Fondacaro appeared in 1983's Return of the Jedi,[2] the third Star Wars film, as an Ewok, the only one to have a death scene.

In 1986, he portrayed the invisible friend of a young Michael Gerber in the Disney Sunday movie Fuzzbucket, and also appeared in the fantasy film Troll.

[2] In 1987, he portrayed "Sir Nigel Pennyweight" in the cult horror film Ghoulies II.

[2] In the same year, he appeared as "Greaser Greg" in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie,[2] a theatrical adaptation of the popular trading cards series, performing the character in a costume while voice actor Jim Cummings provided the voice, and he played the Devil's diminutive minion in The Yattering and Jack episode of Tales from the Darkside.

Other prominent roles of Fondacaro's include "Hooded Dwarf" in Phantasm II,[2] Cousin Itt in Addams Family Reunion, the villain's butler in Blood Dolls, the female vampire's "master" in the horror comedy Bordello of Blood, a shady con man in Land of the Dead, a vampire hunter in Decadent Evil, and a dramatic turn as a dwarf with an average-sized son in "A Clown's Prayer", an episode of Touched by an Angel.