Richard Attenborough

The late actor - who passed away in 2014 aged 90 - made the world believe he really was Santa Claus in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’. The 1994 fantasy film saw the star play Kris Kringle, a man who is hired as a shopping centre Santa but causes havoc when he claims the be the real Saint Nick.

The movie was a remake of the 1947 flick of the same name.

Attenborough recalled how he was distracted by a movie star when shooting the picture's famous parade scene.

He said: "It all worked fine until we passed one apartment block. I was trying to keep up my concentration as Santa Claus, aware there were both long and close lenses on me - and there, right in front of the apartment block, is Michael Douglas, and he’s thumbing his nose!"