Percy Helton
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Helton in Criss Cross (1949)
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Born | Percy Alfred Helton January 31, 1894 New York City, New York, USA |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hollywood, California, USA |
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1915-1970 |
Spouse(s) | Edna Roberta Eustace |
Percy Helton (January 31, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was an American film and television actor.
Career
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 US 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. Among them were three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Asa Cooperman in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Pathetic Patient". Helton appeared as the drunken Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street. He also appeared in Criss Cross (1949), The Set-Up (1949), Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He was entombed at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Partial filmography
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- The Offenders (1921)
- Silver Wings (1922)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (uncredited drunken Santa Claus)
- Call Northside 777 (1948) (uncredited)
- Larceny (1948)
- Abbott & Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
- Criss Cross (1949)
- Lust for Gold (1949) (uncredited)
- My Friend Irma (1949)
- Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
- The Crooked Way (1949)
- The Set-Up (1949)
- Thieves' Highway (1949)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
- Copper Canyon (1950) "Scamper" Joad
- Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
- A Girl in Every Port (1952)
- Call Me Madam (1953)
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) (uncredited)
- The Robe (1953) (uncredited - Caleb - Wine merchant)
- Wicked Woman (1953)
- Down Laredo Way (1953)
- A Star is Born (1954) (uncredited)
- White Christmas (1954) (uncredited)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- No Man's Woman (1955)
- Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)
- Jailhouse Rock (1957) (uncredited)
- The Sheepman (1958) (uncredited)
- Ask Any Girl (1959) (uncredited)
- Where the Boys Are (1960) (uncredited)
- Ride the High Country (1962) (uncredited)
- The Music Man (1962) (uncredited)
- 4 for Texas (1963)
- Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
- Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
- Head (1968)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Television appearances
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- Bonanza
- The Untouchables
- Mr. Lucky
- The Life of Riley
- The Wild Wild West
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Bewitched
- Batman
- Adventures of Superman (Episode 36, "The Face and the Voice")
- Mission: Impossible
- Land of the Giants
- Love American Style
- The Twilight Zone
- Mister Ed
- The Mothers-In-Law
- The Fugitive
- Gunsmoke
- Green Acres
- Get Smart
- Perry Mason
- Lawman
- The Jerry Lewis Show
- Father Knows Best
- The Lone Ranger
- Maverick
- Law of the Plainsman
- Cheyenne
- Petticoat Junction
References
: http://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-herald/1931-10-27/
External links
- Percy Helton at the Internet Movie Database
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- Percy Helton at Find a Grave
- young Percy Helton on left in Silver Wings (1922)- (University of Washington, Sayre collection)
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- 1894 births
- 1971 deaths
- Male actors from New York City
- Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- American male child actors
- United States Army soldiers
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American military personnel of World War I
- 20th-century American male actors