Michael Jeffrey Gilden (September 22, 1962 – December 5, 2006) was an American actor with dwarfism.

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Michael Gilden
Born	(1962-09-22)September 22, 1962 Los Angeles, California United States
Died	December 5, 2006(2006-12-05) (aged 44) Los Angeles, California
Height	4 ft (122 cm)
Spouse	Meredith Eaton ​ (m. 2001)​

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The 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall Gilden had a form of dwarfism.^[1] 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 (the page in the Jack Rabbit Slim scene), and had a role as an Ewok in the film 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 died by suicide on December 5, 2006, in his Los Angeles home. He was 44.^[2]