Remembering Hervé Villechaize, Tattoo on ‘Fantasy Island’

For millions of viewers in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Hervé Villechaize was Tattoo, the enthusiastic assistant on Fantasy Island, standing at just under four feet tall and shouting the line that became a pop culture catchphrase, “De plane! De plane!” More than thirty years after his passing, Villechaize remains one of those actors whom classic TV fans have never forgotten about.