Schlitze nació el 10 de septiembre de 1901. Fue un actor, conocido por La parada de los monstruos (1932). Murió el 24 de septiembre de 1971 en Los Ángeles, California, EE.UU..
Because his guardians had predeceased him since he lived to the age of 70 (longer than most micro-cephalics), Schlitze was buried in an
unmarked pauper's grave in Los Angeles County. When visitors to the
Find-a-Grave website lamented this on the message board in 2007, an impromptu
online fund-raiser was coordinated and a gravestone was purchased and
placed.
