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Profile of Percy Helton on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Percy Helton  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 31st January 1894
   
Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Helton as the bartender in Criss Cross (1949)

Percy Helton (January 31, 1894 - September 11, 1971) was an American film and television actor. One of his most memorable supporting roles was playing a drunken Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street. He also appeared in small but memorable roles in Criss Cross (1949), The Set-Up (1949), Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Percy Helton began acting as a young child at the age of two, appearing in his father's vaudeville act. He appeared in many Broadway plays as a child actor before joining the Army to serve in World War I with the American Expeditionary Forces. The short actor with a hoarse, raspy voice and breathy delivery was a fixture in a wide range of films and TV programs in the 50s and 60s.

Notable films

  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  • Call Northside 777 (1948)
  • Lust for Gold (1949)
  • Thieves' Highway (1949)
  • White Christmas (1954)
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  • Jailhouse Rock (1957)
  • Where the Boys Are (1960)
  • The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
  • Head (1968)

Notable television appearances

  • The Wild Wild West
  • Batman
  • The Adventures of Superman
  • Mission: Impossible
  • The Twilight Zone
  • Mister Ed
  • Gunsmoke

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