# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 680
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13582 "2012-12-04T14:34:37Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13583 "2012-12-04T14:37:34Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Steve McCroskey ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13584 "2012-12-04T15:06:13Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Otto, the auto-pilot ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13585 "2012-12-04T16:34:41Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Otto, the auto-pilot 9. Dr. Barry Rumack The role that rewrote Leslie Nielsen’s career ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13586 "2012-12-04T16:50:22Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Otto, the auto-pilot 9. Dr. Barry Rumack 10. Jive Lady The actual name of Barbara Billingsley’s character. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13587 "2012-12-04T17:15:09Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Otto, the auto-pilot 9. Dr. Barry Rumack 10. Jive Lady The actual name of Barbara Billingsley’s character. 11. Lisa Davis ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13588 "2012-12-04T17:35:37Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Otto, the auto-pilot 9. Dr. Barry Rumack 10. Jive Lady 11. Lisa Davis 12. Rex Kramer ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13589 "2012-12-04T18:39:12Z")
Characters from “Airplane!” 1. Capt. Clarence Oveur 2. Johnny 3. Ted Stryker 4. Steve McCroskey 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“No, I’m Roger Murdoch, the co-pilot!”) 6. Randy 7. Elaine Dickinson 8. Otto, the auto-pilot 9. Dr. Barry Rumack 10. Jive Lady 11. Lisa Davis 12. Rex Kramer 13. Mrs. Hammen Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13590 "2012-12-04T20:02:47Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13591 "2012-12-04T20:51:57Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13592 "2012-12-04T21:08:09Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn Yes. I did have to Google. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13593 "2012-12-04T21:14:04Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough Santa told me you deserved your own entry number, **Leaffan**. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13594 "2012-12-04T23:00:51Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13595 "2012-12-04T23:07:59Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13596 "2012-12-04T23:39:29Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti 8. Art Carney (one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes…“Night of the Meek”) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13597 "2012-12-05T00:01:42Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti 8. Art Carney (one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes…“Night of the Meek”) 9. Mickey Rooney (voice over in “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13598 "2012-12-05T02:50:22Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti 8. Art Carney 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sebastian Cabot ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13599 "2012-12-05T03:10:48Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti 8. Art Carney 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sebastian Cabot 11. David Huddleston ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13600 "2012-12-05T03:12:01Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti 8. Art Carney 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sebastian Cabot 11. David Huddleston 12. John Call From the wretched _Santa Claus Conquers the Martians_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13601 "2012-12-05T03:34:36Z")
Actors who’ve played Santa 1. Tim Allen 2. Ed Asner 3. Billy Bob Thornton 4. Edmund Gwenn 5. Richard Attenborough 6. Leslie Nielsen 7. Paul Giamatti 8. Art Carney 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sebastian Cabot 11. David Huddleston 12. John Call 13. Stan Francis The virtually unknown actor who voiced Santa Claus for _Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer_. Francis was a little known actor who had appeared in a handful of TV guest spots when he was hired to do the voice of Santa Claus for this special (he also did the voice of King Moonracer). Nobody at the time would have predicted people would still be watching the show forty-eight years later. It was Francis’ last acting job and his IMDB page is devoid of any biographical data. I’ll pass on a new category. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=679) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=681)