present creator Ryan Murphy’s sandbox, as he appeared throughout the first season of the collection as Thaddeus Montgomery, aka “The Infantata,” the reanimated being made from Charles and Nora Montgomery’s deceased little one.
Wolf was recognized with pituitary dwarfism as a toddler and grew to the peak of 4 ft 4 inches by maturity. He was additionally a beloved preschool trainer earlier than setting his sights on performing. His performing profession started to blossom shortly after his “Insidious” and “American Horror Story” roles, showing within the anthology movie “Tales of Halloween” and “Haunting Charles Manson.” Sadly, Woolf handed away in 2015 attributable to a stroke ensuing from a head damage he obtained after a visitors accident. His passing was an immense loss, exacerbated by the very fact it was apparent that he was well-loved by horror followers and was heading towards an extended, profitable profession.
A proficient performer misplaced too quickly, however no less than we’ll all the time have these characters to recollect him by.