Santa Claus
From Christmas Specials Wiki
| Picture | Played by | Feature | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Stan Francis | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass) | 1964 | A skinny Santa fattens himself up before asking Rudolph to guide his sleigh through the stormy weather on Christmas Eve. |
 | Walt Disney Animation | Santa's Workshop | 1932 | Santa reads letters from children as he prepares for his big night. The same Santa was seen the following year in The Night Before Christmas as he embarks upon a home filled with children. |
 | Edmund Gwenn | Miracle on 34th Street | 1947 | Kris Kringle, resident of a Long Island old age home, takes up a job at Macy's department store in New York city, and wins the heart of an office executive. |
 | Edward Ivory | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Santa is held captive by an evil gangster while the King of Halloween poses in his place. |
 | Jan Rubes | One Magic Christmas | 1985 | Santa and Gideon the Christmas Angel help Abbie Grainger's mother find the spirit of Christmas. |
 | Ricky Tomlinson | Robbie the Reindeer | 1999 | |
 | David Huddleston | Santa Claus: The Movie | 1985 | The story of Santa's origins are revealed from the days before he became a Christmas hero all over the world. |
 | Kroyer Films Inc. | Christmas Vacation | 1989 | A clumsy Santa is depicted during the film's opening title sequence. |
| Charles Durning | Elmo Saves Christmas | 1996 | When a furry red monster named Elmo helps him get unstuck from the chimney on Christmas Eve, Santa grants three wishes to the 3½ year old, and sets him on a quest with Lightning the Reindeer. | |
| Charles Edward Hall | Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! | 2002 | Elmo visits Santa at his home in the North Pole. | |
| Kevin James | Elmo's Christmas Countdown | 2007 | ||
| Paul Frees | Frosty the Snowman | 1969 | Hocus Pocus flags down Santa as the only magical being who can bring Frosty back to life after he's melted in a greenhouse. | |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause | 1994 | Scott Calvin is a divorced father who is down on his luck, when he accidentally kills Santa Claus and inadvertently becomes the new Father Christmas. | |
| Art Carney | The Great Santa Claus Switch | 1970 | The evil Cosmo Scam plots to take over for Santa's workshop. | |
| Art Carney | The Night They Saved Christmas | 1984 | ||
| Leslie Nielsen | Santa Who? | 2000 | ||
| Edward Asner | Elf | 2003 | ||
| Tom Kane and Phil LaMarr | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | 2005 | These were two of a gaggle of Imaginary Santas who are created every Christmas by kids in the Christmas episode A Lost Claus. | |
| Trey Parker | South Park | 1992 | ||
| Tom Hanks | The Polar Express | 2004 | ||
| John Goodman | The Year Without a Santa Claus (live action film) | 2006 | ||
| Paul Giamatti | Fred Claus | 2007 | ||
| John Call | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | 1964 | Santa gets kidnapped by Martians who believe that their planet needs someone like him. In the end, Santa suggests that a martian named Dropo be the Mars equivalent of him. | |
| Jonathan Winters | Santa vs. the Snowman | 1997 | ||
| Mickey Rooney | Santa Claus is Comin' to Town | 1970 | The same representation of Santa is seen in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979). A slighty different characteriztion of Rooney's Santa Claus is seen in A Miser Brothers Christmas (2008). | |
| Hal Smith | Casper's First Christmas | 1979 | All that Casper wants for Christmas is for his friend Hairy Scary's house to not be torn down. Although Hairy doesn't believe in Christmas, Santa Claus nevertheless delivers him a deed to the condemned house. | |
| Douglas Seale | Ernest Saves Christmas | 1988 | ||
| Earl Hammond | The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus | 1985 | ||
| Christmas Comes to Pac-Land | 1982 | Santa and his reindeer get lost and crash into Pac-Land. | ||
| The Super Mario Bros. Super Show: "Koopa Klaus" | 1989 | |||
| Sonic Christmas Blast | 1996 | At the end of this special, Santa retires and gives his position to Sonic. | ||
| Earl Boen | A Pinky and the Brain Christmas | 1995 | ||
| Tom Arnold (Corporate Santa); Kevin Michael Richardson (Magic Santa) | The Fairly OddParents | 2001 | In "Christmas Every Day", Santa has the image and personality of a corporate CEO outside of Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, all the fairies transfer their magic to him, transforming into his more familiar jolly appearance. However, the corporate side of him is apparently forgotten in "Merry Wishmas". | |
| Earl Boen | A Johnny Bravo Christmas | 2001 | ||
| Hal Smith | The Town Santa Forgot | 1993 | To repay Jeremy Creek for his unexpected kindness, Santa makes him his assistant in his annual trek. | |
| Super Why: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | 2008 | Super Why and his friends learn what makes Santa give gifts to children on Christmas Eve. | ||
| Phineas and Ferb: "I, Brobot" | 2008 | Santa makes a brief cameo using the Chimneyvator with Perry the Platypus, and later ends up saving him while doing his "summer run". | ||
| Bonkers: "Miracle at the 34th Precinct" | 1993 | |||
| The Flintstones: "Christmas Flintstone" | 1965 | When he's sick with a flu, Santa has Fred Flintstone substitute for him. | ||
| Merry Nickmas: "Holiday Party" | 2002 | Based loosely off of the version the Rankin/Bass Rudolph, he is referred to as St. Nick in direct reference to the channel's name and laughs to the tune of the Nickelodeon jingle. |
