Starring David Huddleston as Santa Claus and Dudley Moore as Patch the Elf, the holiday favourite has everything needed for a festive film, including music, laughter and a whole host of A-listers.

In 1987 Dudley was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987. Santa Claus was played by David Huddleston Actor David Huddleston got the plum role as Santa Claus in the 1985 film.

10. David Huddleston (Santa Claus: The Movie) Of all the Santas forced to spring into action in their own movie, one of the more traditionally “nice” is David Huddleston’s portrayal from ...

David Huddleston will live on in cinema history for two achievements: Playing the title character in The Big Lebowski (1998) and making a damn fine Santa Claus in the otherwise haphazard Santa ...

There’s also a big song and dance number, Russell’s real life wife Goldie Hawn playing Mrs Claus – and after ... malicious John Lithgow. Huddleston’s Santa comes across in a joyously ...

With Christmas upon us, we decided to dig deep into our collection of holiday movies to come up with a list of the best and worst Santa Clauses ... character actor David Huddleston not only ...

This is the delightful story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves at the North Pole where he is entrusted with special powers to become Santa Claus! There he meets Patch ...

David William Huddleston (September 17 ... Blazing Saddles, Crime Busters, Santa Claus: The Movie, and The Big Lebowski.