What does Santa look like? A jolly old fat man with a snow-white beard? In our photo gallery recounting famous Santas on celluloid, we remind you just how varied Hollywood's interpretations of Saint Nick have been. Sometimes, he's bearing gifts. Sometimes, he's packing a gun.

Santa Claus, David Huddleston, 1985. © TriStar Pictures. Photo courtesy of the Everett Collection.