David Huddleston

David Huddleston is the kind of actor whose face you know long before you know his name, and I mean that as a compliment. Over a 140-plus credit career running from 1960 to 2014, he was the consummate character actor, the dependable presence who grounded scenes. For me he'll always be the gruff, wheelchair-bound Big Lebowski himself, that bullying patriarch the Dude keeps mistaking for someone who matters. He also played the title role in Santa Claus: The Movie. Born in Vinton, Virginia in 1930 and gone in 2016, he embodied a vanishing breed: the working actor who quietly built a body of work most leading men would envy.

Name (English)

David Huddleston

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・ハドルストン

Reading

でゔぃっど・はどるすとん

Born

September 17, 1930 – August 2, 2016

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Vinton, Virginia, United States

Occupation

military officer / character actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Virginia
• military officer
• character actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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