Percy Helton

Percy Helton
Helton in Criss Cross (1949)
Born	Percy Alfred Helton (1894-01-31)January 31, 1894 New York City, New York, USA
Died	September 11, 1971(1971-09-11) (aged 77) 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

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). 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". His entombment was at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Partial filmography

Television appearances

References

: http://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-herald/1931-10-27/

External links

• Percy Helton at the Internet Movie Database
• Percy Helton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Percy Helton at Find a Grave
• young Percy Helton on left in Silver Wings (1922)- (University of Washington, Sayre collection)