In the 1970 film Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, which actor voices Kris Kringle?

Fred Astaire voices the narrator, S.D. Kluger, in Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, while Mickey Rooney voices Kris Kringle.

The question’s correct answer is therefore Mickey Rooney, who provides the speaking and singing voice for the young Santa figure. The stop-motion special explains how Kris Kringle came to deliver toys, oppose the authoritarian Burgermeister Meisterburger, and marry Jessica.

Fred Astaire’s role is easy to remember because he narrates the entire story as the mailman S.D. Kluger. That credit often causes viewers to associate Astaire with Kris himself. Mickey Rooney, meanwhile, had already voiced Santa in the earlier Rankin/Bass special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and first broadcast in 1970. Its songs include the title song and “Put One Foot in Front of the Other,” both of which helped establish the special’s lasting identity.