Photo: Trailer to "Breakheart Pass" (1975) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
David William Huddleston (September 17, 1930 – August 2, 2016) was an American actor. He had a prolific career as a character actor between 1960 and 2014, appearing in over 140 film and television productions, as well as playing the title character in both Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and The Big Lebowski (1998).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- military officer / character actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.