When Buddy is of an older age in Elf, his adoptive father tells him his parents’ names are Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells. However, the movie never reveals Buddy’s birth name .

Bah humbug to you as well, Buddy. In the movie, Ferrell plays a man born to human parents who ends up crawling into Santa’s bag by mistake, and getting raised at the North Pole as an elf.

HLOC (Humboldt Light Opera Company) will present its annual summer production, “Elf The Musical” at the John Van Duzer Theatre on the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, under the direction of its ...

The late James Caan, while playing the annoyed father to Will Ferrell’s Buddy, was “not acting” and was "truly annoyed" with his costar's antics, Ferrell revealed on Christina Applegate and ...

Ferrell debuted Buddy back in 2003 for “Elf,” directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. ... Buddy travels to New York in search of his father.

Buddy the Elf has fallen on hard times.. Will Ferrell showed up at an NHL game dressed as his beloved character from the 2003 family comedy Elf, only with a bit of a twist.. Ferrell attended ...

Raised as an elf his entire life, Buddy later learns that he is human and decides to return to New York City one Christmas to reconnect with his long-lost father Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Videos ...