Actor David Huddleston spent four years in the Air Force before receiving his acting training at the AADA. Huddleston made his first fleeting screen appearance in 1963's All the Way Home, and began his stage career in 1965. His breakthrough film assignment was as the corpulent outlaw leader in the 1972 sleeper Bad Company. Later roles include Mayor Olson Johnson in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles (1974) and the title role in Santa Claus the Movie (1990). He played recurring parts in the weekly TV series Tenafly and Petrocelli, and was starred in The Kallikaks (1977) and Hizzoner (1979). David Huddleston is the father of actor Michael Huddleston. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide