David William Huddleston (September 17, 1930 – August 2, 2016) was an American actor. An Emmy Award nominee, Huddleston had a prolific television career, and appeared in many films, including Rio Lobo, Blazing Saddles, Crime Busters, Santa Claus: The Movie, and The Big Lebowski.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1977
The West Wing
2000
Gilmore Girls
2000
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
Columbo
1990
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2010
The Practice
1999
Bonanza
1971
Murder, She Wrote
1990
Hawaii Five-O
1976
Ironside
1974
Magnum, P.I.
1985

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
129
Directing
1
Producing
1
2014
Locker 13
as Floyd Marley
2010
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Eugene Hamilton
2009
A Very Sunny Christmas
as Eugene Hamilton
2009
Saving Grace B. Jones
as Radio Announcer (voice)
2007
Postal
as Peter
2007
Jericho
as E.J. Green
2007
Andy Barker, P.I.
as George Bender
2005
The Producers
as Judge
2004
The Wild Thornberrys
as Tlingit Elder (voice)
2000
Judging Amy
as L. Barton Connelly
2000
Gilmore Girls
as Harry Porter
2000
The West Wing
as Max Lobell
1999
The Practice
as Judge Richard Bender
1999
L.A. Doctors
as Irving Gerken
1998
The Big Lebowski
as The Big Lebowski
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
as Sea Tortoise (voice)
1997
The Man Next Door
as Sheriff Dawkins
1997
The Naked Truth
as Ulysses
1996
Joe's Apartment
as P.I. Smith
1995
Something to Talk About
as Jack "Mad Dog" Pierce (uncredited)
1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as The Conductor
1994
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Ferris Clayton
1993
Life with Mikey
as Herr Corcoran
1992
James Cagney: Top of the World
as Self
1992
Lucky Luke
as Ben Landon
1991
In a Child's Name
as Zach Taylor
1990
The Wonder Years
as Grandpa Arnold
1990
Columbo
as Mayor
1990
Murder, She Wrote
as Sheriff Ed Ten Eyck
1989
Margaret Bourke-White
as Remis
1989
The Nutt House
as Big Jake
1988
Frantic
as Peter
1988
The Tracker
as Lane Crawford
1987
J.J. Starbuck
1986
Spot Marks the X
as Doc Ross
1986
When the Bough Breaks
as Vicar McCaffrey
1986
Blacke's Magic
as Edgar Sheridan
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Santa Claus
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Jack Archer
1985
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Santa Claus
1985
Magnum, P.I.
as Frank Peterson
1984
The Act
as Corky
1983
Go for It
as Tiger
1983
M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
as Steve Blankenship
1982
Amy and the Angel
as Edgar Watson
1982
Computercide
as Chief Sorrenson
1981
Family Reunion
as Sen. Chester Winfield
1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls
as J.D. Hines
1981
Family Reunion
as Sen. Chester Winfield
1980
Smokey and the Bandit II
as John Conn
1980
Gorp
as Walrus
1980
Benson
1979
Kaz
1979
Vega$
1979
Hizzonner
as Mayor Cooper
1979
Supertrain
as Elroy 'Duke' Burnside
1978
Zero to Sixty
as Harold Finch
1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Sheriff
1977
Crime Busters
as Captain McBride
1977
Capricorn One
as Hollis Peaker
1977
The World's Greatest Lover
as Bakery Owner
1977
The Greatest
as Cruikshank
1977
The Kallikaks
1977
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Inspector Lafferty NYPD
1976
Shark Kill
as Bearde
1976
Hawaii Five-O
as Vincent Rhoads
1976
Charlie's Angels
as Sheriff Clint
1976
Sanford and Son
1976
Good Heavens
1976
Spencer's Pilots
1976
The Practice
1976
Bronk
1976
Once an Eagle
as Earl Preis
1975
Breakheart Pass
as Dr. Molyneux
1975
Kung Fu
as Shelby Cross
1975
Emergency!
1975
Police Woman
1975
The Rockford Files
as Sherm
1974
Billy Two Hats
as Copeland
1974
McQ
as Pinky
1974
The Klansman
as Mayor Hardy Riddle
1974
Heatwave!
as Arnold Brady
1974
Blazing Saddles
as Olson Johnson
1974
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Mr. Ross
1974
Nightmare Honeymoon
as Pete Carroll aka Barnett
1974
Ironside
1974
Petrocelli
as Lieutenant Ponce
1974
Paper Moon
1974
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Freddy
1974
Gunsmoke
as Asa
1974
Gunsmoke
as Emmett Cassinger
1974
The Snoop Sisters
as Arwin Shanks
1974
Petrocelli
as Lt. John Ponce
1973
Country Blue
as Angus Wages
1973
Brock's Last Case
as Jack Dawson
1973
Hawkins
as Joseph Harrelson
1973
Tenafly
as Lieutenant Sam Church
1973
Gunsmoke
as Dad Goodpastor
1973
Kung Fu
as Nathaniel
1972
Bad Company
as Big Joe
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Waltons
1972
Temperatures Rising
as Charlie Brings
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Bonanza
as Myles Johnson
1971
Brian's Song
as Ed McCaskey
1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Tyler
1971
Fools' Parade
as Homer Grindstaff
1971
Suddenly Single
as Bennie
1971
Something Big
as Malachi Morton
1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Sheriff Ep Bridges
1971
The Priest Killer
as Harrison Davis
1971
Room 222
1971
Gunsmoke
as Arno
1971
Cannon
as Jimmy Winters
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Partners
1971
Bonanza
as Doc Scully
1970
Rio Lobo
as Dr. Ivor Jones
1970
Norwood
as Uncle Lonnie
1970
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
as Self
1970
Bewitched
1969
Slaves
as Holland
1969
Adam-12
as Station Attendant
1969
Then Came Bronson
as Bear Hudson
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
as Man in Bar (uncredited)
1964
Black Like Me
1963
All the Way Home
as Small Part (uncredited)