Kris Kringle:
[smells other Santa's breath] You've been drinking.
Drunken Santa Claus: Well, it's cold outside. A man's gotta do something to keep warm.
--Percy Helton (as Drunken Santa Claus) in Miracle on 34th Street
Drunken Santa Claus: Well, it's cold outside. A man's gotta do something to keep warm.
--Percy Helton (as Drunken Santa Claus) in Miracle on 34th Street
Abernathy:
[referring to bridge game] What'd she bid?
Casey Edwards: Grand slam.
Abernathy: [Looking at Freddie's hand] You bid a grand slam on that hand? You know what?
Freddie Phillips: What?
Abernathy: You're going to get murdered.
--Percy Helton (as Abernathy) in Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Casey Edwards: Grand slam.
Abernathy: [Looking at Freddie's hand] You bid a grand slam on that hand? You know what?
Freddie Phillips: What?
Abernathy: You're going to get murdered.
--Percy Helton (as Abernathy) in Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Luther Sampson:
The day of the Forty-niner is gone. The day of the steady businessman has arrived.
--Percy Helton (as ) in Ride the High Country
--Percy Helton (as ) in Ride the High Country
Train conductor:
[Turning to a salesman when he is about to light a cigarette] River City, Iowa! Population: 2212. Cigarettes illegal in this state!
--Percy Helton (as Train Conductor) in The Music Man
--Percy Helton (as Train Conductor) in The Music Man