ven says on 31/Oct/07
In one of the episodes from his own TV series of the early 1950s he repeatedly tells an examiner that he is five-foot-five during an army induction physical, and I believe he also says that to the supply clerk who issues his ill-fitting uniform. Of course, he may have lost an inch from the aging process.

Anonymous says on 14/Feb/06
he apparently used to surround himself with larger guys to exagerate the size difference. having watched some of his films it makes a very good visual joke