Movie · 1988
Ernest Saves Christmas
“A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!”
Released 11 November 1988 91 min Comedy / Family More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
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How old were they?
Billie Bird
as Mary Morrissey
Douglas Seale
as Santa
Key Howard
as Immigration Agent
Buddy Douglas
as Pyramus
Bill Byrge
as Bobby
Patty Maloney
as Thisbe
Oliver Clark
as Joe Carruthers
Robert Lesser
as Marty
Gailard Sartain
as Chuck
Jim Varney
as Ernest P. Worrell
Tom Nowicki
as Crew Member
Barry Brazell
as Cab Passenger
Noelle Parker
as Harmony
Jack Swanson
as Businessman
Beecher Martin
as Agent Skippy
George Kaplan
as Mr. Dillis
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The numbers
64years between the oldest and youngest billed
80Billie Bird — oldest on the call sheet
16Noelle Parker — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast