Born in Vinton, Virginia, on September 17, 1930, David Huddleston was briefly an officer in the United States Air Force before beginning his formal education in acting at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Huddleston's first major role was in the 1968 drama A Lovely Way to Die; shortly afterward the actor began honing his reputation as a frequent guest star on several of the leading television series of the 1960's and 1970's, among them, Adam-12, Then Came Bronson, Gunsmoke, Bewitched, Bonanza, Cannon, McMillan and Wife, The Waltons, The Rookies, Medical Center (TV series), Kung Fu (TV series), Emergency!, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Police Woman, Hawaii Five-O and The Rockford Files. Vinton is a town located in Roanoke County, Virginia. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Adam-12 was a television program which ran from 1968 until 1975 on police officers, of the Rampart Division , veteran Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and rookie Jim Reed (Kent McCord), and their sergeant, played by William Boyett. ... Then Came Bronson was a short-lived TV show that ran in the US for only one season, on NBC, from 1969 to 1970. ... Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program. ... Bewitched was an American situation comedy starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery, broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1972. ... For the airplane, see Beechcraft Bonanza. ... McMillan and Wife was an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978. ... The Waltons was an American television series about a family living at Waltons Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the state of Virginia. ... The Rookies was a television series running from 1972 until 1976. ... Medical Center was a dramatic television series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. ... Kung Fu is a television series that ran for three years beginning in 1972, about the adventures of a Shaolin monk in the Wild West armed only with his skill in martial arts. ... Emergency! is an American television series which ran from January 1972 to 1977. ... The Mary Tyler Moore Show was an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... For the band, see The Police. ...   Listen to Hawaii Five-O theme? Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ... The Rockford Files was an American detective (private investigator) television (TV) drama that had its first run on the NBC television network between 1974 and 1980. ...

Among Huddleston's notable feature film credits prior to Santa Claus: The Movie are his co-starring roles in Blazing Saddles (1974); Billy Two Hats (1974); Breakheart Pass (1975); The Greatest (1977); The World's Greatest Lover (1977); and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). Blazing Saddles is a Warner Bros. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Other people with this name: Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mehemet Ali (Turkey), Muhammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan Muhammad Ali-Haj (born January 17, 1942 as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) is the sequel to the 1977 smash Smokey and the Bandit. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Huddleston resumed his television career with notable roles in various television movies, among them Heat Wave! (1974); The Oregon Trail (1974); Shark Kill (1976); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Family Reunion (1981); Computercide (1982); and M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983). For much of the 1980's, Huddleston also starred in a notable and popular series of television commercials for the Citrus Hill brand of orange juice. A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm, etc. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Oregon Trail may refer to: The Oregon Trail, the historic migration route across the western United States. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Often an annual event, a family reunion takes place on a specified day each year for the purpose of keeping an extended family intact. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, is one of Americas most popular non-profit organizations. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ... Orange juice is sometimes naturally colored to match the color of orange rinds. ...

Huddleston's post-Santa Claus career has found him making occasional co-starring roles, in Spot Marks the X (1986); Frantic (1988); Life with Mikey (1993); The Big Lebowski (1998); and G-Men from Hell (2000). David's eldest son, Michael Huddleston, is also a longtime actor and performer. A common portrayal of Santa Claus. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frantic was an 1988 movie directed by Roman Polanski starring Harrison Ford. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Big Lebowski is a 1998 film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey The Dude Lebowski, John Goodman as Walter, Julianne Moore as Maude Lebowski, David Huddleston as Jeffrey The Big Lebowski, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt, and Sam Elliott as The Stranger... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...