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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ben Woolf</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Woolf in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Benjamin Eric Woolf</div><br>September 15, 1980<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="Fort_Collins" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Collins">Fort Collins</a>, <a href="Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 23, 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-02-23)</span> (aged 34)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="Los_Angeles%2C_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="Actor" title="Actor">Actor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">2002–2015</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Benjamin Eric Woolf</b> (September 15, 1980 – February 23, 2015) was an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in <i><a href="American_Horror_Story" title="American Horror Story">American Horror Story</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> <a href="American_Horror_Story%3A_Murder_House" title="American Horror Story: Murder House">first</a> and <a href="American_Horror_Story%3A_Freak_Show" title="American Horror Story: Freak Show">fourth</a> seasons, in which he played Infantata and Meep, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a pre-school teacher.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>

<p>Born September 15, 1980, <a href="Fort_Collins%2C_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins, Colorado</a>, in the United States, to parents Nicholas Woolf and author Marcy Luikart, Woolf grew up in <a href="Fairfield%2C_Iowa" title="Fairfield, Iowa">Fairfield, Iowa</a>. He moved with his family to <a href="Santa_Barbara%2C_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a> in 1999 where he was an active league pool player, improv theater performer, and karaoke enthusiast.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned a degree in Early Childhood Education at City College, teaching in the Head Start program in <a href="Goleta%2C_California" title="Goleta, California">Goleta</a> until 2010, when he moved to Hollywood to pursue his dream of being an actor.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>

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<p>In 2002, Woolf began his acting career in his musical film debut "Tap". Woolf was featured in <i><a href="Dead_Kansas" title="Dead Kansas">Dead Kansas</a></i>, <i><a href="Insidious_(film)" title="Insidious (film)">Insidious</a></i>, <i>Haunting Charles Manson</i>, and <i>Woggie</i>. However, Woolf was perhaps best known for his role as The Infantata and Meep on the television series <i><a href="American_Horror_Story" title="American Horror Story">American Horror Story</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Of his love of pre-school teaching, Woolf said, "when you're with children, you kind of live in a different world that doesn't have any rules. It's more imagination."<sup id="cite_ref-HealthAim_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealthAim-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div>

<p>Woolf was diagnosed with <a href="Pituitary_dwarfism" class="mw-redirect" title="Pituitary dwarfism">pituitary dwarfism</a> at an early age.<sup id="cite_ref-HealthAim_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealthAim-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood at 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 meters) as an adult.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2></div>

<p>Two weeks before he died Woolf was honored in <a href="Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> for his contributions to the <a href="Horror_genre" class="mw-redirect" title="Horror genre">horror genre</a> at the Russian Horror Film Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2></div>

<p>Woolf died February 23, 2015, at age 34 from a stroke resulting from a head injury he received in a traffic accident while crossing the road.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was struck by the side-view mirror of a passing car<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="Los_Angeles%2C_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>. Woolf later died at <a href="Cedars-Sinai_Medical_Center" title="Cedars-Sinai Medical Center">Cedars-Sinai Medical Center</a> located in <a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HealthAim_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealthAim-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<td>Dancing Boy</td>

<td>Film debut

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<td>Uncredited

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<td><i><a href="Insidious_(film)" title="Insidious (film)">Insidious</a></i></td>

<td>Dancing Boy</td>

<td>Uncredited

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<td><i>Woggie</i></td>

<td>Little Dude</td>

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<td><i>Unlucky Charms</i></td>

<td>Pookah</td>

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<td><i><a href="Dead_Kansas" title="Dead Kansas">Dead Kansas</a></i></td>

<td>Squeak</td>

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<td><i>Behind the Scenes of Haunting Charles Manson</i></td>

<td>Himmler</td>

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<td><i>Haunting Charles Manson</i></td>

<td>Himmler</td>

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<td><i><a href="Tales_of_Halloween" title="Tales of Halloween">Tales of Halloween</a></i></td>

<td>Rusty Rex</td>

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<td>Something</td>

<td>2 episodes

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<td><i><a href="American_Horror_Story%3A_Murder_House" title="American Horror Story: Murder House">American Horror Story: Murder House</a></i></td>

<td>Infantata</td>

<td>2 episodes

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<td><i><a href="Eagleheart_(TV_series)" title="Eagleheart (TV series)">Eagleheart</a></i></td>

<td>Episode: "Little Dude"

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<td><i>Little People, Big Word</i></td>

<td>Episode: "Amy's 50th"

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<td><i>TMI Hollywood</i></td>

<td>Episode: "Hungry Like the Woolf"

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<td><i><a href="American_Horror_Story%3A_Freak_Show" title="American Horror Story: Freak Show">American Horror Story: Freak Show</a></i></td>

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</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.independent.com/obituaries/2015/mar/09/ben-woolf/">"Obituary: Ben Woolf"</a>. <i><a href="Santa_Barbara_Independent" title="Santa Barbara Independent">Santa Barbara Independent</a></i>. 23 February 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069244/">Ben Woolf</a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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