<Table> <Tr> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Film / TV </Th> <Th> Date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tim Allen </Td> <Td> The Santa Clause </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Santa Clause 2 </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ed Asner </Td> <Td> The Story of Santa Claus ( voice ) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elf </Td> <Td> 2003 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christmas on the Bayou </Td> <Td> 2013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elf : Buddy 's Musical Christmas ( voice ) </Td> <Td> 2014 animated TV special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fred Astaire </Td> <Td> The Man in the Santa Claus Suit </Td> <Td> 1979 TV - Movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Attenborough </Td> <Td> Miracle on 34th Street </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steve Bacic </Td> <Td> Deck the Halls </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alec Baldwin ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Rise of the Guardians </Td> <Td> 2012 film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Don Beddoe </Td> <Td> Bewitched , episode Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here </Td> <Td> Season 4 , 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Bell ( voice ) </Td> <Td> The Powerpuff Girls : ' Twas the Fight Before Christmas </Td> <Td> Direct - to - video , 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brian Blessed </Td> <Td> The Amazing World of Gumball , episode Christmas ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Season 2 , 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sooty , episode Pranks and Presents </Td> <Td> Season 2 , 2013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Danger Mouse , episode The Snowman Cometh ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Season 1 , 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lloyd Bridges </Td> <Td> In the Nick of Time </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beau Bridges </Td> <Td> The Christmas Secret </Td> <Td> 2009 TV - Movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Buza </Td> <Td> A Christmas Horror Story </Td> <Td> 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isaac Hayes </Td> <Td> The Pullmans </Td> <Td> 1993 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jim Broadbent ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Arthur Christmas </Td> <Td> 2011 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sebastian Cabot </Td> <Td> Miracle on 34th Street </Td> <Td> 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Call </Td> <Td> Santa Claus Conquers the Martians </Td> <Td> 1964 film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Douglas Campbell </Td> <Td> Once Upon a Christmas </Td> <Td> 2000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Art Carney </Td> <Td> The Night They Saved Christmas </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Twilight Zone episode `` Night of the Meek '' </Td> <Td> 1960 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oliver Clark </Td> <Td> Ernest Saves Christmas </Td> <Td> 1988 ; he starts out as a local actor named Joe Carruthers , but ultimately becomes the new Santa Claus , replacing Douglas Seale 's . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tim Conway ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Saving Santa </Td> <Td> Direct - to - video , 2013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Cosmo </Td> <Td> The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Santa Incident -- 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bryan Cranston </Td> <Td> The Santa Claus Brothers </Td> <Td> 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hume Cronyn </Td> <Td> Santa and Pete </Td> <Td> 1999 TV - Movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peter Cullen ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Christmas Comes to Pac - Land </Td> <Td> 1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andy Devine </Td> <Td> Batman , episode The Duo is Slumming </Td> <Td> season 2 , 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Durning </Td> <Td> Elmo Saves Christmas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mr. St. Nick </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Earl Jones </Td> <Td> Recess Christmas : Miracle on Third Street </Td> <Td> 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stan Francis ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Frees ( voice ) </Td> <Td> Rudolph 's Shiny New Year </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frosty the Snowman </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Giamatti </Td> <Td> Fred Claus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Goldberg </Td> <Td> Santa 's Slay </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Goodman </Td> <Td> The Year Without a Santa Claus </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer : The Movie </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Futurama </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> It 's a Spongebob Christmas ! </Td> <Td> 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Keith Wickham </Td> <Td> Thomas & Friends </Td> <Td> eighteenth - season episode , Last Train
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