<P> One night , while Billy is driving , Heidi , in an attempt to persuade him to forget about his obsession with food , performs fellatio on him . Distracted , Billy accidentally runs over Suzanne Lempke ( Irma St. Paule ) , an elderly gypsy woman , as she leaves a local pharmacy . Since Judge Cary Rossington ( John Horton ) is a personal friend of his , he soft - pedals the case , and no charges are filed against him ( the Sheriff also lied on the stand for him ) . Outraged by the injustice , Suzanne 's 106 - year - old father , Tadzu Lempke ( Michael Constantine ) curses Billy by touching his face and saying the word `` thinner '' . Billy begins to lose weight rapidly , despite him not working out or sticking to his diet . Heidi , fearing the weight loss may be due to cancer , brings in Dr. Mike Houston ( Sam Freed ) , with whom Billy soon begins to suspect his wife is having an affair . </P>
<P> One night , while Billy is driving , Heidi , in an attempt to persuade him to forget about his obsession with food , performs fellatio on him . Distracted , Billy accidentally runs over Suzanne Lempke ( Irma St. Paule ) , an elderly gypsy woman , as she leaves a local pharmacy . Since Judge Cary Rossington ( John Horton ) is a personal friend of his , he soft - pedals the case , and no charges are filed against him ( the Sheriff also lied on the stand for him ) . Outraged by the injustice , Suzanne 's 106 - year - old father , Tadzu Lempke ( Michael Constantine ) curses Billy by touching his face and saying the word `` thinner '' . Billy begins to lose weight rapidly , despite him not working out or sticking to his diet . Heidi , fearing the weight loss may be due to cancer , brings in Dr. Mike Houston ( Sam Freed ) , with whom Billy soon begins to suspect his wife is having an affair . </P>
who played the old gypsy man in thinner
who played the old gypsy man in thinner
Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine