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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 1950s and 1960s.

Notable films

The Offenders
(1920s)
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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